"Super" bike ride....

[ricerooster]

Setup to beat California traffic and saving gas to the bike park...

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[Don in Lodi]

If top boxes alone can fracture racks, can you imagine the leverage created by that rig?

 

[DamonS]

looking at the way he's strapped it in there, the front strap creates a triangle of pressure right around the middle of the pillion seat. the other straps simply holding the bike to the support, and the final strap going down to the box undermount only to prevent the whole apparatus from pitching forward onto the riders brain bucket.

I'm willing to bet that there is very little downward pressure on the rack itself, based on the high angle and forward pull of those top straps.

 

[ricerooster]

looking at the way he's strapped it in there, the front strap creates a triangle of pressure right around the middle of the pillion seat. the other straps simply holding the bike to the support, and the final strap going down to the box undermount only to prevent the whole apparatus from pitching forward onto the riders brain bucket.

I'm willing to bet that there is very little downward pressure on the rack itself, based on the high angle and forward pull of those top straps.

Right on point, thank you for explaining.

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[~TABASCO~]

This is interesting. Im starting to conceptualize making a removable rack that sits on the right hand side of the motorcycle. Then I would load the bicycles backwards on the rack where the bars would be in the rear of the motorcycle. The bicycle crank set would be behind my right leg. It would keep the bike tucked in and keep it from hanging off the back. If this idea doesn't work I will be working up another idea to carry a bicycle.

 

[ricerooster]

This is interesting. Im starting to conceptualize making a removable rack that sits on the right hand side of the motorcycle. Then I would load the bicycles backwards on the rack where the bars would be in the rear of the motorcycle. The bicycle crank set would be behind my right leg. It would keep the bike tucked in and keep it from hanging off the back. If this idea doesn't work I will be working up another idea to carry a bicycle.

Sounds like a good idea and alot of work but possible. Got mine from 2x2 cycles but had to drill additional holes.

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[kmasa58]

Now, that's a 'bicycle rack'!

 

[LostDonkey]

Great idea. And good on ya for building it.

 

[Crusty Skidmark]

How does the S10 subframe handle the cantilevered load? It looks like your Niner is an emtb so about 50#? That’s a good bit of weight way back there even with the strap pulling forward. My buddy has a 2x2 regular rack and hauls his regular mtb on his GSA but that bike only weighs about 30#. I have a Commencal emtb and it’s about 52# so wondering how this does with that much weight. Thanks.

 

[ricerooster]

How does the S10 subframe handle the cantilevered load? It looks like your Niner is an emtb so about 50#? That’s a good bit of weight way back there even with the strap pulling forward. My buddy has a 2x2 regular rack and hauls his regular mtb on his GSA but that bike only weighs about 30#. I have a Commencal emtb and it’s about 52# so wondering how this does with that much weight. Thanks.

I remove the battery so the bike weighs around 48#s but sofar no issues. I changed the the setup with the front wheel removed and brought the bike down a little.

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