Fabergé Greggs Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Long shot, but has anyone put a bike rack on an x1/9 or have any experience in a bike rack that fitted a similar shape? Mine has the earlier 1300 bumpers to further complicate things. It's nigh on impossible to find a place that wants to take the time to fit and sell me a rack.. I blame the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Like so: Which is one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-2-BICYCLE-CARRIER-CAR-RACK-BIKE-CYCLE-/381007587349 brickwall and Fabergé Greggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Methinks I'd get in trouble for covering up number plates etc.. I need a bit of a higher mount, non? brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 A friend of mine regularly uses one of these on his hairdressers' Mazda and hasn't got into trouble yet.If need be, buy a second numberplate and cable tie it to it. Bonus points for upside down. eddyramrod, Fabergé Greggs and brickwall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Methinks I'd get in trouble for covering up number plates etc.. I need a bit of a higher mount, non?I would think most cars would need a trailer board fixed to the bike to be vaguely legal. I'd be more bothered about covering the lights than the plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The bizarre home made contraption I occasionally have on the back of the t2 was originally made to support a 70kg monkey bike.It now occasionally supports an RSW 16 which obscures the lights and the number plate. There's a number plate fastened to the pushbike, but no effort is made at all to duplicate the lights.A couple of times a year for the last fifteen years and not been stopped or crashed into yet.I suspect there are very few rozzers out on the roads anymore. Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Those X19's are really nice looking cars. Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Methinks I'd get in trouble for covering up number plates etc.. I need a bit of a higher mount, non?You would be extremely unlucky judging by the number of flimsy looking contraptions you see swaying around on the back of cars and obscuring the lights. I like the towbar mounted ones that support the bike wheels but not much good for an X19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Towbars are available for X1/9's.... Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I stand corrected. In that case a Pendleton or Thule tow bar rack is the best and also most expensive solution. Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Someone in the x1/9 club has a wheelchair mounted in a cage on the back for his wife (she doesn't sit in it you understand). I've a tow bar mounted bike carrier for the 2CV and have made up a towing board with 2CV lights and a plank of wood. Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Towbars are available for X1/9's.... Yes I got a quote for £170 or so for a tow bar (not fitted). Couldn't bring myself to spoil those lovely looks with a tow bar though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 a folding moulton has to be the answer - fit it under the "bonnet" ! Fabergé Greggs and Asimo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 a folding moulton has to be the answer - fit it under the "bonnet" ! I had a loan of a pal's brompton for a little while when I first moved to London, and even that wouldn't fit in the frunk. Well, it did, but only after I took the saddle, seat post and crank off. You can fit a surprising amount of stuff in an X1/9 if it's packable, but they're surprising tiny when it comes to anything inflexible. Besides, I want to take my proper bikes places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Why not just get a spare roof and bolt a bike rack directly to it? Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 The roof is not really secure enough for that weight. I wouldn't trust mine anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 catsinthewelder, inconsistant, richardmorris and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 That's ace but what does he do with the front wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 . I've a tow bar mounted bike carrier for the 2CV Would you not be better mounting the 2CV on the pushbike? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 That's ace but what does he do with the front wheel? Carry it with his teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 A real man would just wheelie. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Last Wednesday I followed an X1/9 from Diss to Bury St Edmunds with what looked like a gas Cooker sticking out of the boot so I guess anything is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Last Wednesday I followed an X1/9 from Diss to Bury St Edmunds with what looked like a gas Cooker sticking out of the boot so I guess anything is possible.Was it 2 tone grey/silver? about a D reg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I thought it was red and silver but I could be wrong. It was absolutely pissing down at the time.It was on a C or a D with a 6 digit plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 That's ace but what does he do with the front wheel? Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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