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Hey guys.. Looks like I will be picking up my 1967 1600 next week. Beautiful, original paint and only 43,000 miles on the original engine. Only two previous owners -- mom & daughter w/ not a lot of driving. Dash looks like my old roadster ....

Anyway -- question is:

I do a bit of cycling around Napa, Healdsburg, etc.. I have a very nice bike carrier that connects to a hitch on my daily car.. Are there are bike carriers safe or appropriate for the roadster?

I'd hate to leave my roadster a home when I go to these great rides...

Deborah

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On my old 1600, I would attach a board with a front fork clamp (the kind people use in pickups) to the rear rack with a motorcycle tie down. The rear wheel would wedge into the gap between the seat (when forward) and the door. Totally low class, but it worked.

If you wanted to fab a special hitch that would work with your rack, you could mount it to the bumper mounts. An easy days worth of fabrication and you would be set. The bike will look very tall on the roadster...

I have a trailer hitch I took off mine, Mark already has dibs on it, But will be glad to get dimensions and pics. If you don't tow with it and just use it for the bike rack, it could be built lighter.

Other option would be a roll bar and some creativity with a rail type bike mount between the roll bar and windshield................

Thanks for all the replys. Dave -- I would appreciate pics or measurements on your hitch.

My bike carrier is pretty solid and my concern was whether it was too heavy to attach to a hitch on my roadster.. But, sounds as if a hitch w/carrier might work. I agree -- the bike & carrier will be quite tall. As long as it doesn't harm the roadster, I'd prefer to go that route.

Thanks again for all your help.

Deborah in Sacramento

I have been contemplating the same problem.

My solution (yet to actually be built) is a fork clamp mounted to my roll bar with U-Bolts and the rear wheel bunji'd to my luggage rack.

I have measured it out & the fit works, just haven't gotten around to mounting it all...

Pics and measurement as soon as I can, day or two tops

Anytime would be fine. I am just appreciative of the advice... Thanks, again.. Deborah

The best way to do it is to get a pair of bike tights and hoseclamp them to a roll bar with the rear wheel sitting on the trunklid. Run a bungie cord through the spokes just tight enough to hold it down and attach the ends to the bumper. I've done several 4hr trips with both one or 2 bikes on the racks. Doesn't appear to affect gas milage. The bikes don't move at 100 mph either. Oh yeah, each of the bikes are easily worth as much as the car. Mountain bikes are a bit noisy but the roadbike might as well not even be there. They also don't really block visibility out of the mirror. I'd post a pic, but I don't have any, and I don't have a digital camera. If you want more info, PM me.



Will

Gee....guess I need to reinstall the rollbar if I want to carry a bike.

The roll bar is good for drying towels too.

I use an old Enflite rack strapped to the luggage rack.
It mounts the bike like a fork mounted roof rack, but the unit is tube steel with integral fork mounts. I'll see if I have a picture somewhere.
I thought that another company is reproducing the rack under a different name. (rhode gear maybe?)