s2konroids

[QUOTE=Bundle of Mayhem,Feb 26 2009, 07:57 PM] Got mine back of last year off Ebay -

chrispayze

Looks like a Saris Bones to me. I have the same. It's a good fit, and nice and sturdy. As has been said, just mind the bumper, it's pretty soft.

Bundle of Mayhem

It's the Saris Bone

We've raised it up to try and avoid having it on the bumper so that the feet are on the boot.

chrispayze

Here's mine, also on a Saris Bones 2. 1st time I tried it, so feet are on the bumper, which you can see deforming. No permanent damage though.

Picturepro

do they sell receivers and hitch rack over there?


With a little cutting you can make a Ap1 receiver fit a Ap2
and you can still use the trunk

Bramblecat

That looks a better type of bike rack (Nothing touching the bodywork), although over here we would need to attach a lightboard and number (licence) plate to the bike as the ones on the car are slightly obscured and The Bill wouldn't like that much. This means some wiring would need to be done. Personally I prefer it to the Saris one though.

chrispayze

I just had an email about my bike rack, which reminded me that I never posted pistures on this thread (or was it another similar one!?). After a few tries, this is the best way I have found of fitting a Saris Bones to fit the S.

You might have seen that the bumper isn't really stiff enough to take the bike rack without deforming (although it did return to shape, I wouldn't like to use it like that too often). I now put all three feet on the boot to avoid this, and use two sets of top/front straps to limit the slip/stretch backwards, which works well, but doesn't leave any room for a spoiler. I do put some motorbike frame protection on the boot and some luggage wrap around the straps to save the paint, which is very soft. Here are some photos to show it, hope they help.

Although I won't need it often very soon, as I'm taking delivery of a hand-me-down Mondeo Estate for biking and camping duties!

Cheers
Chris

Ste_Nova

no but it's easy enough to make one, and if you have an early model you could even present the hitch behind the fog light meaning it's hidden when not in use

phil121081

just think of the potential for a mega rear wing with one of those beauties!

I'll keep my eyes out for the next Redline mag cover....

Bundle of Mayhem

We angled the bottom feet so they were just above the bumper and therefore the bike wasn't sat so high on the car.