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fred69vert
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Location: Home of the US Navy Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA
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fred69vert dont hold out, lets see that bike  |
Got no pics yet, I'll take some at the show this weekend
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Rowenjon
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Joined: August 19, 2021
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Location: AZ
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Bike rack help where do I find one? |
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Thank you guys for ideas!
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MuzzcoVW
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Location: Westfield, MA.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:34 am Post subject: Re: Bike rack help where do I find one? |
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Thank you guys for ideas!
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That right there is what every bike rack should be! I think any rear rack should be illegal. Can't tell you how many cars i've seen around where you can't see the brake lights. I know some states ticket now for it if you don't use aux lighting |
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sodium11
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Joined: June 12, 2021
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Location: Richmond, VA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Bike rack help where do I find one? |
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| Rowenjon wrote: |
Thank you guys for ideas!
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That right there is what every bike rack should be! I think any rear rack should be illegal. Can't tell you how many cars i've seen around where you can't see the brake lights. I know some states ticket now for it if you don't use aux lighting |
Rear bike racks are fine for the 0.01% of us that set them up right. Not only is obstructing the lights illegal in most states, but covering the license plate as well. For me installing a roof rack was impractical as the bike I want to travel with is a 70+ pound behemoth e-bike made by Radpowered Bikes, so I installed a 2 inch trailer hitch on my Mk7 Golf TDI as well as the wire harness for the trailer lights, and ordered a souvenir license plate identical to what's on the car and mounted it to the back of the rack. The fun thing is that about a week after I got everything installed, the stars finally aligned and the first thing I used the tow hitch, lights, and plate for was to bring my new-to-me 1970 Vert the 300 miles home 
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windfish
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Joined: September 05, 2012
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Location: NC
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Bike rack help where do I find one? |
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Looks good Rowenjon!
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| Rowenjon wrote: |
Thank you guys for ideas!
[img][/img] |
That right there is what every bike rack should be! I think any rear rack should be illegal. Can't tell you how many cars i've seen around where you can't see the brake lights. I know some states ticket now for it if you don't use aux lighting |
Rear bike racks are fine for the 0.01% of us that set them up right. Not only is obstructing the lights illegal in most states, but covering the license plate as well. For me installing a roof rack was impractical as the bike I want to travel with is a 70+ pound behemoth e-bike made by Radpowered Bikes, so I installed a 2 inch trailer hitch on my Mk7 Golf TDI as well as the wire harness for the trailer lights, and ordered a souvenir license plate identical to what's on the car and mounted it to the back of the rack. The fun thing is that about a week after I got everything installed, the stars finally aligned and the first thing I used the tow hitch, lights, and plate for was to bring my new-to-me 1970 Vert the 300 miles home |
Want to post a picture of how you think a rear bike rack should be setup?
Did you mount trailer lights to the bike rack?
On mine the rear tire does partially obscure the passenger tail light from certain angles, but the driver's is fully visible through the spokes.
I carried my bike daily pre-pandemic like that and never had an issue.
Did upgrade my tail lights to LED and added aux brake lights (bright red LEDs in '67 reverse light housings)
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sodium11
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Joined: June 12, 2021
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Location: Richmond, VA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Bike rack help where do I find one? |
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Looks good Rowenjon!
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| Rowenjon wrote: |
Thank you guys for ideas!
[img][/img] |
That right there is what every bike rack should be! I think any rear rack should be illegal. Can't tell you how many cars i've seen around where you can't see the brake lights. I know some states ticket now for it if you don't use aux lighting |
Rear bike racks are fine for the 0.01% of us that set them up right. Not only is obstructing the lights illegal in most states, but covering the license plate as well. For me installing a roof rack was impractical as the bike I want to travel with is a 70+ pound behemoth e-bike made by Radpowered Bikes, so I installed a 2 inch trailer hitch on my Mk7 Golf TDI as well as the wire harness for the trailer lights, and ordered a souvenir license plate identical to what's on the car and mounted it to the back of the rack. The fun thing is that about a week after I got everything installed, the stars finally aligned and the first thing I used the tow hitch, lights, and plate for was to bring my new-to-me 1970 Vert the 300 miles home |
Want to post a picture of how you think a rear bike rack should be setup?
Did you mount trailer lights to the bike rack?
On mine the rear tire does partially obscure the passenger tail light from certain angles, but the driver's is fully visible through the spokes.
I carried my bike daily pre-pandemic like that and never had an issue.
Did upgrade my tail lights to LED and added aux brake lights (bright red LEDs in '67 reverse light housings)
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Nice Bug!, Nice Bike!, and that's one industrial bike rack! I like it!!!!
The photo below is of my Mk7 just after I installed the tow hitch and wanted to test how things fit, it's the only photo that I currently have. When I travel with that bike, there are some trailer lights that go on the ends of the horizontal bars, and on the back of the vertical bar I mounted a license plate holder and license plate. Technically in Virginia it is illegal to obscure your license plate, even with a bike rack, and I believe it's the same for the lights. Could the cops pull me over if I didn't do this? Sure. Would the cops pull me over if I didn't go overboard? Probably not, unless they really want to. The other reason I also went with the extra lights is if the weather was bad when I was driving I have a cover to put on the bike, and that would completely cover my lights.
I've only had my Bug a little over a month now so I'm not even sure if I'm going to set it up to haul a bike, right now it's been sorting a few things that previous owners did to it so that I can safely enjoy it around town before I take it apart this winter and give it the love it needs, which after today's tasks I know will include repairs to the luggage shelf. My little Beetle will be spending its time with me primarily within a 100 mile radius of my house, but that includes the ocean to the east, mountains to the west, and family to the north. But if I do decide to add a hitch for a bike rack, I'll be circling around to your photos to get an idea of what I'll need to do 
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