Bike rack for 2006 Murano

Anybody else find this just a touch ironic? ;-)

We have the Yakima King Pin 4. This is a hitch mount that swings down and allegedly carries 4 bikes. Three is more practical. You can get

We have a hatchback, so the downswing works best for us. Yakima also has a model that swings out (away) for those with rear doors that swing out.

The rack holds the bikes well, with no adjustments or after market noodling to keep bikes, or bike holders from moving. The rack and bikes are secure, w little wobbling, even with three bikes on them. There are two independent pins that allow you to easily fold down the cross bar and the main post independently. The rack comes with a lock and key for the bolt that holds the rack in the trailer hitch. We secure the bikes to the rack with cables and independent locks.

The rack is easy to get on and off the hitch. If you do not have a hitch, you'll need to get one welded on, but that's a simple, relatively inexpensive operation.

We love ours. Simple, practical, functional design.

email Bobby at Rocky Mounts....

I've got this unit with the basic 2-bike version. Made very well, and nothing touches on your bike except the tires.

Second that one or the Thule version, but you'll need a hitch mount.

Can you fit the bikes inside?

Buy a pickup truck.

JD

There's probably a reciever hitch for that vehicle, it would be the best way to go.

Wait a minute! Nobody told me that. I welded that sucker to my roof! Works great, except when I forget the bikes are still up there and I pull into the garage... oopsy.

CDB

I'm really happy with the Thule 998XT trailblazer, which holds 4 bikes and open out to the side to allow access to the hatchback (in my case) with the bikes attached. The bikes attach very quickly and you can secure them directly on the frame at 3 places so they don't bounce off each other en-route, and there hasn't been a single scratch to any bike yet. All the 4-bike hitch mounts come with 2" hitch receivers, and I discovered you can't find a 2" hitch to fit on smaller cars, for lack of towing capacity -- there are only 1 1/4" hitches available. E.g. my Suburu Outback doesn't have sufficient towing capacity such that 2" hitch receivers are available. I can tow 3k lbs (a popup trailer) directly with my 1 1/4" receiver (according to Suburu), but can't carry more than 2 bikes on a hitch mount (according to Thule)! So, despite their warnings, I got a 1 1/4" to 2" adaptor (which itself has a 5k lb capacity) to allow attachment of the 2" hitch mount, and it hasn't yet broken off the back of the car, even with 3 bikes attached. (But I do slow down on potholed roads!) You can easily get 2-bike capacity hitch mounts that attach directly to 1 1/4" receivers.

Best check availability of 2" hitch receivers for that car, and evaluate whether 2 bike capacity is enough for you, or you need to carry more than 2 bikes, which requires a 4-bike mount.

Also, many mountain bikes have frames that aren't going to fit onto this and similar frame-attach hitch mounts, so you may need a roof rack, depending on the bikes. My Maverick just barely fits, and most recent decent full suspension mtn frames look like they wouldn't, for lack of space within the triangle. Jeez, this thing is crossposted to

That and you'd probably hit most of the overpasses as well ;). Reminds me of skiing at Loveland just above the Eisenhower Tunnel (actually on top of it) going into the divide. Every few minutes you hear this loud siren go off like the Ruskies are ready to drop the bomb. It's some semi that can't clear the tunnel and has to go the long way over the pass. That's gotta suck when it's snowing.

Oh well. Back to your regularly scheduled on-topic discussion.

CDB always glad to help.

You cross-posted properly, as your message applies directly to the interests of each group. To have multi-posted would mean that them readers in each group would not see the replies from the other groups.

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