Carrying bikes on the rear of the van

The Rack, Bikes and Covers must not cover the Licence Plate or the OEM caravan lights. ie Tail, Brake & indicator lights on either side of the caravan.

Look carefully at the location of handlebars etc.

I was in my truck behind a van with bikes on the back in Bunbury and could see that a brake lever was rubbing an elongated hole in the back wall of the van.

He had no radio and no amount of signalling would get him to pull over so I could advise him.

Nasty shock when he got to his destination I think.

Cheers Neil

I found the following problems when carrying bikes behind my van:

1) Because of the placement of the bike carrier, they rubbed against the spare tyre, damaging the side wall.

2) Positioning the bikes right at the back causes a LOT of movement (i.e. a lot more than a bike rack fitted to the real of the car). My bike rack is the type which attaches to a towbar, and I was worried about the amount of flex and movement on a single pivot point. Solution would be to secure the rack or bikes with ropes etc. I don't carry bikes that way any more.

Maaate

Be careful with the flexing, had a good quality twin rack on my van and after 500kms the welding on the mounting bracket cracked and I nearly lost the lot. Bike racks on vans flex a lot more than when on cars.