I really really appreciate your process and transparency, truly outstanding RUclips channel! Even more so, as I very rarely would take the same path to your finished project. So it’s great to see a different approach and outcome from my natural perspective and progression.
I build a vertical rack to fit onto a swingaway i build forbmy 80 series. Its not up to gen 4 as it get modifietoto fit on our Oka and the tyre swing away i build for it. R&D is so interesting and hard work also. Great looking build guys. Cant wait to see more.
Something that came to my mined is the materials your using in terms of elastic-plastic-failure. Is your welded areas are your failure areas due to dynamic loading, would you consider a spring hinge or shock absorber? Trucks trays use simple springs within floating plates to allow twist and shock to reduce stress. Your rack could have an adjustable spring / shocky to cater for the lever of 2 or 4 bikes
Looks awesome Richard and Richard 👌🏼😋 I’ve got an ISI rack on my Prado 120 and it’s great.. (made in Melbourne too) but I’d buy yours if if came out 6mths ago (when I was shopping around for one) Your rack if fairly priced too 👌🏼
They are great however they also have a worse departure angle, heavier, harder to store, sits above the roofline, harder to load, harder to fit number and lights Horses for courses! Room for both style of racks and it just depends which meets your needs better!
@DesignedandBuilt agree that they do sit above the roof line, but the departure angle of 2+ bikes stored horizontally would be greater than 1-6 bikes stacked vertically. You also have other benefits, such as no frame rubbing or ability to grab any of your bikes at a time. As for lights/numberplate holder. Light board similar to what you use for a boat works fine. Attaches to the rear wheels so it's roughly same height as vehicle lights too. Problem with difficulty loading (for the shorter people) would be resolved with a rear tilt option.
@@tenfeetwanderers774 Yes agree, the platform will have a better departure angle. We also don't have any frame rubbing, not quite true with a vertical as sometimes you have to load/unload from end to end depending on the sizes of a bike. Lightboard is an added hassle/thing to forget! The rear tilt option still requires a lot of heavy lifting and not everyone can physically do it. I have run vertical for years but stopped carrying more than 2 bikes when we all got our own cars, so platform suits me much better now especially given we are camping off road the majority of the time. Definitely cases for both!!!
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I really really appreciate your process and transparency, truly outstanding RUclips channel!
Even more so, as I very rarely would take the same path to your finished project. So it’s great to see a different approach and outcome from my natural perspective and progression.
Nice work guys. Sweeeeet!
Thanks mate!
I build a vertical rack to fit onto a swingaway i build forbmy 80 series. Its not up to gen 4 as it get modifietoto fit on our Oka and the tyre swing away i build for it. R&D is so interesting and hard work also.
Great looking build guys. Cant wait to see more.
any plans for a swing out carrier?
This is designed to suit a swingaway, we will consider developing something ourselves in the future!
Rear dirtbike carrier next?
Something that came to my mined is the materials your using in terms of elastic-plastic-failure. Is your welded areas are your failure areas due to dynamic loading, would you consider a spring hinge or shock absorber? Trucks trays use simple springs within floating plates to allow twist and shock to reduce stress. Your rack could have an adjustable spring / shocky to cater for the lever of 2 or 4 bikes
Any plans to ship to the US?
Looks awesome Richard and Richard 👌🏼😋
I’ve got an ISI rack on my Prado 120 and it’s great.. (made in Melbourne too)
but I’d buy yours if if came out 6mths ago (when I was shopping around for one)
Your rack if fairly priced too 👌🏼
Cheers Ben! Appreciate the feedback! I wish we had finished 6 months ago hahah.
Lots of R&D. Vertical bike rack is still a lot more practical. Less overhang, much easier to get your bikes off the back, can fit more bikes, etc.
They are great however they also have a worse departure angle, heavier, harder to store, sits above the roofline, harder to load, harder to fit number and lights Horses for courses! Room for both style of racks and it just depends which meets your needs better!
@DesignedandBuilt agree that they do sit above the roof line, but the departure angle of 2+ bikes stored horizontally would be greater than 1-6 bikes stacked vertically. You also have other benefits, such as no frame rubbing or ability to grab any of your bikes at a time. As for lights/numberplate holder. Light board similar to what you use for a boat works fine. Attaches to the rear wheels so it's roughly same height as vehicle lights too. Problem with difficulty loading (for the shorter people) would be resolved with a rear tilt option.
@@tenfeetwanderers774 Yes agree, the platform will have a better departure angle. We also don't have any frame rubbing, not quite true with a vertical as sometimes you have to load/unload from end to end depending on the sizes of a bike. Lightboard is an added hassle/thing to forget! The rear tilt option still requires a lot of heavy lifting and not everyone can physically do it. I have run vertical for years but stopped carrying more than 2 bikes when we all got our own cars, so platform suits me much better now especially given we are camping off road the majority of the time. Definitely cases for both!!!