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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Ever wanted to take a bicycle with you on your 914

Posted by: DonTraver Jul 25 2009, 07:46 PM

Bought a bike last year, and got tired of just riding around the neighborhood. Started checking out bike racks. The ones for Porsche required the installation of a trailer hitch and then the rack cost $200-400. Right

Found the Allen Model 102DB. Did a test fit-up in the Walmart parking lot, looked good or at least doable. Extras you're going to need.

1 Thick towel to protect trunk lid
2 3/4 thick plywood, 12x24 inches,
3 Manufacture a hook fitting that fits between rear bumper and rear valance.
4 Adhesive backed Velcro.

I've been using it for the past couple of weeks to take my bike to Pacific Beach and ride on the Boardwalk. The bike rides real nice, no jumping around, even at 65. The rack comes off in a couple of seconds, folds up and fits in trunk. Rack and bike take about 5 minutes to mount to car.

It looks like the bike hangs out about 6 inches on each side, but it's really just about even, check the pictures. The piece of wood distributes the weight over a larger area so you don't dent the rear trunk, the towel goes between the wood and paint. I put Velco on the plywood and rack rubber pads so that the wood wouldn't slip out, bit of overkill, but I like it.

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Posted by: URY914 Jul 25 2009, 08:07 PM

Cool

Posted by: McMark Jul 25 2009, 10:23 PM

Nice work!

Posted by: bandjoey Jul 26 2009, 05:35 PM

IF you can ever find the original ski rack fittings - or make your own - , for the bumper and under the targa, you can mount a normal Yakama (and probably others) bike rack. Until then, good mount. I'm going to try it. Bill

Posted by: rjames Jul 27 2009, 04:15 PM

Beautiful car. If it were mine I'd be too worried about scratching the paint to try that.
Well done, sir.

Posted by: jsayre914 Jul 27 2009, 06:16 PM

in that 3rd pic it looks as though you tied a 914 to your bike

nice job

Posted by: SGB Jul 27 2009, 09:48 PM

looks like a really fun cruiser.

-the car too.

Posted by: DonTraver Jul 28 2009, 05:39 PM

I painted her 8 years ago in my driveway, so I can fix the paint. But if you look at the rear shot, I bungey (sp) cord the wheels when I load it first. My knee keeps the front wheel from striking the trunk lid until I get the cord on, takes seconds to do.

I saw the instructions for the targa bar mount. Today, unatainable, and a whole lot of work trying to manufacture one in a home shop. One thing I didn't like about the targa bar mount is that it's bolted on, so installing, removing would eventually strip the bolt holes, and it's too ugly to leave on permanently. It would also block access to the engine because the lid wouldn't open completely with the mounts installed.

I like being able to remove and store the rack in the trunk in seconds without needing any tools.