Towbar Cycle Rack

[Harley Camper]

I have a towbar on my campervan and thought I would use this to attach a bike rack - can anyone advice what make and where to buy one from suitable for Mk 3 transit?

[Luke]

not much use but................ i made a rack to hold my old rg125 gamma off the towbar - went all the way to lands end and back with it on

[Altransit]

You can pay anything from about twenty five quid for a folding rack which holds 2 bikes, up to £300 for a pukka job which will hold 4 bikes.
What sort of thing are you looking for, and how many bikes do you need to carry

[Harley Camper]

Im looking for something that is easy to attach to towbar and will hold two mountain bikes Thanks for the replies goos buddies

[Britishbulldog]

Im looking for something that is easy to attach to towbar and will hold two mountain bikes Thanks for the replies goos buddies

Well i've just checked out the towsure online brochure & they ain't cheap
http://www.towsure.com/category/6473-Fi ... ycle_Racks

Blimey no wonder Luke made his own unless there's cheaper ones on ebay maybe

[stig of the dump]

try halfords or pendle

[Geoffers]

My dad has one made by Thule who make roof racks. It just clamps onto the tow ball, very easy to use and doesn't mark the back of your car. I presume he got it from Halfords, but you can probably get them online.

We used to have one that was attached to the towbar, but you could still tow a trailer with the bike rack on as well. There was a bracket behind the tow ball, that the bike rack dropped onto. Wish we had kept this one!!

[MinorMatt]

We have a bike rack that we havent used in years (but I want to keep it for the moment

Basically there is a plate (probably about 3/8th) that bolts in behind the ball which stays on and hopefully disuades people from hitting you up the rear end. Then 2 arms bolted on to this with 2 bolts each (allan headed cap screws) and that seemed to work pretty well!

[Harley Camper]

Well i managed to buy off fleabay a witter bike rack that fits onto a bracket behind the towball and taken off in seconds so job done.....or so I thought
I was given the assurance that the towing socket all worked ok so did not check it out untill I tried out the bike rack and light board (which is new). None of the lights work and im in a bit of a panic now to get sorted before our holidays end of next week. Does anyone know the colours of cables on 1990 MK 3 T100 LWB on right rear light for LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, INDICATERS, etc so I can do a quick rewire as have no manual.
Thanks for help good Buddies

[Luke]

some wiring colours in this post viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4061

[Harley Camper]

Thanks Luke - job done

[Harley Camper]

Just been told that I need an audible relay for my indicaters - is this true as I have also been told that campers are like commercial vehicles and dont need them?

[Luke]

well i dont know to the letter of the law but my van hasnt got one and its passed an MOT last week without it the only checks he did to the towbar was structural round the mounts etc.

never tested the electrics

[MinorMatt]

I think you are meant to have one.... but I have never bothered. its not like you have a trailer on the back anyhow