4x4ord wrote:
Super_Dave wrote:
Can't beat this price with a stick. Not meant for towing but perfect for a basket or bike rack. $35 at Amazon.
A hitch like that is certainly cheap but it could be risky unless you know the bumper is designed to handle the kind of torsion some bike racks put on a hitch.
X2!!! When I did one on my old Komfort, I had the whole bumper tube replaced with a heavier gauge one. Cool thing was that the OD of the new tube was the same as the old, light gauge, one, so the welder drilled the rivets out of the polished alum cover and slipped it over the new tube and re-riveted in place. Since I never put the stinky hoses in there anyway, the fact they wouldn't fit made no difference to me.
FWIW, I have an OEM rack on the back of my KZ. Had son-in-law follow me down a dirt road watching the rack, and he reported almost no bounce, so I'd have zero problem loading it up. I did put an empty 100+ qt cooler on it heading back from out last campout and it survived just fine.
Lyle
