I did a search and didn't really come up with anything... so here it goes. I've got a lil lowrider bike blown apart that I'm painting to match my old lowrider truck. I'd like to come up with a way to haul/display it in the back of the truck upright with both wheels intact. Just curious if any of you guys had built something similar to what I'm asking about... This is something that I'll display at shows/cruise-ins so I'd like it to be visually appealing as well as functional. Would also like to be able to haul more then one bike... Thanks guys! :wink:
Truck bed bike rack/display???
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Here's what I came up with
With the tool box in, and the tailgate down, the front tires push up against the tool box. With the tool box out, the whole thing can slide forward, and the tailgate can go up. I pass ratchet straps under the 2 X 6's between the bottom pieces of plywood to dog down each bike.
With the tool box in, and the tailgate down, the front tires push up against the tool box. With the tool box out, the whole thing can slide forward, and the tailgate can go up. I pass ratchet straps under the 2 X 6's between the bottom pieces of plywood to dog down each bike.
Knew I seen a post about this somewhere, found it
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I still havent taken pics of mine that I use in my pick up planning to make a steel version of it and get it powder coated same color as my truck. ill try get some pics today
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I still havent taken pics of mine that I use in my pick up planning to make a steel version of it and get it powder coated same color as my truck. ill try get some pics today
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no picsa, but a buddy of mine had a lowrider s-10 and a lowrider stingray. He got two used Thule trays, painted them to match the truck and bolted them to the bed/ viola
Hi,
Nice work on the stand, my wife bought me one of these for x-mas last year, Racor PBS-2R Two-Bike Floor Bike Stand by Racor
I just drop it in the back of the bed and strap the bikes.
I've used it a lot for getting down to the Cyclone rides.
about 40.00 on ebay or amazon.
Nice work on the stand, my wife bought me one of these for x-mas last year, Racor PBS-2R Two-Bike Floor Bike Stand by Racor
I just drop it in the back of the bed and strap the bikes.
I've used it a lot for getting down to the Cyclone rides.
about 40.00 on ebay or amazon.
Appreciate everyones input... just thought I'd show ya what I came up with...
I liked the look of the Racor bike stand... Found one on Ebay that was used for $19.99 shipped. All the pieces were there and it felt real solid... but I had doubts about it not tipping over in the back of a moving truck... So... I drug it all over to a buds place and we decided to widen the base... Found an old galvanized fence post out by the barn and cut it in to 4 equal length (well...nearly equal) tubes. Slipped the tubes over the legs of the stand and then drilled holes all the way through so pins/bolts could be inserted to keep em from falling off... while we were at it, a punch was used to mark each tube and the corresponding leg it had been drilled to match so it would actually stand a chance of being put together again. Also cleaned up the tubes with a wire wheel on a bench grinder, shot em with self etching primer and a coat of semi gloss black paint.
The base of the rack/stand is wider then the space between the wheelwells... I thought that this combined with the rough surface of the spray in bedliner might be enough to keep it from shifting... and it worked pretty good... Until I was pulling out from a side road where the visibility was limited and I had to open up the 4 barrel to ... "merge"
So...I added another strap to hold the rack to the bed... looks like it's gonna work.
I liked the look of the Racor bike stand... Found one on Ebay that was used for $19.99 shipped. All the pieces were there and it felt real solid... but I had doubts about it not tipping over in the back of a moving truck... So... I drug it all over to a buds place and we decided to widen the base... Found an old galvanized fence post out by the barn and cut it in to 4 equal length (well...nearly equal) tubes. Slipped the tubes over the legs of the stand and then drilled holes all the way through so pins/bolts could be inserted to keep em from falling off... while we were at it, a punch was used to mark each tube and the corresponding leg it had been drilled to match so it would actually stand a chance of being put together again. Also cleaned up the tubes with a wire wheel on a bench grinder, shot em with self etching primer and a coat of semi gloss black paint.
The base of the rack/stand is wider then the space between the wheelwells... I thought that this combined with the rough surface of the spray in bedliner might be enough to keep it from shifting... and it worked pretty good... Until I was pulling out from a side road where the visibility was limited and I had to open up the 4 barrel to ... "merge"
So...I added another strap to hold the rack to the bed... looks like it's gonna work.
Looks like its scratching your fork and those rack don't work with bikes with long fenders. I did mine a few months back. Never got around to paint it still sits on the bed the same way
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I was in a similar position with my ute (1962 Holden from Australia). On my ute the centre section of the tray was originally timber, the previous owner had replaced it with some tongue and groove flooring which I wasnt completely happy with.
The ute
I used 12mm plywood for my tray, and bought some tie down points from a truck supplies mob. After a bunch of measuring, eyeballing, and mocking up bike positions I marked out where I wanted the tie down points. The idea is that I can secure two bikes side by side easily and have it look pretty neat. I use the tray to haul stuff, so I needed it to be practical which meant flush mounting the tie down points, which I chiselled out by hand. Since these pics I've given the tray 2 coats of marine grade polyurethane underneath and 3 on top, and have bolted down the tie down points. Final step is a bunch of screws to attache the tray itself, however theres some rust underneath I want to sort first
The ute
I used 12mm plywood for my tray, and bought some tie down points from a truck supplies mob. After a bunch of measuring, eyeballing, and mocking up bike positions I marked out where I wanted the tie down points. The idea is that I can secure two bikes side by side easily and have it look pretty neat. I use the tray to haul stuff, so I needed it to be practical which meant flush mounting the tie down points, which I chiselled out by hand. Since these pics I've given the tray 2 coats of marine grade polyurethane underneath and 3 on top, and have bolted down the tie down points. Final step is a bunch of screws to attache the tray itself, however theres some rust underneath I want to sort first
My F150 has built in slots in the sides of the bed for 2xwhatever cross boards. Holds the boards on their sides so that loads can be stacked over the wheelwells. I bought a 10ft 2x10, cut three notches out with a miter saw and put in four screw in eyes for tie downs...cost about $15 for everything and took a few minutes to make...could be stained and clearcoated or a similar set up made in steel...
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aceuh said:
I have the same style with just the center part and I put any bike on and put one tie down around the forks to the bed tie areas on each side of the bike and it stays there at all times.
