Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC4 platform-style 4-bike rack. That part number is S64665. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. At the front and back tire we have these rubber straps which are going to hold our bike tire down and into our wheel cradles. Those are quick and easy to remove. more
5/19/2016 11:18:06 AM
Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Pro-Series Q-Slot platform-style 2 and 4-bike rack. That part number is PS63138. Now this bike rack can be used as a 2 or 4-bike rack, so we're going to take a couple measurements on each of them as whether it is a 2 or 4-bike rack. The first thing we're going to do is actually show you how we secure our bike down. At the front and back tire we have hook and loop straps that just secure around our tire in between those spokes. Then we have a frame hook, which is what really holds our bike down and into our wheel cradles. more
5/19/2016 11:17:52 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V ETTHT2P-2- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform style two-bike rack. That part number is TH9034. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to go over one of the main features of this rack. We can actually tilt think rack away from our vehicle with our bike rack fully loaded, we're going to come down here and pull our grey handle towards the back, drop that down and we'll check our hatch here to see if we have full clearance. As you can see, we're not going to make any contact with our bike rack at all or our bike rather and we are able to get anything in or out that we may need off that hatch. Close this up. more
5/19/2016 11:17:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. It's got two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway in the back. We're just going to start by releasing those. more
5/19/2016 11:16:56 AM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit on the Saris Bones hitch mount 2-bike rack. That part number is SA882. Now, we're first going to show you how we secure our bike down. We have two cradles with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pushing down up top here and just feeding our strap through. With those undone, we can remove our bike and set it off to the side. more
3/28/2016 10:28:18 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CR-V we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Quad 2+2, 2 and 4 bike rack. This is a platform style. Part number S64692. Now, we already have our bike attached, we're first going to show you how we do that. At our front tire and our back tire we have ratcheting straps, those are just there to hold our tire in place. We also have bushings on them to protect them and prevent any scratches or abrasions from the straps. more
3/28/2016 10:27:46 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we are doing a test fit of the Tuley T2 Pro Platform Style Bike Rack that part number is TH9034. Now the first thing that we are going to do go over some features. We will take a few measurements and show you how our bike gets secured down. So we are going to start back here and just pull the gray lever back towards the end of the handle. We're going to be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bike still attached. Once we tilt that away we're going to gain full access to our back hatch area to get anything in or out that we may need. more
3/20/2016 9:46:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2104 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. We already have our bikes secured down. First going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps. 2 on our frame here and then 1 as our anti sway strap in the back. We'll remove our bike and set it off to the side. more
3/20/2016 9:38:47 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V S64682- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of a Swagman G10 Platform Style 2-Bike Rack. That part number is S64682. We already have our bike secured down. We're just going to go over some features, take a few measurements and then show you how our bike is secured down. First thing I want to show you is our tilting feature because we can do this with our bike attached. We're going to lift up on our black lever here and rotate our rack away from our vehicle. more
3/20/2016 9:38:22 AM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today, on this 2015 Honda CR-V, we're going to take a look at the double track bicycle rack from Thule. We have our bicycle rack loaded up with our bicycle, we'll go ahead and take a look at our points of contact on it. Our main point of contact is going to be top tube of the bike here, its connected to it with a really thick pad on the hook that holds the bike down in place. Our next two points of contact will be at the bottom of the wheels. Let's look down here, see there is a ratchet strap that goes across the rim here, that has thick padding on top of it to grip different size wheels. These are removable if you need to. more
2/29/2016 9:34:49 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer Platform Style 3-bike rack. As you can see, we've already got our row bike up here so you can see and get a general idea of what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and your bike in place on the back of your vehicle. First thing we're going to do, let's go ahead and get a few measurements so you know your clearances and your tolerances as you're ready to get out on the road with your bike in place. Our closest distance will be our first measurement, from the back of the bumper to the front side of the rack, at about 6-1/8". Overall distance that we've added to our vehicle with it fully extended out in that platform position is going to be about 45-1/2" to the back side here. Ground clearance at the back looks like it's going to be about 21-1/4". Now granted you get 3 bikes on there and put a little bit more weight on there, that's going to vary a little bit, but those will give you general measurements when you're starting out. more
1/18/2016 10:27:09 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V inh350- Video
Today, on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno hitch mounted bike carrier. As you can see, this is going to be for two bikes to be fork mounted on the back end of your vehicle. This bike rack does come with a inch and a quarter and a two inch adapter. It has your inch and a quarter shank down here for your class 1 and 2 receivers, as well as that two inch adapter for your class 3 receivers, like we have here today. It's going to attach to our receiver using an anti-rattle bolt. First off, let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement, from the front side of the rack to the back side of the bumper. more
11/2/2015 8:12:10 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TS02B- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CR-V we're test fitting the Kuat Transfer. This is a platform style 2-bike rack, it's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches, part number on it is TS02G. As you can see, the Transfer is a really nice platform style rack with aluminum construction. One of the things that really stood out to me was how lightweight it was, really easy to get up there in the car as opposed to some of your other platform style racks that can get really, really heavy. Right down here at the bottom you've got a grey lever. Flipping that in is going to allow us to tilt the rack away from our vehicle. even with our bikes loaded, gives us plenty of room to get this rear cargo hatch open and get stuff in or out of there that we're going to need. more
9/21/2015 10:34:18 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V s63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack, part number S63380. As you can see, our rack does have 1 1/4 inch shank, as well as a 2 inch adapter, so it is compatible with your class 1, 2, and 3 receivers. The one thing you're going to need to keep in mind though is, if you do plan on using it with your class 1 receiver, that you're only going to be able to carry up to 2 bikes. You're going to need to know the weight of those bikes and your hitches weight specifications. You're class 2 and 3 receiver will both be okay with carrying all 4. Let's go ahead and get a few measurements to start it off. Our closest distance is going to be from the front side here to the back side of the bumper at about 7 inches. more
8/17/2015 4:36:59 PM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the softride alumina parallelogram. This is going to be your hanging style Ford bike rack, part number SR26248. This rack is going to come with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only and it's also going to attach using an anti-rattle bolt to help reduce the sway, rattle, and wobble. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement on the front side of the rack to the back side of the bumper at about 1-1/4 inches. Now do keep in mind this is on the furthest end setting and there is actually two bolt settings that you can place this one on so the other one will sit out further in case you have a mountain bike or something with longer handlebars. Our overall distance is going to be about 26-1/2 inches and our ground clearance is going to be about 12 and 3/8 inches. Now the nice thing about the soft ride element parallelogram, it is a hanging rack that allows you to tilt it with all your bikes on. more
8/17/2015 4:36:41 PM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV Platform Style 4-Bike Rack. Part #N105-107. As you can see, we've already got our bike up on our platform, so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the vehicle. This bike rack does come with a 2-inch shank for your 2-inch receivers only. It's only going to attach using a pin with a lock assembly to help prevent against any kind of theft or tampering. It's going to have that nice tensioner frame for anti-rattle and anti-wobble on the back. We'll go over that in a moment. First off, let's start off by getting a few measurements. more
8/17/2015 3:21:06 PM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CR-V we're going to be doing a test fit of the Curt Premium 4 hanging style 4 bike rack. Part number C18064. As you can see we've already got our bike up here on our cradle arm so you can see what it's going to look like, and how it's going to fit once you have it fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack is going to come with a two inch shank for your two inch receivers connecting to our receiver using an anti-rattle bolt. That anti-rattle bolt is going to help to reduce a lot of the sway, rattle, and wobble that you would normally have in an ordinary bike rack. As you can see it should be nice and sturdy. All right, from there let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. more
8/17/2015 9:49:02 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're test fitting the Inno Tire Hold. This is a platform-style 3-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is INH305-306. The Tire Hold has a lot of great features about it, one of them being its ability to tilt away from the vehicle even with the bike loaded. Lever right down here, we'll pull on that, allow that to tilt on away. more
7/17/2015 10:46:06 AM
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Yakima Holdup. This is a platform-style, two-bike rack, designed to fold away from the vehicle and also fold up to the vehicle. The part number on it, Y02443. This has been designed for use in 2-inch hitches, and it uses a series of cradles and a front wheel hook. Holds the bike in place with no frame contact. Not even room contact, except for a small cam-buckle strap here near the rear. more
7/17/2015 10:41:38 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V s64684- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CR-V we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform style 2 bike rack. It's rated for use with RV's and it's designed for use in 2" hitches, part number on it is S64684. Dispatch is going to use front and rear wheel cradles and a frame hook to hold our bikes in place. These are nice, sturdy, metal wheel cradles on each side. Each one of them are going to have a cam buckle strap. Just push in the lever and pull the strap on out and that's going to release it for you. more
7/17/2015 10:41:25 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're test fitting the SportRack Ridge Swing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. Been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is SR2415. Now first and foremost, the swing-away feature. Let's take a look at that. more
7/17/2015 10:41:06 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman Original. This is a tilt away style four bike rack. It's been designed with the 2" ball mount included. Part number is S64675. Now as far as the rack capacity up here full four bikes. We've got a cradle indent location in the top here. more
7/16/2015 5:52:08 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TH9031XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're taking a look at the thule vertex swing. This is a swing away style for bike racks. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches, the part number on it is TH9031. Cool thing about the rack to start we're going to have a built in cable lock right up here in the mast. We can bring that in, plugs in right here in the back there's a small slot, then it's locked using a thule one key tumbler. When not in use we remove it and tuck it back down there in the mast until we need it later. Now probably the biggest thing you really want to see here is going to be the swing away option and how it works. more
7/16/2015 5:42:11 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're taking a look at the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting Ford bike rack. They designed it so we can use it with both the 1 1/4 inch and with the 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. One thing that I really like about the rack, we've got a built-in cable, goes back here and it locks with the Thule one-key style tumbler. Now if you've already got a bunch of Thule accessories, you can get a tumbler and key just like those, if you don't you can start your set with that one. Now when done, we just pull that out, shove it right down in the mast, and then we can get a look at how our bike's held into place here. We've got three cradle straps, two for the top frame tube and then also one for the anti-sway. more
7/16/2015 5:41:26 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V s64684- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're test fitting the Swagman dispatch. As you can see, it's a platform-style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is S64684. Now the Dispatch is a fixed rack. It holds our bikes in place using one front wheel strap and cradle, a rear wheel strap and cradle, and also a frame hook. more
7/13/2015 1:21:07 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom SuperClamp. It's a platform style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4-inch or 2-inch hitches. Part number on it is SA4025. Cool thing about the Freedom SuperClamp is the way it holds the bike on the rack. We've got a front wheel hook, a rear wheel hook, a rear wheel cradle with strap, and then a front wheel cradle, so essentially, no contact with the bike frame at all. more
7/7/2015 1:46:50 PM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Soft Ride Element Parallelogram. This is a tilt-away folding 4-bike rack with removable arms. Part number is SR26248. Now we can use this with 2" hitches or with 1-1/4" hitches. Really nice adaptable rack. Cool thing I really like about it: there's a t-handle. more
7/7/2015 10:32:58 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're taking a look at the Yakima FullTilt. We're going to do a test fit and let you know the kind of room and things like that that we've got to work with here with the system. Pn on it is Y02462. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It'll work great whether you're using 1-1/4" or a 2" hitch. Overall, it's a nice, sturdy, heavy-duty kind of rack. more
7/7/2015 10:31:51 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're taking a look and doing a test fit, on the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a swing away, four bike rack. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. Part number on it is TH9031XT. Now, great thing about the vertex swing, it's ability .. Even with a full load of bikes ... more
7/6/2015 5:52:34 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V TH9029XT- Video
Today on 2013 Honda CR-V, we're doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting four-bike hanging-style rack. The part number on it is TH9029XT. Now this has been designed so you can use it with the inch and a quarter or with two-inch hitches, so it's nice and adaptable. We've got a feature that's been added. It's going to be a cable lock right up here at the top of the rack. more
7/6/2015 5:52:17 PM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Saris Bike Porter. It's a folding and tilting, four bike rack. It's been designed for use with inch and a quarter, or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is SA404B. Now the bike porter uses two cradles in each location. They can be, kind of changed and configured however you want them. Here we're using it as a top frame cradle. more
7/6/2015 5:51:40 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V S64684- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're taking a look at the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style 2 bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is S64684. The rack's going to hold the bike in three positions. We've got one here on the front wheel, one here on the rear wheel, and then the top frame two hook. To unload the bike you press in on the cam buckle there. more
7/6/2015 5:51:25 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on 2013 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Hollywood Rack's Traveler tow and go. This is a three bike rack, designed to fit right over a standard two inch ball mount. Part number on it is HR135. Here we've got it in the hidden hitch super long ball mount, this is part number 80232 but can easily fit around any two inch by two inch diameter ball mount with enough length to it. With our CRV, the bottom of our ball mount, this is a straight shank, no drop, no rise. It's going to be about twelve and a quarter inches and it's going to be about twelve and an eighth to the bottom of the tow and go. more
7/6/2015 5:46:06 PM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit on the Kuat NV. This is a platform-style 4-bike rack, been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it in the black and chrome is N105-107. This is also available in a gun metal gray and orange; that part number is N101-103. Now the NV's a nice bike rack, a few different reasons there. The first that a lot of people like is going to be the rear wheel strap and the front wheel hook are the only two points of contact really that we're going to have with the bike other than our front wheel cradle down low there. more
5/5/2015 5:41:41 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack hanging-style 3-bike rack. It's going to come with an 1-1/4" shank with a 2" adapter, as you can see the 1-1/4" there. It's going to be part number SR2403. We're going to go ahead and fit it onto our 2" shank that we have here today. Insert your shank and then line up your pinholes. Also note that this receiver has two sets of pinhole locations so you can either go further in or closer. more
4/6/2015 5:15:48 PM
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC 4. This is going to be your platform-style 4-bike rack, and it's only going to come with a 2" shank for your 2" hitches. It's going to be part number S64665. Let's go ahead and fit it into our 2" receiver that we have here today. Once you insert it into your receiver, line up your pinholes. With your pinhole lined up, insert your anti-rattle bolt, which will look like this. Turn the key to unlock and lock, and pull it off. more
4/6/2015 5:13:50 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom Superclamp platform-style 2-bike rack. That's part number SA4025. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got a 2" hitch here today so we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. Now we'll line our pinholes up. That looks pretty good. more
2/6/2015 10:34:53 AM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom tilting platform-style 4-bike rack. That's part number SA4414B. This is for 2" hitches so we've got a 2" hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pinholes. That actually looks pretty good. more
1/28/2015 5:45:53 PM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we'll be test fitting the Saris Thelma Platform Style 3 Bike Rack, that's part number SA4239B. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got a 2 inch hitch here today, we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank through our receiver, we'll line up our pin holes, all right then we'll take our anti rattle bolt, it's included with this bike rack, start threading that through and we'll take our socket wrench and tighten that the rest of the way down. Nice thing about this anti rattle bolt it's going to help reduce the play and the wobble within our hitch and our bike rack as you can see there. We'll put our clip in place and then we can take a few measurements. Starting with our nearest point looks like it's going to be from here to our bumper and that's going to be about 4 inches away. Overall we've added about 13 1/2 inches to our vehicle and for our ground clearance looks like about 13 1/2 inches right here. more
1/27/2015 3:53:22 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we'll be test fitting the Saris Freedom Super Clamp Platform Style 2 Bike Rack, that's part number SA4025. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got an 1 1/4 hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver, we'll line up our pin holes. That looks pretty good and then we'll take our included anti rattle bolt and lock and start threading that through and once we get that hand tightened, we'll take our socket wrench and finish tightening that the rest of the way down. Nice thing about this anti rattle bolt it's going to help reduce the wobble and the play within our hitch and our bike rack as you can see there. more
1/26/2015 11:31:17 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V SR2403- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we will be test fitting the Sport Rack tilting 3-bike rack. That's part number SR2403. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got an 1-1/4" receiver here today so we can go ahead and begin inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line our pinholes up. Once we get those lined up we'll take our included anti-rattle bolt and start threading that through. more
1/26/2015 11:09:32 AM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we'll be test fitting the Saris Thelma Platform-style Three Bike Rack. That's part number SA4239B. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2-inch hitches. We've got an 1 1/4 inch one here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pin holes. more
1/26/2015 11:08:12 AM
Softride Hang2 Tilting Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2010 Honda CRV, we'll be test fitting the Soft Ride Hang Two Hitch Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR27041. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pin holes, we'll thread in the anti-rattle bolt from the right hand side of the bike rack. I'll be using the threaded hole which is closest to the mast of the bike rack. After tightening the anti-rattle bolt down with a wrench, we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 13 inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 2 inches away and we've added about 19 inches to the overall length of our CRV. We'll undo the two rubber straps which secure the top part of the bike rack to the bottom part of the bike rack. more
10/15/2014 11:35:47 AM
Saris Axis 3 Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2010 Honda CRV we'll be test fitting the Saris Axis Aluminum Hitch Mounted Hanging 3 Bike Rack, part number SA843B. We'll being our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pinholes we'll take our anti-rattle bolt and thread it through the left-hand side of the shank. After tightening it down with a wrench we'll secure it with a lock on the other side. Now we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about thirteen inches of ground clearance. more
10/15/2014 11:34:31 AM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2005 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2005 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is tilting and folding 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with an 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH934XTR. To begin our test fit we just slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We need to line up our threaded pinhole with our hitch pinhole. Once we have those in line we'll take the provided bolt and we're going to start threading this in. more
10/15/2014 9:39:13 AM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2005 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2005 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Saris Bike Porter. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number is SA404B. This is also available in a 2-bike configuration. That part number is SA402B. To begin our test fit we just slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. more
10/15/2014 9:29:42 AM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2010 Honda CRV we'll be test fitting the Saris Thelma platform-style hitch-mounted 3-bike rack, part number SA4239B. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up our pinholes we'll need to thread in the anti-rattle bolt from the left hand side of the shank. After tightening the bolt with a wrench, the bike rack is secured and we're ready to go over some clearance measurements. We have about 16" of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 4" away. We've added about 13" to the overall length of our CRV. more
10/10/2014 8:29:45 AM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2010 Honda CRV we'll be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram tilting 4-bike rack, part number SR26248. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. Now there are two threaded pinholes in the inside shank of the bike rack. I'll be installing the anti-rattle bolt in the threaded pinhole closest to the mast of the rack. Once it's threaded in I'll tighten it down with a wrench and we can go over some clearance measurements. We have about 13" of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 2" away. more
9/29/2014 4:51:26 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2011 Honda CRV we're going to do a test fit on the Yakima FullTilt. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack they've designed it for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is Y02462. Now we also have this available in a 5-bike version if you'd prefer. That part number is Y02463. Now to begin our test fit we're just going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As you can see, you will want to help guide the silver portion in; that's the anti-rattle device. more
9/25/2014 9:31:10 AM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2011 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Swagman Titan. Now this is a folding, tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is S63410. To begin our test fit we slide the shank of our rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll then line up our threaded pinhole with our hitch pinhole. With those in line we can take our standard anti-rattle bolt, which is provided, and we're going to thread this through. more
9/24/2014 8:34:19 PM
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