Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Yukon XL, we will be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio. This is going to be your roof-mounted bike rack for your forks of your bike. As you can see, we're only going to be able to put one on this rack, and it's going to fit up here on top of our Aftermarket roof rack that we already have installed. So we're going to go ahead and show you how to do that. First thing you're going to want to do is make sure you have all the hardware off in the brackets. Then we'll set it up on top. We're just going to do it on the end just for this demonstration, but you can put it anywhere on your roof rack that you decide that you want it. more

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5/5/2015 5:43:01 PM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Yukon XL we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thuley Sprint. This is going to be your roop-top mounted, roof rack, fork-mounted bike rack. It's going to be part number TH528. It's going to be for a single bike and I'm going to show you how it fits and looks on here today. First thing you're going to want to do is make sure you have the ends and the rubber straps undone. They fit in these little t-grooves here on the end and tighten up with the tread and little handle here on the back. We're just going to do it here on the end ... more

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5/5/2015 5:42:15 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima frontloader, a wheel mount roof bike rack with part# Y02103. With the factory roof rack already on our Yukon, we will begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we will want the two outside legs to be in front of our crossbar and the single middle leg to be behind it. We can then tighten the black T-handle located on the front of the rack. This will secure our clamp. With the front secure, we can move to the rear. Here we are going to loosen the black T-handle and remove the T-bolt from the lower portion of the clamp. We will then bring the clamp around the underside of our bar, replace our T-bolt in the appropriate slot and tighten down that black T-handle to secure it. more

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6/16/2014 8:39:23 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift. A fork mount roof bike rack. Part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack already on our Suburban. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. more

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6/16/2014 8:39:08 AM

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork-mount roof bike rack, part number TH528. With the factory roof rack already on our Yukon XL, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll want to bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside, and fit it into the head of our carrier. We'll then position our rear clamp so it sits on top of our rear crossbar, and we'll bring that strap around the underside of this one as well. We'll then tighten the black lever to secure that black strap around the underside of our bar. Complete the same tightening process that we used on the front here at the rear, using the black lever located on this clamp. With our front and rear secure, it's now time to load up our bike. We're first going to undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is open by loosening the black and gray knob located at the front. We'll then grab our bike, place it onto the rack. more

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6/13/2014 8:36:35 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the factory roof rack already on our Suburban, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it up through the head of the carrier, and thread two wing nuts on. We'll then take a second U bolt and repeat that same process here on the other side of the head. We'll now tighten down all four wing nuts, and that'll secure the front of the rack to our vehicle. At the rear, we're going to place the U bolt down through the rack, being sure that a threaded portion of it comes out on both sides of our crossbar. We'll then place on the black metal plate with the flat side up, and thread on two wing nuts. We'll then tighten down both wing nuts to secure our rear clamp. With the rack secure to our vehicle, it's time to load up our bike. more

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6/13/2014 8:34:21 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the Swagman fork down roof mounted bike rack, part# S64710. With the factory roof rack on our Yukon, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, we will take the silver U-bolts and go around the underside of the front crossbar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We will then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the U-bolts. Once those are tight, we'll move to the rear, and this time we will take the silver U-bolt to go down through the pre-drilled holes in the tray of the bike rack. We'll then take the black plate and insert the silver bolt through the hole of the black plate. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the U-bolt. With everything all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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6/13/2014 8:33:30 AM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL we'll be test fitting this SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Sr4622. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front here, we'll take the rubber-coated U-bolts, go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then take the black wingnuts and thread that onto the U-bolts. Once this is done, we'll move to rear. This time we'll take the black spacer to go on the top of the rear crossbar and rest on the bottom of the bike rack. We'll take the black bolts to go down through the holes of the tray and through the spacer. We'll then take the rubber-coated black plate and insert the bolt into the hole of the plate and install our wingnut. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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6/13/2014 8:31:33 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. For the factory roof system on our Yukon, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, what we need to do is pop off the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the front side of the bar and hook them into the connection points. Then I'll move to the rear, use the included Allen wrench to remove one of the Allen bolts to position the bracket around the rear bar. After re-installing the Allen bolt and tightening everything down, I'll move back up to the front and use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt, which will tighten down the rubber-coated straps around the front bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we can replace the black plastic cover and we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer at the front and then we'll undo the Cambuck strap at the back. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more

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6/11/2014 10:19:19 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With a factory roof rack on our Yukon we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. I'm going to start with the rear and remove one of the black wing nuts. We'll need to position the two bolts on both the front and back side of the rear bar. I'll swing the rubber coated seal bracket around the underside of the rear bar and insert the bolt through the hole and install the wing nut. Now, I'm going to leave the back bracket loose just in case I need to make any adjustments. I'll move up to the front, take the rubber coated U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes in the head of the bike rack. I'll then take the cylinder nuts that thread down onto the U-bolts. more

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6/11/2014 10:18:55 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today, on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. Our Yukon is equipped with the full factory roof-rack, so were going to mount the FrontLoader directly to the factory cross bars. Well take the carrier and set it on top of our cross bars, and then it will fit the head of our bike carrier around the front cross bar and use the hand knob to tighten the clamp down. Then we can take the clamp in the rear and slide it over our rear cross bar, and use the T-bolt and included wing nuts to tighten it down. With that done, our bike rack is secured to our roof-rack and were ready to load up a bike. We need to make sure that the front wheel hoop us up and open. more

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8/6/2013 12:14:53 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today, on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02098. Our Yukon is equipped with the full factory roof-rack, so were going to go ahead and mount our Forklift directly to the factory cross bars. To do this, well remove the securer from the head of the bike rack first. Well open up the clamp at the head of the bike rack and fit it around our front cross bar, and then well tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. Now, we can slide the cover back into place and then we can reinstall our securer. At the back, we need to slide the clamp over our rear cross bar, and again well tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. more

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8/6/2013 12:14:28 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our two-thousand-thirteen GMC Yukon XL were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod roof mounted bike carrier, part number rky1014. Our Yukon is equipped with the factory roof rack so were going to mount the RockyMounts Tierod directly to factory crossbars. Well lift up the carrier and set it on top of our crossbars feeding the straps at the head of the bike carrier around our front bar. Lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Now we can go ahead and reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack. At the back well use the clamp and the Allen bolts to secure the rear of the bike rack to the rear crossbar. Once weve done that were ready to load up our bike. We can go ahead and pick up our bike, place the rear wheel into the wheel tray and drop the front fork down into our skewer. more

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8/6/2013 12:12:10 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique rooftop bike carrier, part number TH513. Our Yukon is already equipped with factory rails and roof rack, and so we're ready to go ahead and install our bike rack. We'll simply set the Domestique on top of the crossbars. We'll line up the head of the bike carrier with the front crossbar, and adjust the rear mounting point to the rear crossbar of our vehicle. We can then take the front head cover, bring it underneath the front crossbar, and tighten it down using the Allen wrench included with the bike rack. After the front head is tight, we can move to the rear attachment point and bring the clamp underneath the rear load bar and tighten it down using the included hardware. more

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7/25/2013 3:16:15 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman fork-style roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. Our Yukon is already equipped with a full factory roof rack. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars, and at the front we'll fit the two U bolts around our crossbars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Now we can move to the back of the bike carrier and we'll fit the U bolt through the carrier from the top. We'll take the clamp and two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom. With that being done, our bike rack is secured and we're ready to load up. more

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7/25/2013 3:13:06 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video

Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. To install the carrier, place the front half on the front cross bar. Now we can bring the rubber-coated steel strap around the underside of the front crossbar and hook it into position. We'll then move to the rear of the carrier, where we'll loosen up the bracket, swing it around the underside of the rear crossbar, and use the included Allen key to tighten it down. Now we can go back to the front, where we will again use the included Allen key to tighten down the straps and secure the bike carrier to the vehicle. Once the carrier is secured to the vehicle, we can replace the black front plastic cap, and move to the rear of the carrier, where we can undo the cradle straps to prepare for our bike. more

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7/25/2013 3:11:11 PM

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