So… I took a bit of time off doing some other things and did one of my major “wants” on this car. I needed the ability to store my bike, locked very well, in the car. This was proving to be a challenge. I bought a lock that goes on the front fork when you take the tire off, but I didn’t want to take the rear tire off to put the bike in the car. The SUV wasn’t quite long enough, and the forks on my bike were too tall to stand on the back of the seats… so I improvised.
I ended up putting the fork lock onto the top of the driveshaft “bump” and in the center of the car. The handlebars are too wide to go on either side. Once that was decided, some welding happened onto a thick piece of steel and the parts were installed.
On top of that… I needed the rear of the bike to be safe so I welded 2 hooks into the side of the frame which will stick out of the plastic siding. From there, a big chain will run through the rear of the bike to make sure it’s safe. Looks pretty good!
