Removable bike rack

[pardonmyn00b]

With the discovery of a 1/9 scale bike, I knew I had to make a bike rack for one of my rigs. A pajero is a perfect candidate since the bumper already has a hole cut out for hitch. This is mostly for display purposes, but I think it looks cool nonetheless.

I started out with some 1/4 and 3/16 brass square stock. I made a small receiver out of the 1/4 and soldered it to a small piece of brass plate. I then secured it to the body with some small pan head screws. To help protect the receiver hitch, i took some aluminum angle and bolted that up to the body. No matter what angle the truck comes off of, the hitch is safe.

Then i took the 3/16 stock, bent it up and soldered it to shape. I drilled 2 holes for the 3/32 round tube to hold the bikes. Little bit of solder and all set.

I just finished cleaning up the joints and will probably get some paint and brand stickers on it later today. Got some scale bungees made up to hold the bike as well. Hope this was something new and entertaining for you guys.

[ggooler]

nice

[andrwplsn]

thats sweet, i like it alot, im using those finger bikes in my rig.

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by ggooler

nice

Originally Posted by andrwplsn

thats sweet, i like it alot, im using those finger bikes in my rig.

Thanks

Got it all finished up and ready for adventuring.

[disturbed n wv]

Looks good, need to find a mountain bike now.

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by disturbed n wv

Looks good, need to find a mountain bike now.

Thank you. Im looking, but I am yet to find one that doesn't look like a toy/fake brand.

[Big Mike]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

Thanks

Got it all finished up and ready for adventuring.

Wow, Yakima sticker and all. That turned out very nice...

[popup]

mate that lock great.

[andrwplsn]

i love your little apple sticker in the window, i want one now how did you do it??

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

Wow, Yakima sticker and all. That turned out very nice...

Originally Posted by popup

mate that lock great.

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by andrwplsn

i love your little apple sticker in the window, i want one now how did you do it??

Thank you, pretty simple actually. I just found a regular sticker with some white on it and drew the apple on the back of the sticker backwards. Then cut it out with a sharp x-acto knife. The trick is not to touch the little sticker with your fingers and let it lose its stickiness, as it doesn't have much surface to begin with.