Miata Mailing List: November 1994, Message #190
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   From: Carlos.Chang@EBay.Sun.COM (Carlos Chang )
Subject: trailer hitch for miata
   Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 17:29:54 -0500


Hi,

I'm searching THE way to put bikes on my car and I believe I've found
one good solution.  There's something offered by motorsports auto 
(714.639.2620).  There solution is to attach a trailer hitch and then 
attach a rack to the hitch that sticks straight up and one can hang the
bikes on the rack.  The solution seems clean enough since they are 
reusing existing holes from the tie-down hooks that come with the car
to attach the trailer hitch. (class-1) so the installation should be 
EZ.  The cost for the hitch is $135 and $70 for the rack.  
Looking at their design, the hitch seems simple enough to make.
I had though about spec-ing out a design that would reuse these same
brackets but it seems they've done the work for me.  I've no affiliation
with motorsports.  As a matter of fact, I tend to cringe at their prices 
but they do tend to have what I want.

I wondered if anyone on the list had any experience with it or if they 
found someone who manufactured the hitch/rack setup for less.  The hitch
looks really simple so I'm a bit skeptical over the price.  I know 
having a hitch installed at a shop is more expensive than $135 but this 
is a bolt on design and should be, imo, cheaper.

I have posted before for suggestions and got back great answers for 
racks that sit on top of the trunk.  But this is an alternative I don't 
want to use.  Besides, a trailer hitch might come in handy in towing 
race-tires to an event, if I ever got really into it.


thanks,

-Carlos