Bird bike rack - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

tracke30m3 · 10-22-2007, 10:48 AM

I'm thinking of getting a Bird bike rack, does anyone here have any experience with it? Is it stable? How accessible is the rear trunk with the rack in place?

Anyone here have information on how and where the bracket under the car is attached? I want to be sure its up to the task of carrying 2 bike's worth of weight.

I'd also like to know where the two straps are attached, I'm concerned about avoiding paint damage and if the attachment points would also be up to the task of supporting the weight of the bikes.

Any info or pics would be appreciated, thanks.

nola911 · 10-22-2007, 10:50 AM

What color is your car? I know that I cannot even look at my black porsche without swirling the paint. A bike rack on the trunk would do more damage than I could handle.

tracke30m3 · 10-22-2007, 11:03 AM

Its Ocean blue.

From the Bird bike rack's website, its seem that the rack does not touch the car's body at all. The only exception would be the straps which somehow attach to somewhere on the trunk or trunk lid. I'm not really sure because the pictures are quite blurry, but that's what I'm trying to find out.

Thanks.

fatmike · 10-22-2007, 11:38 AM

I am following this thread with interest. I need a bike rack on my Boxster too!

trube78 · 10-22-2007, 07:08 PM

Consider the willwood rack it is very stable, no straps required and not terribly noticable. I looked at both systems prices are similar. Willwood is (IMHO) a sturdier design. If you have ??? drop me a line.
ATB,
Tom

Perfectlap · 10-22-2007, 07:24 PM

i had teh bird system until someone plowed into while I was away from my car. Had to get on a lift to detach it. It worked well while it was in use, the owner of the company in CT installed it on my car in about an hour. He did a great job.

I was thinking of replacing it with the wilwood system if it could work with the new state of the art Saris Thelma bike carrier but Wilwood never responded to my inquiries for a "two point" hitch. They only have the one point.
The use of the Thule and Yakima racks placed well over 80 pounds of toe weight on the rear bumper. Which is far too much imo without any actual anchoring to the chasis.