Added lights to my Swagman Dispatch Bike Rack

[jkwilson]

Wanted to improve visibility of lights with the bikes on the rack on the back of my 303RLS. Fairly simple mod. I used the 16” stop/turn/tail lights from Amazon and a piece of aluminum angle I had on hand already. Mounted it to the main shaft with a 2” square U-bolt so no modifications to the rack itself.

First picture shows how it is mounted to the bike rack, second shows the rack without the lights and the third shows it with them. I have the rack mounted on my truck as a handy place to work on it and test it.

The lights are amazingly bright, and the mounting location is much more visible than I had hoped. Unless you are in a semi running 10ft off my bumper, you will be able to see the lights even with two bikes mounted.

If I were starting from scratch, I’d have used an 1-1/4” or 1-1/2” by 1/8” wall square aluminum tube for the mounting bar, but the price was right with what I used.







ETA: In spite of the way it looks in the last picture, the lights are actually a few inches forward of the bar the bikes sit on.

[sellis1053]

Wanted to improve visibility of lights with the bikes on the rack on the back of my 303RLS. Fairly simple mod. I used the 16” stop/turn/tail lights from Amazon and a piece of aluminum angle I had on hand already. Mounted it to the main shaft with a 2” square U-bolt so no modifications to the rack itself.

First picture shows how it is mounted to the bike rack, second shows the rack without the lights and the third shows it with them. I have the rack mounted on my truck as a handy place to work on it and test it.

The lights are amazingly bright, and the mounting location is much more visible than I had hoped. Unless you are in a semi running 10ft off my bumper, you will be able to see the lights even with two bikes mounted.

If I were starting from scratch, I’d have used an 1-1/4” or 1-1/2” by 1/8” wall square aluminum tube for the mounting bar, but the price was right with what I used.







ETA: In spite of the way it looks in the last picture, the lights are actually a few inches forward of the bar the bikes sit on.

How did you wire it up?

[jkwilson]

How did you wire it up?

Standard 4-pin trailer plug.

[sellis1053]

Standard 4-pin trailer plug.

Thanks.....

[HighFive]

I did the same mod. Just a different implementation. https://www.mygrandrv.com/forum/show...s-To-Bike-Rack

[jkwilson]

I did the same mod. Just a different implementation. https://www.mygrandrv.com/forum/show...s-To-Bike-Rack

Your thread motivated me to finish building mine. I had originally thought I’d attach to the crossbar like you did, but the 16” lights just weren’t going to work that way.