Yakima Fork Lift Bike Carrier

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Yakima Fork Lift Bike Carrier

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Quality is superb! It is a bit more fiddly and counterintutive to use than expected. All works perfectly. This looks a lot more streamlined and elegant.

The front locking skewer is tougher to get the right tightness at first but after a few times doing it it's very easy. Love not having to fool with the skewer - once you get it right for your fork, it releases completely and * back down securely.

Just a minor appearance issue, but doesn't detract from the functionality of the mount. Mounts solidly and rides well. Easy to install, rugged, works with both racing and mountain bikes.

Both the front and rear crossbar holders have adjustable mounting positions to fit any size of crossbar. The yakima forklift grabs these thule square type crossbars perfectly. Perfect one for the aero-shaped factory crossbars.

Easy for a single person to mount/dismount bike on roof. Ps; when loading or unloading, put a tarp or thick towel on the roof to keep from scratching it.

Cons

The flared end on the rivet broke off, allowing the cover to fall out. The tray is too flimsy.

Forklift has no fixed position at the hinge point. It flops around and gets in the way when you lift the bike up. Configuration of the cross bars makes the forklift to protrude too much to the back.

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Quality

Very well made and simple to install.

Easy to install, looks good and seems very sturdy.

It's cheaply made and rusted in no time.

The profile for them is even molded into the clamp for an exact fit.

Price

We have driven over 3000 miles with over $12,000 worth of bikes on the roof, and never had a problem.

Great value, easy to install, just works

Luckily a new old stock gm accessory kit containing real crossbars (actually manufactured by thule) were available for my car o... Read More

For the price it should include one lock core since we don't want to spend another $25-35 for a 2-pack when we only need one.

Shipping

It’s a waste of resources to ship the entire frontloader back.

Packaging/appearance

Came ready to install right out of the box.

The attached photo shows the old skewer ("a" and "b" for the locking head and the fixed end cap), and the new skewer ("c" for t... Read More

While the yakima website does not state these will work for the xc60, the box the rack arrives states it will fit.

Competitiveness

Good values compared to the thule alternative and the sunroof clears fine.

I went with the forklift as i know from searching the web it would fit the factory bars on a audi q5, which has a very similar ... Read More

I tend to like thule better but these get much better reviews than thules forklift mounts.

In this review i compare two similar rooftop bike racks, the yakima,

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This product had a total of 282 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 30 2024.