*I was expecting a lot of shortcuts to be taken at this price. I was wrong. Decent quality **Latest.Bike** raker . Easy on easy off.*

I think the added benefit of installing the Pivot v2 is that it gives you that piece of mind that the trunk gate is now further away from the bike rack so that if you ever mistakenly push the open the trunk gate on your key fob, you have more than a split second to stop the opening.

I've had the Pivot for 3 years now on my Ram Promaster van. Works great. I've only drove down the road once with it extended out at 90 degrees. haha

I just ordered mine. Really excited to have this. I'm sure it'll make getting in and out of the back of my truck way easier!

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

SO much easier!

Dude that pivot is a super useful tool. Even with the ability to move my rack down, i consider my trunk off limits when bikes are mounted. Seems more convenient to move the whole rack outta the way.

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

It is so nice. They are tough to find right now unfortunately (like everything in the bike world), but if you can find one it is definitely worth the cost.

@korswe

2 жыл бұрын

I also see the added benefit of unloading/loading the bikes on the sidewalk rather than doing that on the street in front of someone's car.

Just ordered mine, this video review helped, thank you.

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help.

Great video. Thank you.

Nice video!

Thanks for information

Should be great for a Lexus gx460 with the barn swing door

Im like why does this guy look like Phil? 😂 I am looking to get one to hold a generator box for my van.

@mobikes1547

11 ай бұрын

What's up lady!

Great video! What do you do for your lights and license plate being blocked? Does Kuat offer a light kit?

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

I do not worry about it. I know that some places have laws against it, but it is not a problem here in MO. I have not seen a kit that Kuat makes, but I also have not looked.

can you please also do a video with your 4 bike setup? also a video of the 4 bikes while driving and how it handles over bumps and rough roads.

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

I have a video of installing the Plus 2 on the rack, and getting 4 bikes loaded onto it in this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYWsubmbo5vWqto.html . Next time I am loaded up and get on some bumpy roads I will try and get some video.

thanks for sharing!! What is the kuat rack you have? I am looking for one that locks the wheel, can you put a fat bike on your rack?

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

This rack is the NV 2.0 from Kuat. I have never put a fat bike on it, but it looks like you can get a kit for it. www.kuat.com/product/nv-2-0/

D&d racks , integrated swing

Man... want this functionality... but I’m a little put off by the 2ft gap...

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

I hear ya. I was at first too, but the ability to get into the back of my truck easily far out weighs that gap. To be honest, I have come to really like the gap. I can easily get between the bikes and the truck to open my back glass to put something in or out of my truck. I did not love it at first, but I appreciate it now. If that makes sense. I say, if you can find one get it.

@paul_hd1875

3 жыл бұрын

@@mobikes1547 Curious if a Tacoma tail gate would lie flat in that gap. Unlikely, but could be a silver lining. I appreciate the response, gonna have to give this product some consideration. RockyMounts makes a similar product, but I don’t believe there’s a huge gap. Would be a pain to have to sell my NV 2.0 and buy another rack... but it’s also an option. 😎🇺🇸

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

@@paul_hd1875 I just went out and measured and it is 25.5" from the back of my truck to the rack. One of the guys as work as a Tacoma. I will see if I can throw the rack on his truck to see. If the Rocky Mounts one is shorter, there should be no reason you could not still use your NV with their pivot. No reason that I know of anyway.

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

@@paul_hd1875 I just threw it on a Tacoma and the tailgate goes down with no issues at all. Probably 6"-8" of clearance.

No way to bring the bike rack closer to the car? What if you cut the tube and made a new hole so it would slide further in ?

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

You cannot do that because of the flat lock cam system that keeps the rack from moving around. When I first installed it, I thought it seemed so far away, but I actually prefer it that way now. With it this far away, it allows me access to the back of my truck without having to move the rack, if I just want quick access. Jeep owners love the pivot, because it pushed the rack out past their spare tire...

I see pictures of the V2 online with an added safety pin. Not sure why there is one with a pin and one without both labeled V2. I think Kuat needs to fess up to something. This one does not have it. The only thing keeping it from swinging out and hitting a car or something is the hold down latch that is not designed for sideways force. It is also subject to downward momentum, vibration and harshness. It will come undone - Murphy said so.

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

There is an internal catch as well. If you undo the latch it will not swing open, until you pull the handle. There is also a portion under the latch that keeps the vertical movement very small. With as much weight as there is (even with an empty rack) I do not see any possibility of the rack moving so much that it comes un-latched. I'm certainly not an engineer, nor work for Kuat, but I've driven my truck on some pot hole filled gravel roads and through plenty of fields with bikes bouncing around on the back, and never had any concern of it coming un-latched.

Pls show how one person can get their ebike on and off the rack..thanks

@mobikes1547

8 ай бұрын

Kuat does make a ramp to roll you bike up onto the rack with. www.kuat.com/product/nv-2-0-bike-ramp/

Great video. Do not like the idea of push down to unlatch the swing away. A lift up would be much better.

@mobikes1547

Жыл бұрын

It is a lever that you pull to release. It works great.

Is the swing lock stiff? maybe too difficult for a lady to do if loaded with bikes? thank you

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

It is very easy to swing out. Even if it fully loaded with 4 bikes.

@nwlady1844

3 жыл бұрын

@@mobikes1547 thank you!!

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

@@nwlady1844 you are most welcome.

HI THERE DO YOU THINK I CAN INSTALL SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN A Land Rover DEFENDER 2023 WITH A SPARE BACK TIRE WITH DRIVER SIDE SWING ?? We ill it WORK?

@mobikes1547

6 ай бұрын

I cannot say for sure, but my guess is that it would work fine. I know lots of people that use these with Jeep Wranglers with the spare tire on the back.

Do you have the video for four bike rack on?

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

Here you go. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYWsubmbo5vWqto.html

I got the drivers side one and it leans down about 3/16 on the drivers side. So it does not sit level like it did with just the nv 2.0 base rack. Are you noticing that on yours? Thanks for the video.

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

Mine definitely sits level. I would reach out to Kuat and see what they say. They have great customer service.

@officialNomadMTB

2 жыл бұрын

@@mobikes1547 I did, they told me to get some metal shims for it. Lol

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

@@officialNomadMTB that kinda surprises me. That sucks.

@officialNomadMTB

2 жыл бұрын

@@mobikes1547 Ya, I have had the NV 2.0 base for a while and it has been great. It uses a ball bearing for the cam lock. The extension uses there new steel piece. From what he was saying I am not the first to say this. I ordered a passenger side. So we will see.

Kuat costs a lot of money. Just my nv 2.0 is over 42k ph peso

I'm not a fan of the latching mechanism. I can just see that thing swinging open while traveling dowm the freeway and swating a sign post. I think I'm good with the tilt function

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

I do not see how it could open up. Even if you forget to latch it, it still locks in. Once you pull up on the handle, it is not going anywhere.

@avongil

2 жыл бұрын

@@mobikes1547 can you explain how it locks in if you forget to latch it? that handle can certainly come undone by itself. As far as I can see, there is no backup saftey to that latch. I would put something around the arm as a backup.

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

@@avongil There is a metal plate that is under the pivot that has notches cut into it. When you first undo the latch you can move the rack an inch or so, but it is trapped inside that metal plate by a pin attached to a second latch. When you pull the second latch it pulls the pin out of the way and allows you to swing the arm out to 90* where it gets trapped again. As I said in your comment, there is no way that main latch is coming undone by itself. Cam latches like this have been around for a long time, and are extremely reliable.

@mobikes1547

2 жыл бұрын

@@avongil Go to about the 3 min mark of this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooGdtbmEcpveirA.html

Bounces excessively with any vertical bike rack

What is the weight capacity please ?

@mobikes1547

3 жыл бұрын

250 lbs www.kuat.com/product/pivot-2/?specs

@kielia727

3 жыл бұрын

@@mobikes1547 thank you.

Instruction manual…. Toss 😂