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I love driving my 1972 coupe. Also love mountain biking and have been riding and racing mountain bikes for 30 years. Many of the races I go to are in places with amazing twisty windy Mountain Roads that are perfectly suited for the corvette. If I take off both wheels and remove the seat post, I can cram the bike in the front seat. But it's a p i t a. I'm not about to put a strap on rack or suction cup type bike rack on it.
I have been thinking about getting a spare passenger side T-top to permanently attached a fork mounted bike tray. My concern is that the latches will release under the wind pressure, and my bike will go flying.
I've thought about that as well. I have bike racks for my other vehicles. But I didn't want to put anything permanent on Corvette. And the hitch mounts are pretty heavy themselves.
I think fabbing and welding up a hitch mount that can be bolted on would be your best bet. By making it bolt on it isn't "permeant", then you can use a standard bike rack that you already own.
there is also this option, it might feel like you are riding the bike while driving the twisties
I think fabbing and welding up a hitch mount that can be bolted on would be your best bet. By making it bolt on it isn't "permeant", then you can use a standard bike rack that you already own.
there is also this option, it might feel like you are riding the bike while driving the twisties
This is probably the sexiest picture I've ever seen on this Forum.
Trailer hitch is 100% the best way to solve this. You can't bring 4 Auto-X tires to the track balanced on a single T-Top, but you can in a small trailer.
Last edited by Bikespace; Jun 17, 2026 at 07:16 PM.
Thanks to the replies, but I'm not interested in a trailer hitch right now. I'm interested in knowing if the T-top can support the forces generated by a bike mounted to it. I realize it's not something that was ever meant to happen, so there might not be any data out there at all. But just curious if anybody else has ever tried it.
I know people who have lost a t-top just driving down the road with nothing mounted on the top. Of course in every case they claimed the top was latched properly, but I have my doubts.
I'm no fan of luggage racks and would never put one on any Corvette I owned, but what about a set up with suction cups like on the red C5 pictured above? Why couldn't you mount it backwards to the way it's mounted on the red car, with the suction cup mounts for the forks on the rear deck and the mount for the rear tire on the t-top? Installed this way the loading should be on the rear deck, and not the top.
This is probably the sexiest picture I've ever seen on this Forum.
Trailer hitch is 100% the best way to solve this. You can't bring 4 Auto-X tires to the track balanced on a single T-Top, but you can in a small trailer.
Sexy and that picture I just can't put the two together
If it was my corvette, I would go with the trailer hitch option.
If you are only hauling one bike get someone to custom weld a bolt on 1 1/2” receiver type hitch and hide the receiver behind the license plate.
There were many GM vehicles in the 60’s through the 70’s that had fold down spring loaded rear license plates that hid the fuel fill and gas cap.
No body would see the fold down plate or the receiver hidden behind it.
There has been a couple members who have installed receivers behind the license plates.
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I personally would not trust your T-top option. Big problem if it fails. Furthermore can you really determine if the T-top mounting structure is not compromised after 50+ years?
I personally would not trust your T-top option. Big problem if it fails. Furthermore can you really determine if the T-top mounting structure is not compromised after 50+ years?
add me to the voting against the T-top option , it just seems that physics would work against
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