I have (had?) a trunk mounted Yakima rack but yesterday was rear ended in a parking lot.
I'm ok, thank G** my bike was not on the rack, the gal who hit me took out one tail light, put a dent in the bumper. The Yakima trunk rack has a scrape but I have not fully assesed it. Regardless I am not about to trust it with my bike.
So, I have just bitten the bullet (gulp) and ordered a roof rack, chose the Yakima Cobra, hope y'all approve. My LBS says they will do the install free. I shopped around, their price (though a hard bullet to swallow) beat the others. It's much more than replacing the trunk rack but unless I can get my body shop to remove the magnet that seems to be on my car's rear bumper I should put Menace (my bike) up on the roof.
Oops I'm getting off subject. The only difference between the King Cobra and the Cobra (besides price) is that the King Cobra has a lock built in. We figured there is plenty of room to affix a standard lock or locks onto the Cobra and that saved me another 20-30 bucks.



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