The most advanced off-road caravan demands the very best in aftermarket equipment.
Kimberley Karavan Bike Rack – The iSi Advanced Bicycle Carrier System is designed specifically for the Kimberley Karavan and allows the adventure seeking traveller to tour remote regions with bicycles on board. There’s nothing better than camping in those special spots – in comfort and safety with the Karavan – with the ever ready option to explore further by bicycle.
Based upon a special combination of our Extreme Duty modular bicycle carrier components, the iSi Advanced Bicycle Carrier System for the Kimberley Karavan delivers the maximum convenience with bicycle loading and unloading in seconds and complete load security over the harshest terrain on the planet – and no straps or cords to fail along the way.
- 10 Seconds Load/Unload per Bicycle
Swap to the back of your vehicle with an optional vehicle mount system
No Straps or tie-downs for the easiest bike loading and unloading
Pivot in seconds to access front storage box
Best trailer articulation with bicycles positioned back towards trailer axle
Bolt on – Easy home installation anywhere in the world
Thoroughly Engineered & Rigorously Tested
iSi carriers employ advanced Computer Aided Design and Finite Element Modeling and Analysis tools to ensure that the optimum structural and operational design criteria are met in a highly cost effective manner.
Then field tested over not only the harshest terrain using iSi’s fleet of dedicated off-road 4WD vehicles and caravans, but also long high speed highway travel.
Without doubt, iSi carriers deliver the ultimate in bicycle carrying performance and total peace of mind – regardless of the severity of the terrain.
Whether it be sustained high speed travel over rough washboard corrugations, rocks, soft and loose sand dunes, deep snow or running rivers, you’ll breathe easy with the knowledge that your bicycles are safe, secure and always ready for action.
Easy Access
The best part is that the carrier is designed to rotate forward in order to provide excellent access to the front storage compartment. Unhindered access to the vacuum canister and other items such as a generator that is typically carried in the storage compartment is a big bonus.
Simply remove the lower security pin and the entire assembly is free to rotate forward – tool free. When deployed for front compartment access, the carrier rests on hard stops to give the operator free access without having to deal with the hassle of supporting the carrier out of the way.
Precision built with a life time of tough duty in mind, this carrier also allows the adventure seeker to easily and quickly slip the carrier off the Karavan and install onto the vehicle. Ideal for base camping with vehicle and bicycle based exploration into the surrounding landscape. Check out our Adventurers page to find our how it’s helps other peoples journeys!
There’s more to travelling with bicycles than simply loading them onto a car and transporting to a destination. Eliminate hassle and never go looking for excuses.
Zero Side-to-Side Offset
• Narrow load for the greatest safety possible
• Maximum protection of bicycles from trackside obstacles
• Road-legal side overhang with modern long and slack mountain bikes
The iSi bicycle carrier absolutely solves the age old problem of having to offset a bicycle one way or the other and by positioning the widest parts of each bicycle vertically, there’s even more clearance between bikes and inherent safety than ever before.
The bicycle load specifications have been matched to suit the Karavan drawbar.
Zero Load Frame Support Cradle
• Gentle bicycle retention with effective vibration control
• High UV resistant with wide soft contact area
• Carbon-Safe
With the transport loads through the bicycle wheels, a special zero load frame support cradle is designed to simply keep the bicycle upright – gently.
These are manufactured from solid steel rod to add inertia and eliminate the high frequency vibrations at the frame contact point whilst driving at speed over corrugated roads.
We also designed a new rubber profile that has a very wide contact area, is super flexy, very tough and oh so gentle. None of the commercially available rubber compounds and profiles satisfied ISI’s demanding requirements for high UV resistance, vibration isolation and wide and soft contact so we designed and extrude our own custom rubber that is head and shoulders superior to every other bicycle carrier product on the planet.
A special section soft, supple and super durable rubber compound is specified on the contact layer with the bicycle frame. Along with generous thickness and wide, flat contact area, the special rubber acts as a highly effective vibration isolator and eliminates the abrasive issues of inferior round section pads when the going gets dusty. The good news doesn’t end there either. This special iSi rubber compound activates with vibration and the wide contact area exhibits mild adhesive properties so that the contact patch on the bicycle frame remains in contact at all times for zero rubbing. Any movement is taken up inside the rubber support layer for the maximum support and protection of the bicycle frame and pressure on the frame all but eliminated. The ultimate protection for titanium, thin wall alloy and the most fragile of carbon fibre bicycle frames.
Easy installation
Explore and Experience
By positioning the bicycles as far back as possible, excellent clearance is achieved when steering the Karavan from lock to lock. Furthermore, with the bicycles positioned up nice and high, excellent visibility is maintained so that you can see exactly how the Karavan is positioned relative to the tight turning vehicle. Another bonus is that with the bicycles in clear view, reversing the vehicle back to attach to the Karavan is made easier still.
All up, a sensational way to explore and experience all of the wonderful things that carefree travel has to offer!
Safe and Stable Towing
The ideal weight distrubution on the trailer for the most relaxed and safest towing experience
• Centre of mass close to the trailer roll-centre of safe and stable towing dynamics
• Centre of mass back away from to tow ball for light tow ball weight delta
• Eliminate instability of vertical carriers with tall centre of mass
• Highly rigid system for the safest towing dynamics
The position, height and rigidity of the loaded carrier can have a huge affect upon the towing dynamics as well as the handling performance of the tow vehicle. The ideal solution positions the Centre Of Mass vertically close to the trailer roll-centre and longitudinally back away from the tow ball for the lightest weight delta possible – all in a highly rigid system to keep the load in-phase with the trailer dynamics.
Ideal for modern Electronic Stability Control systems that operate to prevent loss of control in an inherently stable trailer rather than attempting to keep an unstable trailer under control with noting in reserve.
Relax and tow in safety and with confidence with predictable handling in the event of an emergency swerving manoeuvre.
Swap between your Karavan and tow vehicle
Swap the carrier between the Karavan and the car quickly and easily. It’s great to base camp with the trailer and move the carrier to the car and explore areas that may not be appropriate to drag the Karavan through. When you have the flexibility you use it to make the most of each trip and because we make it easy to swap, you don’t go looking for excuses to leave the bikes alone.
The iSi 4x4x2 bicycle carrier pivots down all the way right from the tow bar for the ultimate in quick and convenient access to the rear of the vehicle. Completely eliminates the hassles of bicycle carriers that just tilt but obstruct the opening of side hinged rear doors. When the door’s open, drawers and fridge slide will open fully for drivers of vehicles like the Toyota Prado, Jeep Wrangler, Mitsubishi Pajero, Nissan Patrol and many more.
