Not that mr. Lee needs any verification on this, but i
just went through this process to get a long tube to
span the width of the rear hatch on my westy.  I
called a bunch of places, and 1 1/8 tubing is next to
impossible to get...

However, as was mentioned, plumbing pipe (which seems
to be what Yakima used, anyway) works well, and is
cheap.  I just also purchased a shower curtain rod
sleeve (just a split plastic tube) that i wrapped
around the pipe - looks stock, and cost all of $10 for
everything.

Gary's racks are, i am quite sure, infinitely cooler,
though.

-Damon

--- "G. Lee" <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET> wrote:
>
> Yakima load bars are 1 1/8" OD (outside diameter)
> including the plastic
> coating.  This is an uncommon size of tubing,
> usually hard to get.
>
> Some older Yakima carriers require exactly 1 1/8"
> load bars, meaning
> anything other than 1 1/8" will not work.  I think
> their newer bike carriers
> are more universal and can accommodate a variation
> in tubing diameter.

=====
'84 Westy (Sparky)
'65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma)

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