Originally Posted by rsbob

Have one. What? You say.

traveled over 4 mountain passes, 3 with snow and several miles of Interstate where de-icer and salt was used. Then there was one day of relentless rain followed by going up a long muddy dirt road. My AWD SUV (not a Jeep) performed flawlessly but wasn’t going to subject my bike to all that road crap.

For local hauls I use the bike rack, but across three states, 620 miles each way, not so much in the winter. Good thought tho.

Thanks for all the excellent suggestions. Will no doubt use more than one. Great forum members here.