Bit of a mad one this

My GN125 lives on a rack on the back of my narrowboat. This works quite well but every time I go through a lock I need to remove the rear light assembly to make sure it doesn't catch the lock walls. This is a bit of a pain. Ideally I'd like a faster system. I was wondering about removing the rear mudguard then cutting through it, above the light assembly, and fitting some kind of hinge and locking mechanism. Maybe a central hinge on top of the mudguard, holes drilled and nuts and bolts, then a slide bolt each side. The idea is to quickly and easily swing the lower bit out of the way so I can go though a lock without risking hanging up.

I think it will need to be fairly secure to pass an MOT.

I'm not too bothered about wrecking the mudguard in an attempt to do this. It's pretty well rusted up and cheap as chips to replace.

Any other ideas?

Cheers

can't you just move the bike slightly so that it doesn't catch?

or wouldn't it be easier to take bike off, go through lock, push bike along towpath, put it back on

Fit a tail tidy

Build the narrow boat equivalent of a bike trailer, from the hull of an old hobie cat, and tow it along behind you.

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You need a narrower boat....

Stand the bike up vertically.

put the Gn125 on the roof problem solved

http://www.grannybuttons.com/.a/6a00d83451b11469e20120a608f6a2970b-pi

Problem solved put it on the bow...

Before anyone says thats a Wide beam boat a couple of mods you could do the same with a Narrow Beam boat...

I do like the turntable - Brilliant!