Hello all foldable tow-ball owners!
I have a 2017 V90 CC and I have been battling with the whole hitch bike rack issue that many of you have. I purchased a
Thule 933300 Easyfold XT 2-Bike Towbar Carrier, Black/Silver from Amazon which I thought would fit on the towball installed on my foldable hitch. Of course, it did not. As the rack cost me almost $800 and would cost $300 to ship back to Europe, I had to figure out a way to make it fit my current set up.
I toyed with many different options, like grinding out the part that fit over the towball or removing the hitch all together and having a stealth hitch put on instead. At the end of the day, I had a machine shop/mechanic/welder
cut off the 2 inch towball and replace it with a 50mm towball that I purchased from Amazon (
CURT 40099 Chrome European Trailer Hitch Ball, 1,600 kg, 50mm Diameter, 3/4-Inch x 50mm Shank). The shop cut the existing ball off, drilled a hole in the hitch for the new ball to sit in, then welded on the new ball. It took them 2 hours and cost me $150. The rack fits PERFECTLY on the 50mm towball, because that's what it was designed for.
I also ordered a converter
(CARROFIX US Vehicle 7-Way Blade Connector to European 13-Pin Round Trailer Light Converter - Plug and Play Design) for the lights on the back of the rack to plug into the hitch to finalize the project.
If you have any questions, feel free to reply!
-Scott