My new toy!!!
 

Well here is my latest purchase. A Venom GPV-1. I used to have a Kyosho HOR but it broke so often and parts were kind of hard to come by so i sold it a while ago. But since then i have missed RC motorcyles and am very happy that Venom has decided to make one. I cannot believe how nice these are, very well made and it drives incredibly easy. Too bad it's snowing otherwise i would be driving again today. :yes: I don't think it will be too long before i put a Mamba brushless system in it or something equivilent. Any other RC motorcyle fans out there?

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Looks awesome, does it use 1/10th or 1/18th scale power system

It uses 1/18th motors. I will probably be looking to go with the Mamba system or the Novak Mongoose system, not sure which one yet.

looks great , i have been thinking of getting one as well


should be fun

we may have to start a mn motorcycle club, I want one too!:lol:

That would be awesome!

add me to that list, i think i will have to get myself one for xmass:lol:

now I just have to get you guys to drive to shakopee!:lol:

no prob.. its about a 10 min. drive for me , it would be cool to get together and run these like in a school parking lot or something

or if enough get them race these things , but may be hard to race one that cant keep the front wheel on the ground:wink:

Sweet! I haven't really looked too far into it, but I like the idea of an RC motor cycle. How much for the Venom one? What others are good?

This is the cheapest place to get them.
https://www.ssl-stormerhobbies.com/c...ns&pn=VEN01056

Kyosho makes RC motorcyles and Thunder Tiger does as well. The Kyosho ones are fun but very outdated and sometimes difficult to get parts for. And the Tunder Tiger bikes are nitro i think...

thats a good deal $30 off towers price, I almost bought the yellow one but my wife said " its snowing here you wont be able to drive it for 3 months" what a sniviling baby I married. Like it wouldnt still be cool on the shelf lol. Wonder where I can get a snowmobile, not that chris fine one on rcu* either

I say run an 11xx neu in that bad boy, super wheelies

Tell her you need to buy it now because all the upgrades you'll want will take three months to buy and install!!! :wink: As far as snowmobiles i have been looking at getting one of these. The description says that they have 540 motors and 24 inches seems like a decent size.
http://www.amazon.com/Polaris-Fusion...8693855&sr=8-8

24" snowmobile, thats big, that could be the winter project right there, buggy shocks fire up the drill press in 12 degree weather in the garage and have some fun. Thanks man

Buy one and let's see a build thread! :yipi:

I did a bit of research and found the kyosho leaning rider ones for very cheap. Big question here is how hard are parts to get? I found one site with a wealth of hop-ups for it, but how easily would a bike break? Are there any other good ones for under $150-200?? Thanks...Sry for the thread jacking lol

I've got a new bright ski doo snobile, it's 36 inches long. Has a 540 and a 32 pitch drive gear stock. There's a few builds on it at rcu if you google it. It would be awesome with an xl-5 system.

Well you can get the kit for about $60 and then you will have to get bearings, and esc, a radio and reviever and a battery. And that is just to get it going. For all that money you could have a much better RC motorcycle the GPV-1. :mdr: In all honesty if you want the Kyosho it is a great bike once you hop it up and replace all the parts that will break on you first run. In the long the the Kyosho is going to be 5 times the price, i'm just speaking from experience. As far as other bikes i'm not sure of any others at the moment.

I'll have to search for that. Post some pics if you have any i would like to see it.

well, i already have a radio and reciever, i'll probably get a mamba micro sidewinder pro ($110) and a micro servo ($15-$20) and then what else do i need to upgrade? Should i just look into getting this Venom bike? I'd like to keep under $200, but off of ebay too.

The receiver will have to be really small for these bikes just an fyi. Besides a esc a 1/18th size battery pack too. I think the Venom is hard to beat for what you get and the quality of the bike.

Check out RCGroup's motorcycle section...
GPV-1 was awaited for a LONG time... Now it's everywhere!

Glad to hear it arrived for you..
http://www.rcgroups.com/motorcycles-183/

You may want to move the ESC, and put more fasteners on the RX...
RX arrived falling out when it arrived..

Great link, looks like i have a lot of reading to do.

Yeah, no kidding.
The fun starts near the end..

venom bike vs. going lipo or bl erevo...hmmmm hard choice. i guess ill be "saving up" for the venom bike then!

Holy muffins it costs a lot, even at hobbycity.com to go lipo!! $300 shipped!! Plus the $300+ I want for my pede/e-revo, and then $550 for the BL E-revo on my B-day...Thanks go I've lots of family members lol

I found this place on goggle . They sell al kinds of rc motorcycles.



http://2wheelhobbies.com/?gclid=CMil...FQWcnAod_Bd2iw

Good find hippie. Not much Venom stuff, yet.

+1 I had a HOR, it was fun but nowhere near the quality of this bike!

That's just way cool..