haha....my room-mate thinks I'M a monster
 

ok, so since i completely quit on motocross (since my son lost his mommy) i decided its just too dangerous to continue......

so i slowly started this RC shtuff, didn't think i could really get into it that much,

BUT now, thanks to all of you here at RC-MONSTER, i am so totally hooked......

so hooked that its kinda pissing off my room-mate, cause my little hobby cart, has turned into the entire kitchen table, and some of the counter top also :005:

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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...L/DVC00248.jpg

thanks for the help everyone, and of course, i will be asking more questions soon, when i can afford the BL. :018:

If I took over the kitchen table, the wife would kill me. Instead, I've taken over about 1/3 of our basement for a general workshop that has slowly evolved into an R/C workshop. Whenever the wife asks how I can spend so much time and cash on my "toys", I tell her it's better than me going out with the guys getting into who knows what kind of trouble. :)

BTW: Sorry to hear about your son's mommy...

This hobby is very addicting. The wife fusses cause i took over the computer room. :D

lol i have no mess at but its very very addicting. as sylvester told me about this great fourm and on-line store.:p"rc-monster" ;)

Addicting? :043: Im only on here 24/7!:004: :o

Welcome to the addiction. I have to move stuff in my bedroom to sleep:005: :007:

It is addicting for sure..

Now you only need to buy a brushless to get really hooked.. :p

thanks Brian.....

can't wail till i can afford to do that, then all i gotta do is decide.......

WHAT! WHAT? WHAT WHAT WHAT..........

motor/ESC/battery pack/battery charger/ubec/bec/fail safe/etc.etc.etc.

there's so much stuff, i can't keep it all straight in my brain housing group :002: :007: :002:

LOL! it is so simple.

Sorry to hear about your wife. This is one of my biggest fears.

Sorry to hear about Juniors mom.

And good to hear on your decision on motocross vs RC. Play it on the safe side.
Keep it up, nice to have you here.

DAF

and rc seems more interesting then moto-cross and cetainly enjoy it more then that. lol the bashing the crashing the hop-ups the friendly rc-monster fourms. the rc-monster store, all the aftermarket stores. you cant go WRONG :p lol

i do both and i have to say, theres nothing like motorcross....if you've ever cleared a 60' table top then you what im say. rc you can do anywhere though and its alot safer. i hate to say it but motorcross is a littel cheaper :p

first off, thanks to everyone who said sorry to hear.....

my son, Ethan, is doing great, luckily i had full custody so he was already used to being with me all the time, but he was in the car with mommy and her new fiance' during the accident in January..... its an absolute miracle, he was the only person out of four passengers who survived the accident, with only 2 very small scratches on his body.......... and go figure, he breaks his arm jumping off the couch 3 weeks ago, WTF?



SQUEE, i do know what you mean.... 1 of the local tracks hear has an 75' table top finish line that i cleared regularly during racing or practice, had one mistake on it (landed nose heavy), that the paramedics were afraid i broke my back on, but i refused to be taken away from the race on a stretcher, so i pushed them away had a friend help me up, and staggered off the track, then collapsed out of spectators view, the other local track has a 70' double at their finishline, which i also cleared regularly, see pics below.....

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this one is from the week after my race accident, this is the 75' table top that i wrecked on, after successfully doing it many many times before....... unfortunately it was too chilly in NOVEMBER for the HOOTERS girls to get more undressed......

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i dont know about more interesting, maybe just as interesting, or equally interesting.... racing is in me, its part of my life, i used to race street bikes too (closed circuit tracks, not illegal street racing), was working on getting my pro/am racing liscence in 2000, before i got married, then that all went down the drains....lol seeing a RC jump is great, but there isn't anything like doing it yourself, like SQEE said.... so long as you can land that big jump safely...:007:


here, there is only 1 local hobby/aftermarket store, so i am forced to do all my rc buying from the internet, so that why i am on here ALL THE TIME.....:027:

Well with the rc if you land wrong you can walk away. Unless you land it on you.
I think motocross is fun as well. I think should motocross while batts are charging. :D

i hate to say it, call me what you will, but man, 4 wheelers give me the creaps when on a track. i dunno what it is, but im more of a dirtbike fan. i think the main reason i dont really like it is because if a 220lb bike lands on you its bad, but if a 600lb 4 wheeler lands on you, well, its really bad.

yeah, you got that right, i just couldn't make the transistion from a street bike to a dirt bike, (too squirly in the rear end), and raceing a four wheeler is more dangerous and challenging, thats the thrill of it, especially when we are going just as fast or jumping just as high as the dirtbikers everyone is like.....

WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW A 4-WHEELER COULD DO THAT!!!!

but your right, it does hurt more, A LOT MORE!!! :005:

it hurts even more when the hot tail pipe or exauste burns you. or the bare engine exposed. THAT HURTS! and the 600lb on you to. ouch!

That four wheeler should have been closer to 400 than 600. I think my buddies 4 wheeler was little under 400. So that is not as bad. I hate it when the exhaust burns the crap out of you.

Even worse, IF the oil leaks out after a run! Can you say skin-gone? OUCH!

it was a 2006 Yamaha YFZ450, ext. rear axle (50in.) for AMA/ATVA regulations, and i had just ordered a $3000 front racing A-arms/shock set-up like 3 days before it got stolen in December, luckily the company i ordered from refunded my money when i faxed them a copy of the police report....

it weighed right around 340lbs full of fluids.... after i took of the non-race ecential stock parts....

from my accident that i almost broke my back....notice the bent lower right A-arm, the steering stem was also smashed down to the cas tank cracking the gas cap, and the rear grap bar snapped off, luckily that all the damage, but then just after i fix it, it got stolen.......NO INSURANCE!!!

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Man every one wants what you worked so hard for. It sucks they took your bike. It looked like it would have a been fun to ride it. Could have sold it off and got more rc stuff.

i was kinda exagerating on the weight of a 4 wheeler although my bike does weigh 220. 340 is pretty light really. my old 4 wheeler weighed closer to 500+

nice at-v!

ya i with most of you guys i dont like quads on the track but quads on the sand :004: