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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 8/22/2005 4:58:05 AM   
dammachines


 

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Status: offline 		Nope, unfortunately Radio Shack won't ship overseas. I've purchased and sent about 12 bikes to various people that have asked for them on the RC Groups site. You may be able to find one on Ebay that's will to ship to you...

I've never seen a set of FG shocks, so I'm not sure how they'll fit. I can tell you that the Revo shock with one of the heaviest springs is the best match I've found. I believe quite a few others have gone that way as well and will agree.

I'm currently running an Epic 19T Outlaw Pro and Msonik Tempo 11 ESC with Futaba radio. I get a good 20 minutes running in grass on GP 3300's with the aluminum swingarm and sprockets/chain drive. Brushless motors have been found to overheat and melt some of the gryo gears. I'm have a replacement gyro setup in the works that will allow the use of metal gears if desired, and will also fit within a new alloy rear wheel...

These pics show an earlier version of my steering mod...

BTW, The aluminum swingarm and rear sprockets will be available for sale within a month or so...

Dave.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 8/26/2005 6:47:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ricky looks pissed....

Well, wouldn't you be too if your bike only ran for a few minutes at a time. And the poor guys leg appears to have been severed at the kneecap, that'll teach him for kicking his ride.

That's quality manufacturing that is.

(please understand this is all in jest, no offence implied to anyone, Ricky included)

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/7/2005 8:45:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		tamiya or tiko or something similar make/made one similar. i had one before i got into this as a serious hobby and its great fun. it broke though when i got bored and me and my friend started doing BIG jumps with it. i was jumping it out of a 2nd story window and the first time the guy died and the secound time it did a huge tail wip and went sideways and landed on its side. must of fratured the circuit bored or something as it never worked again

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/8/2005 4:52:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you're talking about the Tyco bike, I suppose it is "similar" to this bike in that it is a dirtbike and has a gyro in the rear wheel. However, this bike is larger than the Tyco bike and is made similar to the 1/5 scale hobby grade bikes with the aluminum plate frame...

It still has too much plastic in it, but there are several of us working to correct that!


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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/11/2005 3:08:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		i just got one. its alot of fun, but the batteries from radioshack that come in its package only give me about 5-7min. of driving. anybody having these problems and what are my cheapest solutions. also, is there a way to tighten the belt? mine will slip everyonce in a while.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/12/2005 5:43:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		tashspop: That's probably not the belt slipping, but the cogged slipper clutch in the spur gear housing. Yup, it does have a slipper!

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/13/2005 5:10:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		is that needed or can i make it solid. i took ricky off and now it seems to drive easier and faster but that could be my batteries coming alive after the first few runs i guess. either way, i love it and can't imagine a better sub $70 toy to match its value and enjoyment.

if i go and buy better brand of cells like sanyo or gp or others and get smaller mah would i expect better run times having better cells than radioshacks stuff? or do i need to spend the extra $$ for higher mah to get better results?

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/15/2005 9:57:18 PM   
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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/15/2005 11:15:18 PM   
dammachines


 

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Status: offline 		Yeah, I don't think it was a bad deal at the original $129, so definitely a steal at half that. I bought my first one for $99 at Radio Shack. It was a display model and was a bit worn, but this was back in early 2004 when they were sold out everywhere. Cheapest I got was a lot of 3 "broken" ones on Ebay for about $30. I've got 5 of them at home right now, plus I've sent about 12 of them to guys overseas...

I get about 15-20 minutes using GP3300 cells which is what I recommend you run. The higher mAH, the longer run time you'll get. I do run a different motor and all new electronics, but the stock bike I gave to my neighbor ran about the same time all stock with similar 3300 cells.

Oh, and I suppose it's not nice to say here, but if you really want to get help on this (and other) bikes, check out the motorcycle forum on rcgroups. That's where everyone hangs out.

Dave.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 9/19/2005 2:33:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		i'm in the process of tring to convert my radio shack rc bike into nitro. i have a hand full of pics of how some other people did it but i am in need of a set of sprockets and a chain so please let me know when you will have them for sale thanks.
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ORIGINAL: dammachines

Nope, unfortunately Radio Shack won't ship overseas. I've purchased and sent about 12 bikes to various people that have asked for them on the RC Groups site. You may be able to find one on Ebay that's will to ship to you...

I've never seen a set of FG shocks, so I'm not sure how they'll fit. I can tell you that the Revo shock with one of the heaviest springs is the best match I've found. I believe quite a few others have gone that way as well and will agree.

I'm currently running an Epic 19T Outlaw Pro and Msonik Tempo 11 ESC with Futaba radio. I get a good 20 minutes running in grass on GP 3300's with the aluminum swingarm and sprockets/chain drive. Brushless motors have been found to overheat and melt some of the gryo gears. I'm have a replacement gyro setup in the works that will allow the use of metal gears if desired, and will also fit within a new alloy rear wheel...

These pics show an earlier version of my steering mod...

BTW, The aluminum swingarm and rear sprockets will be available for sale within a month or so...

Dave.


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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 11/10/2005 12:38:53 AM   
Easy rider



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Status: offline 		The bike seems to ride pretty good. I just got one from Ebay but didn't drive it yet. How about the radio range ? Is that good.
And does the speed seem about 20Mph ? And does it handle good ?
Thanks

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 11/12/2005 10:47:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys whats up, i see there might be a few people in here tring to convert their ricky into a nitro ricky.... The person to talk to for hop ups to make the suspension and driveline stronger is WWW.DAMMACHINES.COM. He is helping me with my nitro project... If anybody needs cutouts of what parts of the chassis to cut away and upper chassis braces and motor plate for .15 motors only. let me know im in the middle of making some extra ones for those who would like them... basically i make the kit to install the nitro motor into ricky, and dam machines makes all the beefed up parts to complete the project....

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 11/13/2005 11:59:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks dude , nice pictures. I just sent an email to dammachines to ask about the availabilty of the products.

David.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 11/14/2005 4:12:31 AM   
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