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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 6/24/2008 7:47:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks and also when is this bike coming out the 1st?


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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 6/26/2008 7:57:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Will a 380 size work? A Mongoose might be a perfect match. I have no experience with bikes yet, but I assume the have to have real smooth low ends? How large is the battery area? As per ideas for what lipos can fit.

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 6/30/2008 4:21:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		The battery area is big enough to hold a 6 cell 2/3A typical mini stick pack. Take that size to Lipo and you can fit up to about 1250mah and 2 cells or about 800mah and 3 cells. Motor-wise the mounting plate cannot have the bearing sticking out...it must be flat. The can length can be up to 35mm long, any longer and it touches the body work. Use a 2.3mm shaft as well. Most bolt patterns will work and the screw size can be 2.5mm and 3mm, both will work. For KV in the brushless motor I dont suggest any more than 6500kv, makes it harder to control and the bottom end is less forgiving if your not careful and tune for it.

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 7/3/2008 8:31:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks! What pitch is the pinion? .5 mod metric or .6 mod metric ? Most brushless systems are 2mm or 3.2mm for shaft sizes. So would have to find a alternative pinion than stock. Got mine on pre-order.

Are you sure the stock is 2.3? The Fireball is a 370 motor which I thought only came in 2mm shaft size?

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 7/3/2008 5:37:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		For the BL motor its 2.3mm and for the brushed motor its 2.0mm. Thats whats most common in those motor shaft sizes. The extra torque of a BL motor requires a slightly larger shaft size to be safe...sen many bend easy at 2mm od. The pitch is .5 mod. On our site we have a broad range of pinion gears you can take a look at.

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 7/3/2008 10:35:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Awesome. That means the Mongoose should work with its 3.2 shaft and them offering .5 mod pitch gears for 3.2 shafts.

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 7/19/2008 6:53:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		i'm defenitly picking one of these up! Hopefully I can fit a mini taxer esc and an e-flite 370 5400 kv motor in it.

Allmost ready to got at Tower. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXUZB0**&P=7

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 7/19/2008 9:16:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		You cant use any motor that has the bearing sticking out of the motor mount plate. So the motor has to have a flat face in other words. Look at the Castle Mamba motors for example.

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 8/8/2008 8:57:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.....CANT WAIT MUCH LONGER

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 8/10/2008 5:00:05 PM   
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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 9/6/2008 9:10:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Latest update from Venom is end of September, beginning of October for most of us.


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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 9/7/2008 8:20:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry guys, yes we are looking in October thanks to delays beyond our control. Please be patient they are coming!!

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 9/10/2008 11:02:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Chris good things come when you wait. I had been working on a new position with another company. I started this last Oct 07 with negotiations and on Oct 1st 08 I start the job. It was well worth the wait.

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 9/12/2008 12:52:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just a quick blerb, we are pushing as hard as possible, dont change your orders because when it arrives it will go fast! Last second updates and packaging have held us up just a bit but nothing serious. I just changed out the chain sprocket from 11T to 12T for a couple reasons but this means the stock bike will be faster than first planned! The first few bikes will include both gears and then it will be changed over to 12T for normal production. Anyhow they are in production and will be shipping very soon now that we fixed things.

Cheers,

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RE: Venom-Racing GPV-1 motorcycle - 9/14/2008 7:37:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, after awhile trying to decide to either wait for the Venom, or buy a HOR, I was at my local Hobbytown talking about the Venom and they said there a couple guys there picking them up, so I put a "down payment" on a Venom!!!! And theres another guy there that runs the car races, and hes getting one too, so I told him he should run a Motorcycle class once when we get the bikes, and he fully agreed. So im now on the official "waiting list" so to speak. But Im very glad I went with the Venom. I had a hard time deciding on a color because in all honesty the colors matching isnt too great. I love the white one, but a green rider with a blue helmet? So I asked the employee thats also getting one which color hes getting and he said the red, and then asked if he would swap riders with me and he said yes. I guess hes going to repaint the whole thing anyways. I really wish that the black and grey rider was on the white bike, but all of this ha