What happened to our hobby??

[issuzark]

Ok sounds legit...due to shyness I bought a fat bike actually rather than BMX but after hearing ur thoughts feels like want to get a BMX pulak now :hmmmm:

#yolo! Do it bro, really.

 

[ken yeang]

kid time ride BMX bicycle motor-cross.
Then teenager time, ride BMW (bas mini wilayah)
Then become big boss....Drive BMW...

 

[vr2turbo]

kid time ride BMX bicycle motor-cross.
Then teenager time, ride BMW (bas mini wilayah)
Then become big boss....Drive BMW...

But in Malaysia Proton is like BMW, so that is the highest you get......hhahhahahhaha

 

[Izso]

BMX bikes.. I used to have one, damn thing had brakes and all. The when I got older I got the stunt BMX which had no brakes and had rear standing pedals. The seats were removable and stopping was purely skill. Awesome bike.

Then I sucked into Tamiya car races, experimented with foam tyres and slicks, modified hyperdash motors and that 'break in method' we did it the old school way. Use those bigass batteries with high output to run in the motor. "Charged" the motor before every race. Then races got boring and started to go tyre less to drift around places like skateboard pipes and slides. Pity back then video wasn't available as easily as it is now. Would've made some interesting videos. Back then those Tamiyas were RM15-18 only. Now they are so insanely expensive!!

 

[vr2turbo]

BMX bikes.. I used to have one, damn thing had brakes and all. The when I got older I got the stunt BMX which had no brakes and had rear standing pedals. The seats were removable and stopping was purely skill. Awesome bike.

Then I sucked into Tamiya car races, experimented with foam tyres and slicks, modified hyperdash motors and that 'break in method' we did it the old school way. Use those bigass batteries with high output to run in the motor. "Charged" the motor before every race. Then races got boring and started to go tyre less to drift around places like skateboard pipes and slides. Pity back then video wasn't available as easily as it is now. Would've made some interesting videos. Back then those Tamiyas were RM15-18 only. Now they are so insanely expensive!!

Now got video, so if you still have your Tamiya, can still do the shoot....

 

[issuzark]

BMX bikes.. I used to have one, damn thing had brakes and all. The when I got older I got the stunt BMX which had no brakes and had rear standing pedals. The seats were removable and stopping was purely skill. Awesome bike.

Then I sucked into Tamiya car races, experimented with foam tyres and slicks, modified hyperdash motors and that 'break in method' we did it the old school way. Use those bigass batteries with high output to run in the motor. "Charged" the motor before every race. Then races got boring and started to go tyre less to drift around places like skateboard pipes and slides. Pity back then video wasn't available as easily as it is now. Would've made some interesting videos. Back then those Tamiyas were RM15-18 only. Now they are so insanely expensive!!

I thought all bikes have brakes. Except the stunt one.

That being said Chris, when did you buy Tamiya RM 15-18?

 

[vr2turbo]

I thought all bikes have brakes. Except the stunt one.

That being said Chris, when did you buy Tamiya RM 15-18?

Ah! you are going to make him reveal his age........hahhahahhahahhahahhahahahhahahhahaha

 

[esthapo]

Well yeah during my time it was RM15.90 & I also retire almost same as Izso when it gets higher than rm17.90

 

[DanzEterna]

that cheap?, I remembered mine was around rm30++ close to RM40 in the late 90's.
rm9.90 for diamond brand.

 

[ken yeang]

The prices of tamiya goods went up sky high once popularity soared....
The cartoon show featuring boys racing tamiya made the prices steeper.

Just like AE86.
Before Initial-D, 4age, engine parts, LSD axles were treated like normal priced japanese used car parts. Nothing unusual about it then.
But now, a halfcut 4Age engine cost 4k, and some even more...

 

[vr2turbo]

that cheap?, I remembered mine was around rm30++ close to RM40 in the late 90's.
rm9.90 for diamond brand.

You next Gen. after Izso.....hhahahhahaha

 

[issuzark]

that cheap?, I remembered mine was around rm30++ close to RM40 in the late 90's.
rm9.90 for diamond brand.

Now become 59.90 last I checked. Certain models 3 figure.

 

[vr2turbo]

Now become 59.90 last I checked. Certain models 3 figure.

You are next Gen. after bro. Danz.......hahhahhahaa

 

[RENESIS VIII]

For that jumping section we used to add additional support bearing at back & front of the car so its like the car running on 6 tires

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Ok sounds legit...due to shyness I bought a fat bike actually rather than BMX but after hearing ur thoughts feels like want to get a BMX pulak now :hmmmm:

Din't see anyone play with those style anymore using support bearing. Now what they do is, they equip a plate below the rear bumper which had a ground clearance of around 1mm. They call it brake because when the car goes over a sloped or uphill section before jump, the 'brake' plate will scrape on the track and supposedly create friction to slow down the car, hence shorter jumping distance.

Other than brakes, they have something called mass damper which is a type of weight item that has a sort of free flow movement in between a long screw. I'm not sure how to explain this but maybe you can try searching for it through google. These mass damper thing will absorb or damp the impact when your car lands after jumping. It is like some sort of counter weight item. I'll put a pic of it here.... The two gold bullet shaped thing in front is the mass damper on my other car. But I don't really know how to fully utilize it so I took them off after a few failed landing attempts.

Do you measure the pot speed of your car?
I saw Tamiya has their own ""speed" dyno for car enthusiasts, to clock the running speed. Very sophisticated, I say...

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Do you measure the top speed of your car?
I saw Tamiya has their own ""speed" dyno for car enthusiasts, to clock the running speed. Very sophisticated, I say...

Nope, din't test on those dyno thingy.

 

[issuzark]

You are next Gen. after bro. Danz.......hahhahhahaa

Was tempted to buy a few years ago mah. Saw the price I just walk away.