What happened to our hobby??

[esthapo]

I used to have those Dash Yonkuro during younger days & won several competition with my heavily modded cars....doesn't look like original cars anymore & running on liquid coolant engine...enough of those days I don't want to restart again even though I can smell the fever is in the air :afraid:

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Another thing, do you guys feel awkward seeing a late 30s guy riding a bmx? performing freestyle stunt in front of their kids?

 

[RENESIS VIII]

I used to have those Dash Yonkuro during younger days & won several competition with my heavily modded cars....doesn't look like original cars anymore & running on liquid coolant engine...enough of those days I don't want to restart again even though I can smell the fever is in the air :afraid:

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Another thing, do you guys feel awkward seeing a late 30s guy riding a bmx? performing freestyle stunt in front of their kids?

You should have come and have a look at today's Mini 4WD race. Now they are mostly dominated by the Malays and their car is seriously very fast. I'm not sure how it works but they have a method of modding their motors into making it faster. They call it 'break in'. I know they did it with a device that uses high voltage to run the motor when it is new. According to them, it somehow affects the carbon brush inside the motor and cause it to reach higher rpm than stock. But they say lifespan of the motor will be affected after that.

 

[esthapo]

You should have come and have a look at today's Mini 4WD race. Now they are mostly dominated by the Malays and their car is seriously very fast. I'm not sure how it works but they have a method of modding their motors into making it faster. They call it 'break in'. I know they did it with a device that uses high voltage to run the motor when it is new. According to them, it somehow affects the carbon brush inside the motor and cause it to reach higher rpm than stock. But they say lifespan of the motor will be affected after that.

We used to change the magnet & the coil inside the motor up to extent some ppl put piping through the motor to cool it & prolong motor lifespan....and used to be dominated by chinese boys last time while we watch them from outside of track

Enough with current hobby i dont want to add another one

 

[RENESIS VIII]

We used to change the magnet & the coil inside the motor up to extent some ppl put piping through the motor to cool it & prolong motor lifespan....and used to be dominated by chinese boys last time while we watch them from outside of track

Enough with current hobby i dont want to add another one

Now I think the rules stated that it is not legal to enter competition if you open up the motor. Yeah, I've before of the way you mention, changing magnet and coil. Now I don't see much chinese playing, maybe most are playing video games instead. I'm one of the few chinese playing now. But I haven't play for two months already. Difficult to play

A picture of my race car. I think it looks slightly weird... Using mid engine configuration with double shaft motor...

 

[esthapo]

Oh I see can't do that anymore eh? nice car setup...nowadays lots of CF parts while back in the days were colorful alloys incl. rim & tires

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Oh I see can't do that anymore eh? nice car setup...nowadays lots of CF parts while back in the days were colorful alloys incl. rim & tires

Yeah, now CF is the popular mod for these. One piece of these CF bumpers cost approximately RM35-RM50...

Although my car looks like a nice setup, but it can't really perform that well on jumping sections at the track. Almost every track had several jump sections which is difficult because you need to have stability during jump and also during landing. I remember they rarely have jump sections last time...

 

[vr2turbo]

Another thing, do you guys feel awkward seeing a late 30s guy riding a bmx? performing freestyle stunt in front of their kids?

Nope, as long as he can still do it, why not? That is skill.....

 

[esthapo]

Yeah, now CF is the popular mod for these. One piece of these CF bumpers cost approximately RM35-RM50...

Although my car looks like a nice setup, but it can't really perform that well on jumping sections at the track. Almost every track had several jump sections which is difficult because you need to have stability during jump and also during landing. I remember they rarely have jump sections last time...

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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Nope, as long as he can still do it, why not? That is skill.....

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:

 

[ken yeang]

Now I think the rules stated that it is not legal to enter competition if you open up the motor. Yeah, I've before of the way you mention, changing magnet and coil. Now I don't see much chinese playing, maybe most are playing video games instead. I'm one of the few chinese playing now. But I haven't play for two months already. Difficult to play

A picture of my race car. I think it looks slightly weird... Using mid engine configuration with double shaft motor...

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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Now I think the rules stated that it is not legal to enter competition if you open up the motor. Yeah, I've before of the way you mention, changing magnet and coil. Now I don't see much chinese playing, maybe most are playing video games instead. I'm one of the few chinese playing now. But I haven't play for two months already. Difficult to play

A picture of my race car. I think it looks slightly weird... Using mid engine configuration with double shaft motor...

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...

 

[vr2turbo]

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:

Oh! you are the one...Go for it.....

 

[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...