I don’t recall seeing any tucks similar to what the 3 link does until I found MoeStooges thread, and it blew me away. And I’ve been keeping up with every unusual truck I can find since 2008.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some obscure mechanism outside of skateboarding that functions the same. But within skating, its probably the first that’s published.
moment of silence for that place…
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okay back to the topic.
Similar to the Stroker
I do not think I could ride anything called a Ball Rider…Ow my balls
Glad I caught this. Nov-Dec 2016 was my first build. MAY 17’ is correct.
Ran Adj RKP junk before that.
V3 Front Drive Sept 2018. Luke stepped on this board first time day before World Cup. Made the finals after 5 rounds of eliminators. Track record.
Jason Lucier wins Barrett, wins BakO10 doing 52mph uphill. Then brakes the all time standup record at Mary-Hill going uphill on International Downhill Federation timing. That’s faster than any Pro Downhill racer EVER went at Mary-Hill.
V-4 Is the 2020 model RWD semi drop. I made one for a fellow racer and one for myself.
Testing was promising. It should race better then the V3.
NKP 3-link didn’t just happen. It is a well thought out and race proven design.
I can’t expect most people would understand how much time and work went in to the making of this truck.
When you work at somthing with passion it becomes personal.
I’m not here to tell Luke what to do. He can try to convince himself he is doing right, I would hope ya’all would know better.
@evoheyax sent me this draft of his rendering
On April 6th. Clearly has no concept of function. If you cant see the problem you should probably not be making this either.
This one will work but end bad as well. Also Poor concept of Function.
Once again voicing my concerns. I neither Condone or Support Luke and Hummies 3link Capital Venture.
As always feel free to DIY the NKP 3link.
There are wood board 3links I make. Some I have given away some I sold.
Plans are to put them in production when the demand is right. I have had an open inquiry list For the NKP-3link since May 2019 and filled several orders. If you are interested shoot me a message.
This is utter perfection of what a race board should look like!
making (fabricating) the truck is the easy part! understanding it making it work correctly is where the hard part is!
Thank you for providing a deeper backstory, it is truly history and I am honored to be part of it. Looking forward to what the future brings!
I would highly recommend that anyone interested contacts @MoeStooge to be put on the waiting list. He is a great guy and through it all he had constant communication with me. He told me how far back in the line I was, estimated timeframes, and has worked with me to make my board the way I want it.
I’m not sure if everyone gets this but Moe isn’t here to make money, he has a price that some might think of high but from my experience is actually relatively low, especially for the level of quality of the parts I and many other people have gotten from him. This is his passion and not his day job.
He has shed light on tons of racers when he could have easily sat back and just raced with his equipment and waited for people to catch up. I mean he let a man (Mario) race in his leather on his personal board because he believed in him. If that’s not commitment to growing the sport in every possible way I don’t know what is. What Moe posted above shows how hard he has worked on 3links and how he has made them improve. I know I’m rambling on but hey, I really do believe that Moe is one of the unspoken heroes in the Esk8 world… Hopefully all I wrote makes sense, I don’t really feel like checking it…
P.s. (Moe, is the other 2020 board for Mario to race on or another rider? If so who?)
P.P.S @RipTideSports aka Brad is the god when it comes to bushings, hands down
Interested–put me on the list brother. 
don’t be a tire kicker, bro… moe’s pretty serious! send the man a PM, and btw… fold out 3.5 benjamins, and good luck kiddo…
LOL bro I’m serious I’m not joking either! I’ve been following @MoeStooge and been drooling over his shit since I got on here a year ago. He’s one of the big reasons I got into this whole thing
I got into this right after watching the old video of one of the first SoCal Events he did 
@whaddys you will not be disappointed, I’ve got a set here just waiting for motors 
Hey man,
I’m sorry we don’t see eye to eye. I don’t like to put you into a defensive situation.
I’m not trying to steal your thunder, control your movement, or anything.
These are prototypes. These are not a finalized product. The renders you see don’t have actual angles and rod lengths and heim angles.
I may very well redesign them 20 minutes after I build the first one. But it has a lot of adjustability. So I can figure out what I need to change and go from there. And 10 days later, test another design.
Hub motors will be built in 2 weeks as well as the npk trucks.
I’m sorry you see this as a capital venture thing. I’m not making anything on the hummie hubs and I’m not in this for money either. I wish there were some way we could work together to achieve the same goal. We started that way at least.
I wish you the best Brandon. You are a great person and your contributions to this community are underrated.
This hasn’t been brought up yet, and I feel like its relevant with the endeavors of the OP.
But I speculate the 3 link truck is probably a mismatch with urethane hub motors.
Its a metal on metal truck design without any dampening at all from bushings.
Hub motors don’t have the urethane thickness for the best ride comfort and quality under the best of circumstances.
Its not insurmountable or anything. But I feel there’d definitely be fewer people enjoying it with urethane hub motors vs other options.
It’s actually the opposite. Npk with hummie hubs was much better than with Rpk trucks hummie hubs imo.
Just watch the Kickstarter video and you’ll see some times where I hit bumps and potholes and stones in the road and I glided right over them.
That’s something I’d need to believe with my feet.
@DEEIF your approach is humble and you are very articulate. Qualities found in both #SRBteamriders Mario & Jason.
Personally I would like to see a happier ending to this discussion as I know it will come up again as more people become aware of this style of truck. Is there a way that @evoheyax and @MoeStooge could work together to integrate the needs of the Hummie project into the NKP 3-Link initiative where both camps needs are satisfied? It has been said here many times and I agree this is not really about the $ because there is not much of that available making such a labor intensive hand made product. Perhaps a licensing fee paid to @MoeStooge (Brandon) for a percentage on net profit (Price sold for minus manufacturing cost = net profit x an agreed upon percentage to the father of the 3-link). Very few people really understand the dynamics of these trucks and why they work and Brandon can save a company hundreds of hours of testing and prototyping by providing the layout for the particular application. There is a lot of value in that. Brandon is not set up to manufacture on a large scale but I would like to see that happen but I cannot speak for him.
My hope is for the two main parties involved @MoeStooge and @evoheyax get together and work out a mutually and community beneficial arrangement that will satisfy all parties involved and lay the groundwork for greater adaptation of this unique technology. Friends need to remain friends and friends can be in business together if everyone’s needs are satisfied for the benefit of all.
