MoonBug MTB - AT Moon Drives, Proto RKPs, Bro Deck, 12s6p 30q

Part list

MoonBug MTB
Trucks Proto 350mm RKPs w/ 15° Baseplate and 12mm axles
Front Truck Bushings Riptide 90a Krank Chubby BS / 90a Krank Barrel RS w/ Flat Washer
Rear Truck Bushings Riptide 93a Krank Chubby BS / 93a Krank Barrel RS w/ Cup Washer
Truck Pivots Riptide Caliber Pivot Cup
Hubs MBS Rockstars
Tyres MBS T3 8"
Deck Haero Bro
Bindings MBS F5 - need to buy heelstraps soon
ESC Focbox Unity
ESC Enclosure Apex Customs Lacroix Stormcore/FOCBOX Unity Enclosure
Battery 12S6P 30q w/ Smart BMS - Built by Apex Customs
Battery Enclosure ??
Motors MT 6365 170KV from DRI

Many thanks to

@ApexBoards
@DRI
@RipTideSports
@Haeroboards
@MBS

April 23rd - Bro Deck arrives




May 20th - mmmm Maybe Ill build the tipo out first with MBS trucks. My mind changed when my battery discharged itself to death overnight on my hummie. I wanted a board with a Smart BMS. Sold the battery and decided that MTB would be best.


July 23rd - Gear drives and trucks arrive






August - Busy month and not a lot of building but these parts from @DerelictRobot come

Shit, I dont have axles for these trucks and theres a cool MTB meetup in Stroud on Sept 13th

Guess Ill use the MBS trucks






Sept 12-13th - MTB Weekend in Stroud









Amazing weekend, many thanks to the @ApexBoards team for helping me finish the build in time for the weekend, especially Q. Steve Birkbeck planned an amazing day out :love_you_gesture:


Oct 16-20th

Took a few spills and my body has just got back to normal so now its time to switch over to these lovely RKPs. I received the axles when I was in Stroud so had no excuse not to change the trucks over.

16-17th - I changed the front truck and then took the board around the golf course.






18-19th - Replace the rear MBS Matrix 2 truck with the RKPs.



20th Oct - Go for a quick spin around the block with nothing but my board,helmet and remote… I ended up going around the golf course again :rofl: . I am in love with these things.



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Looking great man. Hope I get to try those trucks out one day.

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Looking good Moon

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Moon’s 1st build thread! :partying_face:

I like the black look of the board! Surprised you went with orange baseplates though. Also crazy to see people switching from channel trucks back to RKP/TKP on their mountainboards :laughing:

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These trucks were going to go on a tipo with a raw drivetrain. That didn’t happen as the gear drives and hangers got anodized black. So thought I’d experiment with a different colour for the baseplate.

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WOW, WOW, WOW

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Great work @moon! Trucks look amazing on the Bro.

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Vury. Noice.

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Yes Moonface! Looking great!

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@moon has a working board, 2020 is weird
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Omg I’m watching this thread for sure BRAVO @moon :star_struck:

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Grate work! I like your trucks :slight_smile:

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What my redesign of the RKPs looks like at the moment, saved about 120 grams from the prototype sets. Makes it lighter than MBS Matrix 2s with hollow axles

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Thaaaaat is some noiiice truck design :ok_hand::+1:

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Very impressive, I always wondered if your CAD skills are selftaught or you also had a study for it, what do/did you study btw?

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Self taught

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now I definitely want these :smiley:

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How you gonna not tell me how much lighter?!

We all want to know…

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I’ll take them.

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