I have seen that kind of chunk on dyed wheels a few times in here until now.
Its just a thought, but the universe told me I am right hahahha
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Ok.
So this little bit here is going to be the story of the world’s most expensive timing belt.
In these few years I have been riding electric boards I think I have only had like 4 maybe 5 times a belt snapped on me.
The most recent episode was on the Omakase.
This happened to be a 12mm belt because I was tight on space to line up a 15mm belt.
So this belt breaking spiraled into a series of upgrades for the Omakase.
It is an awesome little board so it deserves good parts.
I did not really plan to do a bunch of upgrades. But it just kind of snowballed.
All I was going to do was put on the BN 184s.
That is reasonable. Get a bit more space. Get the nicer machine axle on there.
The motors used to be crooked on the caliber mounts which always bugged me.
So I switch axles using the bkb mounts shimmed with a couple of washers…
Pretty straight now.
Interesting to see on the blue kegels the difference between front wheels and drive wheels.
So I get the mounts on there and I happen to update the esc firmware to the latest. This board had a Flipksky 4.20 dual plus and Flipksky 6354 190kv motors.
And it was running fine…
So I upgrade the firmware and run detection…
And one of the motors comes back unsensored… Fucking fuck.
So this triggers a small freak out. And I decided this needed more better parts…
So here we go.
New TB 6354 190kV motors.
New orange kegels.
New Zealous bearings.
New BN 36 tooth press fit pulleys.
So I go and put it all together.
And something didn’t feel right.
You guessed it. That Flipksky 4.20 plus just didn’t seem to fit in with all this other good stuff…
So I decided to put a Unity in there.
So now we are really cooking.
Since no good deed goes unpunished in the midst of this I realized there are cracks on two of the bolt holes in the bkb enclosure.
Talk about infuriating…
So since I am this far into the rabbit hole I ordered the eboosted Tayto enclosure to slap on here.
Not so sure when that will arrive. Hope it all fits ok.
So yeah.
It was just a broken belt.
The good news is that the ride is awesome.
And the Unity inspires so much more confidence than the Flipksky.
So this little guy is even more enjoyable.
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Well.
I did this.
I just couldn’t deal with the Evolve controller.
Never cutout on me or anything.
Just not as good as an esc…
This is yet another refresh on the Evolve.
All there is here from the evolve is the deck.
So. I made my 4th battery pack.
A 10s4p 30q pack.
I took the old Flipksky 190kV 6374s.
The Hexls trucks.
A Flipksky 4.20 dual plus ( the one from the Omakase…)
Cooked up another set of blacked out blue Caguamas.
And slapped it all together.
Since I like to get high off or rattle cans I painted the enclosure again and the cans on the Flipksky motors.
I took it out late last night. And today at lunch time.
I just wish I had an unlimited supply of unities to put one on here.
If someone has a cheap pair of Focboxes I’ll take them.
I am leery of pushing it too hard because of the Flipksky.
But really performance was pretty decent.
Did 16/40 on 85mm wheels so decent torque.
This thing is super duper low…
If I do a hard u turn front side the enclosure actually scrapes.
The trucks are interesting.
This is my only TPK set up.
They really turn super well and are fun to carve on.
I haven’t and probably won’t ever go really fast on this board so not sure how they would do at speed.
So I am happy to have another working board in the mix.
The low stance and small wheels and these trucks make it pretty different than the other ones I have working now.
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Bringing back the Bamstoke.
Remember this guy…
Well.
Not too long after I got it done the battery crapped out… So it has just been hanging on the wall.
I have been meaning to bring it back to life.
I finally got around to it.
Some things are different:
It used to have a 10s4p. But now it has a 10s3p bkb pack I got second hand. Thanks homie. @ProfoundMagician
It used to have Flipksky 6354 motors and I’m putting in my old Evolve Bamboo GT motors… 5065 150kvs I believe. Still going…
Main reason I wanted to use the Evolve motors is so I could put in their bash guard kit.
So. In summary. Can
Trucks and motors from my old Evolve Bamboo GT.
Earthwing Muirderer deck chopped down.
Psychotiller Evo enclosure chopped down.
New Evolve Bash Guard.
10s3p 30q pack from BKB.
Flipksky 4.20 Dual Plus.
Blue Caguamas running on 16/34
I started off by soldering new connectors to the motors and mounting them along with the bash guard.
The parts for the bashguard are really pretty nice…
After this it sat around for a bit because I was going to build a pack and then happenstance landed the bkb battery on my bench.
This made life a million times easier and I just needed to hook stuff up together…
I took it out last night and it performed pretty well really for what it is…
It tried to kill me a couple times with the back wheels sliding out… And I came off but was able to run it out…
Need to get used to that.
So I was hoping that with the smaller battery it would be easier to use the kick tail and it was not…
Well. The issue is that I had the trucks mounted on the outer holes on the Muirderer. I had to do that before with the 10s4p battery…
But last night I realized I could move the trucks up and I did that this morning.
It was really pretty easy… I just had to peel back the grip tape and cut a notch on the enclosure.
This made the tail 100 times more usable.
One thing that is a trip is that I decided to go off curbs.
I never did that intentionally with any of the other boards…
It is pretty fun.
But I wonder how long before something breaks and what will break first.
I also decided I need to go from 16/36 to 16/34
So I am changing that. The speed was ok on a full battery. But got lame with a bit of sag.
So hopefully that will do it.
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Those bashguards are sick asf, and glad you’re putting the pack to good use.
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@eBoosted Alan… I freaking hate you… Now I need to upgrade all my enclosures.
These parts are stupid nice!!!
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I’m glad you hate me 
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Fine lineup you got there! That Haero tho.
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Thanks Bro. The Haero gets the most action out of the bunch. Love the whole deal with the carver set up.
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So nice! I wish my enclosure doesn’t have the logo on it tho.
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I’m working on a better set up with the MBS deck to be the tow.
But I made a temporary tow eSk8 with the Rayne Crush.
Slapped the 110s on there and the truck on top for a hitch adapter.
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Nice bike and tow rig. Mind disclosing what you paid for that bike? I’ve got a little Razor MX650 dirt bike running off 10s Lipos that my son loves, and it’s surprisingly fun for my 190 lb ass too. I’ve been interested in those Super 73 bikes, but this looks like a nice contender. And what trailer tow hitch is that? The angle looks too perfect with that baseplate
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It is the Radrunner.
It was 1199.
100 dollar discount.
200 of extras. Display and suspension seat.
So 1300.
It was basically the cheapest ebike from a reputable recommended company.
This is the hitch adapter.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BBNWJ3J?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
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I should mention on the bike.
If it was for me I would definitely want something with more torque and top speed.
The Radrunner tops off at 20.
The acceleration reminds me of my old Wowgo 2S with a mellow hobbywing.
The build quality overall looks really good.
Packaging was solid and it was easy to put together.
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Roger that. Sounds great for a family fun mobile, but a bit tame by our standards. I can hit 20mph on this $100 Craigslist special with a full 10s charge, so an upgrade is gonna have to top that. Lol. Definitely getting that hitch and stealing your truck mount idea though. 
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Well.
I fell.
On this fine unseasonably warm November Friday the 6th…
First of all kids.
Falling when you are 43 and weigh 235 lbs sucks.
Like extra duper sucks.
So don’t get old or fat…
For me falling luckily is rare…
Pretty sure last time was March 25th when my cloud wheel broke off.
When I fall off these things it always comes out of nowhere. And it’s like I never skateboarded or fell before…
I just drop like a ton of bricks.
I was on the MBS Comp 95 that I now call the tow truck.
We had just left the house for an epic family ride.
And half a block away from the house I hear a loud screeching noise and boom I’m down.
I tipped over the trailer with my 6 year old in it… Carved just a smidge too hard.
Luckily she was fine.
Obviously screaming and crying but just because of the scare… No injuries…
She was just hanging there sideways in the 5 point harness…
So when towing your children with an electric mountain board tone down the carving ok.
Ok good.
Just a couple dings on the trailer… Will try to buy a new cover.
So since I’m old and fat and hate falling I was wearing all the gear.
Knee pads.
Butt pad.
Armored hoodie.
Thousand half shell helmet.
Flatland 3d fingerless pro gloves.
So a couple scratches on my hands.
I think I jammed a finger on my left hand.
But here is the kicker… I somehow bruised(hopefully not broke) my right ribs.
If they are broken I may go throw all the boards in the missouri river…
We kept riding but just to the local playground…
Once we got there I whipped around on the grass banks for a while trying to adrenaline the rib pain away…
So yeah.
Good times.
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getting old myself and fell 10 days ago. Broke 3 ribs and sprained my wrist + road rash.
Mine came out of nowhere as well, right in front of my apt. It was my first time on a new to me board.
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Ouch you both… Heal up fast!
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