I’m loving how fast and stable my RKP setup is…
…but now I kinda want to take it to the next level and put on my motorcycle gear and go for a serious top speed rip on a long road with gentle curves.
Not getting into racing or anything - just want to go as fast as my Focbox and Landyachtz Switchblade and TB110 wheels can go - without spending more than a couple hundred bucks hopefully.
boardnamics makes very nice trucks. what rkp are you riding now? tighten the back end until it doesnt move, with the hardest bushing youve got streetside(if you can find a nice bushing shaped rock use that, jk) and/or get the kingpin as close to zeroed as you can, tighten the front end up a little more than you normally would, with a relatively soft bushing boardside so you can still turn. moving into different truck styles is definitely going to push the cost up. imo wider trucks equals more stability too, but thats debateable, and i am a weirdo who likes my front trucks wider than the back.
Right now I have Boardnamics 280 hangers on Paris V3 43 degree baseplates.
Not sure RKP is the fastest type tho hence my question.
Don’t need to do that with proper bushings and angle.
that depends on ride style. i ride shortboards with the back end nearly zeroed, with the hardest bushing i own streetside(dark purple barrel, came with some torqueboards stuff, might be riptide but i dont know), and an orange orangotang barrel boardside, tightened pretty hard, because i like how that rides better than any other setup ive tried. in the front, i have orange orang barrel boardside, white krank cone streetside, tightened just enough to preload the crank a tiny bit. but i also have my back truck mounted backwards, so its tiny bit of motion is actually inversed. that just gives it a nice, drifty feeling imo. there is no such thing as “proper” bushings and angle, unless you account for every factor, like board style, ride style, weight, etc.
i hear 3 link is best for speed, but have no experience riding them yet, and they are not cheap.
I rest my case. Sorry op, carry on. 
I thought that might be the answer. I see pictures on here with trucks with those metal struts and I think that’s what you’re talking about.
They look like serious business.
Will do a little reading about them…
They are dope.
RKPs are usually good enough for speed, most DH boards use them and will go faster than our boards can. I’d wedge the rear more if anything, since 43 isn’t that low. You could still easily take it past 40 with that setup though, I run my Switchblade as a push board with symmetric 180mm Paris 50s with bushings finger tight, and it still feels stable at 25+. The wider rakeless hangars plus lower angles on your setup should make yours even more stable.
another good practice imo, is just doing a bunch of test rides. if youre going for speed without wobbles, the wobbles tend to come from the back ends movement, hence my avoiding that like the latest plague, so just try a bunch of different setups in a row, starting with the hardest. then, as soon as you reach one that CAN wobble at top speed, dial it back a bit and they should be gone.
RKP are designed for downhill so you’re not gonna get much more stability than that. I think that the right bushings and pivot cups make a huge difference to stability. Personally, I run Riptide Krank Chubbies board side and barrels street side and RT cups as well, all in 96A. I’m a bigger guy tho at about 230 w all my gear. De-wedging will also help w stability at speed.
OK thanks guys I’ll stick with what I’ve got for my speed run.
I’ve never had any wobbles with my current RKP setup so I’ve got some headroom there.
I’ve gone over 50km/h with it but I’m not sure if I’ve gone over 60km/h.
I’m running riptide Krank Barrels all around in 93a - Wine Red - with large cup washers in the back and small flat washers in the front.
This at riptide’s suggestion and feels great at normal speeds so hopefully still good when I go plaid.
I’ll do this.
I’ve taken NKP 3links by @MoeStooge to 49mph (so close to that Flyin 50 club)
And they felt crazy stable
was that you in his video i saw earlier? i believe the description said 49mph.
No that was Mr Mario chacon. Mario has a video of us darting thru traffic in Palos Verdes for 10 miles of averaging 40mph.
Yt account:
Mario Chacon
Does that make it a Reversed Reverse King Pin ? A wannabe TKP?
That’s interesting though, something else to try, for science!
well a tkp is meant to be like that, it still turns in direction you lean. on my setup, even though it can barely move, it turns the opposite of your lean, so the back wheels kind of slide the other way. on a light lean, when the front end doesnt turn to much either, my board moves diagonal, while on a hard lean, the front guides it, and the back just kinda drifts into it a little bit. its also mounted at probably around 10-15 degrees, not quite zero, and has a much harder bushing street side to make sure its movement is limited to light turns. definitely very fun setup for a really stable carver, feels like it could handle higher speeds, but the rest of that board cant reach them as is. ive hit 30, maybe 35mph on it, but thats its max.