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Dual Sport motorcycles were dirt bikes with street use approved off-road tires and street DOT lights. Not great at dirt or street but still a lot of fun.

The DS seems like a pavement and dirt car, but probably hard packed dirt. Maybe not the absolute best at either but a lot of fun on both.

RogueIV wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:47 pm Thought occurred to me. Since the mesh part of the wheel is a separate disk that's non-structural we can easily change up these disks with custom 3d printed ones to get different looks.

The gold pan buggy manual calls out a washer on the upper screw but it's common to use a washer on both screws.
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The Screaming Chicken decal rules!!!

I haven't driven my TRX-1 or TRX-3 yet, but the TRX-3 looks to me like it got heavier and took a step back from being a pure racer. That's my impression at least based on design impressions. What caused you to think it took a step back from being a pure racer? The addition of the extra plastic from...

What's that special effects highlighted area that follows it around when driving? Is that like the old "Fox trax" puck that had the glow around the puck on Fox televised hockey games?

Hey Vanning, what you smokin?

I feel like this build needs something extra. I think a Futaba S9351 should work well. It looks like I have some position options.
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I was thinking the same thing! It reminds me of this:
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The yellow & black 17 turn "3 slot" Radon 2 motor is not a crawler motor. 3 slot motors that are used for crawlers are usually more turns of smaller gage wire, like 45 or 50 turns. 5 slot motors are typically crawler motors. High torque and low RPM are desired for crawlers. Your Radon ...

It comes in 15, 17, and 19. I have all 3 and have run all 3. This is the 19 turn in my shortened comical RC10:
https://youtu.be/RJN9jKUfeOI?si=lH6tFKWaCMtXQrTC

There also are some new motor options from Factory Works.

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=49654

I haven't tried a Factory Works motor yet, but they use the same parts that seem to be industry standard now (including Radon 2) for brushed motors. The price is good, and the dyno and break-in are pretty cool too. The guy that sells them seems passable as an ok person too.

Looks like a good idea.

3D printing is an excellent way to improve RC vehicles.

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 6:13 am Out of all the sh*t they crammed in that TCP box....

Nope, nope, can't do it, the bearings for the steering puts it over budget.

Well, they needed to be able to sell an upgrade package for it.

Just saw this modified Tekin in a different topic. For what it's worth, this is my freakin Tekin with original component SGS BD 435 9 745
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If you're using that Tekin, be sure to use a lipo low voltage alarm so you don't run the battery down too low. I have one of these that I use with a Novak: