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Highly inspired by JHarris and his modded up Pro Radiant - I decided to do the same/similar.

First off - I have always yearned deeply for a Pro Radiant, they just looked so damn cool. Saw one ONCE at a race track - only in magazines and kits in...

Here is the custom AYK Radiant I built. I built it a bit custom, hopefully the purests won’t be too mad that I didn’t build it stock.

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From what i gather from speaking to Steve Dunn, fewer than 50 of these Mid conversion kits were sold before they started churning out the official Pro Radiant kits. I have been on the hunt for an original one for aaagggessssss.... so was really...

This is the look that has haunted me since I was a kid after re-reading this mag review over and over again. Flames were my signature paint scheme during my racing days, thanks largely to this car (and the Radio Race Car 870c mag review).

I have...

As you may have seen in another thread i recently had a bit of ebay luck and now have An Ayk Sidewinder and Bobcat to restore.

First photo is after a quick run through the dishwasher , this was my first mistake as it removed most of the red...

Well following on from my recent monstrous Pro Radiant spares haul a couple of weeks ago (see my other post), I immediately had another stroke of luck. I posted up the pics of the haul on to various Fb pages and a day or so later received a message...

Well after lusting after the Pro Radiant bitd, I decided to have a go at sourcing one and so posted a wanted ad on RC10talk to see what might come up, if anything. I had looked over the Bay and seen a few had been sold in the past 18 months, in...

Hello everyones,

On Decembre 2015, i bought this chassis with a lot of dust as a barn find ;)

Since those days, i try to make it as an exceptional piece of art from AYK.

I will post photos of this build started since February 2016 on next days....

Hi everyone - I have an AYK Buffalo. I am always meaning to take the time to sit down and rebuild this car with new body and parts I have collected through the years. I have been thinking lately about putting it up for sale and putting the funds to...

I picked this up a while ago and I think this may be an AYK chassis . I don't know what car it was made for either .

It came with an AYK 3000 expert instruction book, but I don't think that what this chassis is.
Anyone recognize it?

Check out this old ad from 1989, and check out the price!!!

Hi All.

I've come across this car for sale but I know nothing about it. I like the looks and simplicity of the 1/12 on-roaders, and I've been passing on an R/C12e which looks heavily used, and/or aged, and has a horribly painted body, all red,...

Hi!
Thought I should share this find with you guys. Bought it for about $60 just before christmas. It came 100% complete (radio box not in pics) along with unpainted original body. Quite a rare find! I´m far too unpatient to take pics during...

i just picked up a near mint ayk super trail bison, the body is in great shape but the paint is flaking terriably. looks like someone used normal paint instead of lexan paint. anyways will the sg coyote body fit it . or anyideas on how to get the...

Hello, new to this forum and looking for advice.

Back in the 80s and early 90s I used to run 2 & 4 wheel drive cars to a reasonable level in the UK. I was and early adopter of the Yokomo Dog Fighter etc, but I also was asked to look at running an...

So having built up my Pro Radiant kit a while ago now, I have been scouring the internet trying to locate a few spares to enable me to subsequently race it on the track without having to tiptoe around.... pretty impossible as spares are super scarce...

Does anyone know of a compatible replacement for the elusive AYK Viper chain?

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Hi guys and gals , I need people's views on something .
I just found a broken tooth on one of my Ayk Bobcats diff gears , it's just one half broken tooth on one of the plastic sun gears or the gear that is fixed to the out drive .
So I duly tracked...

hi guys

can any one help with instructions for this kit, i have just picked up 2 of these and i would like to rebuild them both, one is new never run, but half built, the other looks like it in pretty good nick but in parts as well\\

cheers...

I finished repairing and improving my buddy's Buffalo last night. I know it kind of looks a bit cobbled-together, but keep in mind it's for a runner/basher and he's not concerned about looks--just improved performance. I'll call it FrankenBuff ....

A guy came in when I wasn't around and just dropped it off along with some other stuff for free. Even has a rough but useable body.
Sidewinder/Gator Circus Hobbies with Manual. Though calling it a manual is a little bit of a stretch.

He had a...

If anyone has anything for either of these cars could you post up please?

I finally got my hands on a brand new AYK VIPER and i couldnt be happier, so i thought i would share some photos,

After i found my last AYK VIPER i really wanted an AYK VIPER SHUTTLE to help complete my viper collection and thats were i came across this viper shuttle on ebay, it was pretty badly beaten up the bumper bar was smashed in 3 places the front off the...

this is one of the coolest item i have bought in a good while. i couldnt found out where or who raced this truck but it was raced at one point in its life. spoke with steven dunn and he doesnt know the truck and looked up the info on the first roar...

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95% finished with a resto, just need the front ball joints part RB16...tried to form something in the interim but having issues...basically need a typical ball join that gets threaded through the suspension mount, where the ball itself has a hole...

Hi guys,

I just picked up and restored an AYK Gator/Sidewinder... really a nice looking car. I'm thinking it's probably the first mid-motor 2WD buggy designed eh? :)

Anyway, I put a black can in there and took it for a spin and it seems that the...

I want DIY to do with frp chassis dreamland rc car

It's been sitting in my garage for many years. Never run...

I had a guy from Greece contact me through my blog about 3 weeks ago stating that he had an AYK Viper he wanted to sell and after many emails the Viper is now here.The viper is in pretty nice condition though it will need a little TLC to make it...

Anyone ever seen metal gears and a ball differential for a AYK gator/sidewinder?

my ayk viper

I have a AYK 566B Super Trail in very good condition, but I miss the two spotlights for the roof (and the lexan driver). I guess these spots are close to impossible to get hold of, so if anyone with a Super Trail could shoot me some good images of...

Hi all, I haven't posted on the web site for quite a while, had some health issues for a while now, but I have slowly been building and still collecting, still here's my latest nearly finished project, a 2 speed Radiant, with Race Prep shocks and...

Hi all, this is a build i'm currently working on, i use to own 2 of these buggys but i sold them quite a long time ago to a bloke that now we have become good friends, i've always love the Boost and a couple of years ago i got my hands on some parts...

First off, I've just joined the forum, Hello to all!

I have 2 AYK Radiants in my possession at this moment.

I'll just cut to the chase: neither of them have the OEM bell crank steering system.

I bought the first one brand new back in the late...

Few pics of a Pro Radiant I picked up on the bay, should be here next week.
Talked myself out of buying one a few times, finally succumbed to it.
No idea what it is missing or what it will need, looks pretty complete, I think.

Hi experts

Looking for the approximate shock lengths( front and rear) for the viper.

I am looking for alternative shocks so this information would be useful!

Thanks in advance

Still from my box of stuff...

I´ve always been fascinated by the looks of the gearbox on the 566b, so of course I had to have one. For racing, I´d pick the Scorpion over it anyday, but still a very cool and iconic buggy. The main issues with the 566b, now a days, are the price...

Hello

Can someone that has a proper tool for it measure the angle of the bend in the front plate of the bobcat/buffalo/boxer? I have a project for a custom chassis but I can't measure that angle accurately and my parts are all badly bent so I get...

Hi

I'm working on restoring a AYK super trail. I will likely make a shock tower for the back and use a different setup in the front. I think I need shocks in the rear that would have dual ball joints (at the shaft and at the shock cap).

Does...

Hi Folks, I'm a new member here and I'm hoping some of you can help me out. I was given this AYK Bobcat for my 13th birthday in 1990. I absolutely loved this car, it was stupidly fast.

My dad recently informed me that it was still in his shed so I...

I've been asking this for quite a while and hopefully some good soul would help me so that i can restore my AYK Bobcat/Buffalo kit. I have here an image of the model for reference and i will just upload the image of the said buggy once i get back....

It's been a good while since this car has seen any action but I feel this is long overdue. This car is an ongoing build in progress and after it's last (and first) run I worked out a few areas that needed more attention.

This car was pulled down...