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Very nice indeed.

I think they are the holy grail of r/c motors no doubt.

I bought Big Jim's motor black book. A very interesting read.

nice stuff ,i always liked my Twister motor .. Anyone know the specs on Twisters?

tiger1 wrote:black magic motor? Any photo?

Unfortunately I can't find any of the stock motor. They were hand made by a guy out in Michigan back in the day.

This is one of their modified motors


The stock model was a silver can, instead of the black you see and the decal, which mirrored the black inside the gold label, was actually vinyl lettering applied directly onto the silver can.

V12 wrote:What´s the difference between those Checkpoint motors? Means the blue sticker a different winding than the black or silver sticker and what´s about the motors without stickers?

And what´s the difference between Platinum I and Platinum II motors?

As far as colors, these are what I have/had, to initiate comparison and hopefully other members with these motors can check what they have:

Blue - 14T
Gunmetal (?) - 17T (i have 2 of these and they are both the same winding)
Silver - 19T (if I remember correctly, i traded it off)

Pics to come later.

Okay, colors might not be indication of their windings. This one is blue, and is a 10T according to the seller..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Team-Checkpoint-vintage-80s-modified-racing-motor-platinum-10-turn-brushed-Blue-/300647140087?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item45fff74af7

this might help ya. found off ebay an orginal motor tag. the numbers (15-20) are the motor turns.

also i helped mci with these just ordered a set. http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmciracing.ca%2Fproducts%2Fcheckpoint&h=ATOr7sj6KX6ZP5llDmEkoyOcqnRVs7aYV2vVQTg3kZP6sY-UDiNMRdwt3CYpkYEH04X5au-HiqGQf8WIYsUyk8EPZf_KyFH6_x0iCbMEwKV1WmNoOwjsBfgrUMsNm-WO7vhB3wAlq5g2VVzKSS5rTHg5B5jD9zVd74Tw

can someone here tell me why the checkpoint motors had different color labels? also why some were painted black and some were bare metal cans???

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cool thanks for the info!!!