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Yes that's great to hear that some changes are being made, hopefully it's all retrofit items, I think this bike works awesome but it could use a little better stability at very low speeds....either way I still stand behind Venom as one of the few that actually listen to their customer. Just like TopD said if Chris has anything to do with it they will make it Happen, on onother note...I'm not a bike guy when it come to RC or real life but Venom has gotten me ito it so it can happen to others, we need to keep this thread going for the love of the hobby which is what it's all about! Thanks guys!
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Street Use?
Anyone successfully running their bike on pavement? I could get it to do a circle and that was about it, it would just push in corners and fail to turn, it was terrible! Do you have to reverse the steering on pavement? I've seen a lot of vids with this type of bike turning all over the place even at slower speeds.
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A couple of questions for you, Rich...first, does your bike go well in a straight line, as in, find its balance and right itself with speed? Second, are you slowing down to turn? Even without a gyro in the rear, bikes have to be slowed to lean.
Turning goes like this: brake approaching the corner to slow the bike, turn the wheel to get the bike to lean, return the wheel back towards the center, use the throttle to control the arc of the turn, roll back in the throttle to get the bike to stand up out of the turn. Those are the basic steps. One you have that down, you can experiment with adding more steering mid-corner, counter-steering out of a turn and braking while leaning, but the important things are to slow down before the turn and not give it too much steering wheel while leaned over. |
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I really have not been successful in turning without it falling over once I slow to a certain point it falls, I have experimented with counter steering as I exit and it seems tighter but uses alot of parking lot to do so, I just figured it had a lot to do with the original dirt tires, I don't race so it really doesn't bother me except when I smash into a curb because I couldn't turn sharp enough. I haven't been out with the bike in almost 2weeks and I'm starting to get withdraw shakes!
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Concerning the tires, I'd take gyro stability over track tires any day. Maybe what your working on will boost the desire for track tires. Or better yet, maybe you can see if you can resurrect the track tires again and release them near same time frame as your new project. Your design has gone all the way with the beadlocks, foam inserts, and if your new project is released, it would be sad to not take that final complete step towards a first ever track tire for a dirt bike. Can't wait! Thank you Chris, John |
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Im not sure if this answers your question, but Ive got a few vids of the vmx on street. This track has got a clean surface, but illustrates the vmx works just fine. I have a feeling the street surface your driving on is lousy, since it sounds like you understand the driving principles. I really think a video of your bike at the location in question would help a bunch for us though. I put my camera bolted to bill of a baseball cap. It works perfectly! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GKHJ...ure=plpp_video |
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Just got my VMX delivered this weekend.
My first impression when opening the box was WOW, it is big! Unfortunately the QC has really spoilt it though. The first thing I noticed was loads of play in the rear wheel, on closer inspection I've found that the right outer bearing and the outer shim are both completely missing. I've also noticed the chain rubs badly against the motor so will need to be adjusted before use. I gave up looking after that due to the disappointment but I will be having a quick strip and re-build before I use it, fingers crossed that's all that's wrong with it. On a plus side the model shop have advised that the UK distributer will send me the replacement bearing and shim direct, hope I don't have a long wait. |
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That is Dwayne's bike in that vid. I was running the poorly setup DX450 in that same vid. The setups for our dirt bikes are the same as out on-road bikes. From my Rickys to my DX450 to VMX, it all works the same way. I'm not sure what tuning and tweaking Dwayne did to his VMX, but I'm pretty sure he changed the steering damper oil. He is DLAWW here on RC Groups.
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