my FLM/GPM progress so far.......
 

seems to me that there's something missing..... :002:

can't quite figure out what it is though :032:

still no front arms (obviously), blue titanium turnbuckles w/ yellow rod ends are in the mail now, gonna have to stick with stock :mad:1 stinger motor till i can afford a BL set-up.....


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Looks good!

man thats looking nice furry, are those gpm rear arms and shocks. because im telling to now something on your truck that something that brends first wil probably something gpm. but everything else it sweet.

what pinion and spure are you gonna run?

Nice furry, I think i can take back my words on the other post about buying a BL setup..

Silver and blue combine nice.

yes, obviously you can tell what is FLM, all the blue is GPM (rear arms, front arms "back order", ft/rr hubs and front C hubs), the GPM quality seems really flimsy (and thats without being able to drive it) i think the steering/caster hubs will be ok, but not sure about the arms, i actually started with a GPM front bulkhead and scratched that idea right away....... yeah, and the way the shocks are screwed together really sucks, only 3-4 threads on top holding it ??? WTF!?

unfortunately, GPM is the ONLY thing i could find anodized blue and i REALLY wanted to add color to this......

i have already email MIKE (rc-monster) if he could get the FLM parts anodized for me, so when he gets back to me, i might be re-buying the arms from him instead..... and if he can, i will eventually be doing a Rusty in all anodized FLM, but i can't give away my color ideas just yet.....:010: :005:

right now the pinion and spur are stock (18/84), but i did buy a spare spur (87)..... i can't afford the Brushless and ESC set-up yet, so i will probly just keep running the stock brushed 20-turn until i can.....

all that seen in the picture, + some not pictured (rims, tires, body, etc.... + roll cage for my t-maxx and other parts) have all been ordered in the last like 2-1/2 weeks, so im really broke right now....

ill be posting more are it progresses ofcourse.

I think the yellow pages will find you a shop that can anodise for you?

thanks Serum, i come up with some interesting color ideas sometimes.... just wait till i get more knowledged in this hobby and can find a local anodizer..... :018:

the ninja in my screen name is from my old race bikes, Kawasaki Ninjas ZX-6R (green and purple) and ZX-7R (green and white), the 600 had green cow print on the seats and purple leopard fur on the wind screen, hence forth FURRYNINJAS......

my girl friend (at the time) loved the furry seats, because she said it tickled her ????? when she didn't wear undies.... ;)

lol, funny....:)

i think im coming on to your color themes:p

Hmm make me want to get a furry seat on my motor cycle.
That is a nice looking pede. I am doing a pede to at this time. It is going together slowly.

18/84 isin't that a little high? wouldn't it be a little better if you ran 18/72? or lower on the pinion and spure.

i am so new to this hobby that i dont know anything, like i said, all i have is the stock TRAXXAS motor, and this is the gearing that is had on it....

once i get brushless, im sure i will have to change it, and i know i will be asking all my questins from this site....

COOLHAND, yeah, mine is going together pretty slowly also, the waiting game for paydays and parts delivery sucks really bad....

I think the payday part takes longer to get around so can order the stuff. :D I got others to keep me busy. I running a 21 84 gearing but have a bigger motor than you have.

Mike L
the gearing on a pede or rusty is different than a emaxx.

good guess MILE L. - what appears black on the kawasaki is actually purple, bad angle with the sun....

coolhand - hears some pics, this was before the furry seats though, but im sure you could get the visualization idea.....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ndo1handed.jpg


sorry this one is blurry, it was a rollin' endo from arount 100 mph !!! i was the ONLY person in town to do that much less a 180 endo, and i was working on a 360 endo when i sold the bikes after my son was born...... when i get a bike again in a year or so, i am done with the stunts, getting too old for that crap, just knee draggin' in the corners from now on....
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...rollinendo.jpg

any ideas of what section i would look under for anodising? unfortunately, access is somewhat limited in a military town, but there are PLENTY of chopper shops around, so maybe one of them can.....

I had the idea before. I used to ride at one time to. I started riding at the ripe age of 4years old.