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The Venom GPV-1 motorcycle was a blast to drive and developed a cult following. However, the stock plastic rear sprocket didn’t last long and replacement parts are no longer available. To the rescue comes Rogue Element Components, they have just announced a much stronger replacement to get your Venom motorcycle back up and running. Made from 7075-T6 aluminum, the REC [...]
While a lot of hobbyists also ride motorcycles (half our office staff does), you don’t see a lot of new rc motorcycles being released. For all you rc motorcycle fans, Asiatees Hobbies let us know that they are now stocking the X-Rider Cx3-II. The X-Rider is an on-road bike that comes RTR with a brushless power and looks like a [...]
On a recent episode of Mythbusters, they started talking about a video showing someone hydroplaning a motorcycle over a large area of water. They talked about the physics and how it may or may not work, and decided step one was to try it with RC motorcycles! I’m surprised they didn’t give a call to our own hydroplane expert Craig [...]
Just a heads up that the Atomik RC Brian Deegan Metal Mulisha Motorcycle is on sale now! If you have been thinking about picking one up, now is the time before the sale ends! Click HERE to visit the sale page! Hit this link for our Atomik RC news with more Brian Deegan goodness!
Ohhh my goodness …ohhh me goodness. Why can’t Kyosho just leave me and my measly bank account alone? Kyosho says this 2nd version of their awesome Mini-Z Moto is now available for your salivating pleasure! I won’t rehash all the specs here but she will come with a 2.4 Radio, E-Gyro, Adjustable Caster Angles, Lipo with Charger and enough smiles [...]
The folks over at Duratrax have announced a sweet deal when purchasing one of their motorcycles. When you buy a new Duratrax brushless 5th scale DX450 dirtbike or DXR500 street bike by October 31st 2012, you will receive a Free Onyx 6 cell 3000 mah NiMH battery pack. If you are feeling burnt out on the whole car/truck scene, give [...]
Atomik RC has just announced the Brian Deegan Metal Mulisha MM 450 R/C Dirtbike! This is cool. The Atomik RC bikes are pretty fun to drive and bash with, and now they have gone and added some more scale looks and a ‘mini Deegan’. Metal Mulisha fans should be lining up for this one. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: [...]
We finally got a little more info on the Kyosho 1/18 scale Mini-Z Motorcycle (moto racer) that we broke the news on a while back. Yes, it is official now! Kyosho will be releasing the MC-01 chassis and it will be called the Mini-Z Moto Racer. The first 1:18 scale motorcycle will be modeled after the YAMAHA YZR-M1. Some of [...]
Ok, we are still going to fill this under rumor because there has not been an official announcement yet, BUT word on the street is that Kyosho has a 1/18 scale Mini-Z Motorcycle (moto racer) in the works! A few details: It’s about 4 inches long, will come with 2.4ghz radio, Lipo battery, top speed about 12mph, and ships around [...]
DuraTrax DXR 500 Motorcycle Review
We recently got a Duratrax DXR 500 1/5 scale Motorcycle that we will be putting to the test soon. Before the beatings testing starts, it’s time to get a few unboxing photos to remember what it used to looks like. #gallery-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in [...]
Duratrax just posted up a video of their DXR500 1:5 Scale Motorcycle. The video looks pretty cool, and the wheelies this thing pops are impressive. Check it out!Looks like we are all about videos this weekend.. so watch for another on Sunday. 🙂
Jeff was just talking about how much Thunder Tiger news we have been posting, and here we are again. This time it’s about the new 1/5 Scale SB-5 EP Motorcycle. It comes RTR in brushed or brushless form with a 2.4GHz radio. The brushed version will feature the 17T 540 motor and Velosci-RS ESC or you can go brushless with [...]
Aching to burn up a little pavement 2-wheel style? DuraTrax has the cure with their new DXR 500 1/5 Scale RTR Brushless EP Motorcycle. The flywheel gyro makes it easy for anyone to run at any speed while stile maintaining control. The bike comes with front air fork shocks, an oil-filled rear shock, and a brushless [...]
From: Venom Racing Direct Link: Venom VMX 450 Review by Brian. So we recently got our hands on a Venom Racing VMX 450 1/4 RC Dirt Bike! From the moment I opened the box, I was pretty excited about this motorcycle. First off, it’s big. There have been a bunch of 1/5 scale motorcycles going around lately, and let me tell you, [...]
