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Truck Reviews (15215 Posts) Truck Review Re-Stims from Tracker On 11/18/2005 Paul Howard wrote in from United States  (64.5.nnn.nnn) Not likely, I tried already and they did'nt show much interest when I talked to them about a year ago but that would be great if everyone did email them about it. Otherwise I'd order stims from Geezer or try my Khiro modification doo-dads for the time being, and eventually Chaput is supposed to come up with something. Er, uh, cough, umm, Wallgren, cough, might, um, come up with something as well, um, someday. He's a handy guy like that. James-thanks for the info, good to know, see you at the next thingy-Hey, did you get the email from Capt'n Dave about slaloming this weekend? I might be up for something on Sunday if something is happening. Adios-Paulskiwog     Rate post 222038 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Looks Like A........... On 11/18/2005 North Carolina Longboarder- Downhillbillies wrote in from United States  (166.82.nnn.nnn) .......TRUCK er to me!....... Hope your feeling better Geez! (Picture compliments of Patrick Switzer).... Marion Karr PTBDHB 4 LIFE "Refueling for 2006.......We are here to PUMP you UP (Arnold voice)"     Rate post 221997 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Stims On 11/18/2005 Geezer-X wrote in from United States  (63.138.nnn.nnn) Please see Buy-Sell-Trade for info on buying Stims EW     Rate post 221989 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Pumping setup On 11/18/2005 G7enn wrote in from United Kingdom  (80.229.nnn.nnn) My favourite pumping trucks (on a 38" fibreflex with Flashbacks) are a wedged seismic on the front and a sixtrack on the back. Two Seismics works almost as well. I think the seismics work well for pumping because you get so much rebound out of the springs, springs don't have the built in damping of urethane bushings.     Rate post 221962 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) tracker stims On 11/17/2005 Ben wrote in from United States  (24.130.nnn.nnn) im sure tracker would bring them back if enough people showed intrest and it would be worth their while. but i dont know how many people that is, everyone that wants them bach should send an e mail or start a petition     Rate post 221942 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) spellmeister wog On 11/17/2005 peters wrote in from United States  (67.168.nnn.nnn) hey prof. howard, you captured the essence of the word, though one would have to employ unicode value U+00E9 to write "passé" properly. a true nerd might appreciate that, so I thought I'd pass it along :-) so how much kicking and screaming from the slalom community would it take to get stims back into production? is that even possible? otherwise I'll probably be chopping up a couple abec11 wheels...     Rate post 221941 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Tracker Stims On 11/17/2005 Pauliwog wrote in from United States  (64.5.nnn.nnn) Stims.....A moment of silence please,............... OK, they were made in the late 80's to early 90's if my memory serves me correctly and were for the Tracker Aggro truck(also probably the best truck Tracker EVER made for vert, I love the ones I kept). The reason they quit production was the "Techno-Street Revolution" where turning became passe'(sp?) and looked on as out-of-date and uncool and super tight trucks and ollie flippy tricks(not that there's anything wrong with that kind of skating) and hard bushings in trucks that don't turn came to dominate the skate culture and industry. HERE'S MY TIP- Use the Khiro bushing combo that has the full height bottom barrel bushing and the full height top conical bushing with the aluminum insert. Then, take your bushing hardness of choice (matching what you have on the truck) and get several extra bottom barrel bushings of that same hardness. Next- Put the barrel bushing on a dowel and get a really thin and really sharp knife like an Exacto, razor blade, paring knife, scalpel,etc and cut around the bushing circumferentially so that you get 3 or 4 thin wafer-like "bushing doughnuts". Put one of these doughnuts on top of your bottom bushing under the hanger, and/or put one of these doughnuts under your top bushing on top of the hanger. This will give you more swing to your hanger and you can preload your kingpin nut down a little snugger to get rid of the wobbly-ness of a super loose truck yet still have more material to compress to allow easier and more hanger swing. Oh, This WILL require you to change out your kingpins for a longer than stock kingpin. You can get this at most hardware stores, just get6 a 3/8" bolt Grade 8 and make sure the threads match. This is about as close as you can get to simulating a Stimulator(which also often requires longer kingpin replacements). Good Luck-Paul     Rate post 221936 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) tracker stims On 11/17/2005 Ben wrote in from United States  (24.130.nnn.nnn) do they still make them if not why did the stop     Rate post 221922 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Stims On 11/17/2005 T.O. wrote in from United States  (12.148.nnn.nnn) They are nearly alive with rebound properties and have a nice big juicy shape that actually fills the voids between baseplates, hangers and cap washers... :-) They work really well in their full original shape in the back trucks of my slalom setups. Is it just me or is there anyone else who's as astonished as I am that these are not the standard issue in Tracker trucks.....? And yes, I'd pay a bit more too to have a truck closer to being dialed in right out of the package with premium bushings installed in the first place.... < br>     Rate post 221921 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) tracker stims On 11/17/2005 Ben wrote in from United States  (24.130.nnn.nnn) what is so good about these bushings i have never used them i have only seen them     Rate post 221915 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) wheelbite On 11/17/2005 airin wrote in from Canada  (66.183.nnn.nnn) So what about the wheelbite situation with Carvers? Is it riser city if you want to run 'em on a regular longboard?     Rate post 221906 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Awesome On 11/17/2005 rustyburrito55 wrote in from United States  (72.226.nnn.nnn) Carvers are great. They pump REALLY easy and you can get going pretty fast. When you are riding them it feels like you are on water.     Rate post 221894 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Carver CX trucks? On 11/16/2005 airin wrote in from Canada  (142.22.nnn.nnn) I'm considering getting a set of Carvers. Anyone have any experience these trucks? I'm not thinking of downhill but rather flatland cruising and particarly long distance pumping for these trucks.     Rate post 221752 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) help On 11/16/2005 jonny wrote in from United States  (209.137.nnn.nnn) I just made a 60 inch deck from 11 layer ply wood. There is cut outs for the wheels, but not concave or anything obviously. What size of trucks/wheels would you suggest using for it?     Rate post 221742 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Krux On 11/16/2005 J-Berg wrote in from United States  (163.176.nnn.nnn) Indy's are made in S.F. by Ermico. From what I've heard, Krux are made overseas and assembled in the USA.     Rate post 221720 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) krux trucks On 11/15/2005 Julien wrote in from United States  (68.85.nnn.nnn) Well they do have that handy bottle opener built in. Probably great for a beer drinking person. Aren't they made by the same people as Indies?     Rate post 221683 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) truck On 11/15/2005 boby the 8 wrote in from United States  (71.116.nnn.nnn) krux will wup all the other stupid truck bitchs     Rate post 221679 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) truck On 11/15/2005 bob wrote in from United States  (71.116.nnn.nnn) krux kick ass     Rate post 221678 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Nuclear Pickle On 11/15/2005 sc wrote in from United States  (68.4.nnn.nnn) Nuclear pickle almost disappeared, too expensive, then showed up again at www.flowlab.com. The product listing page with Nuclear Pickle (completes only) is at https://st18.startlogic.com/~flowlabc/cgi-bin/ecommerce/ac/agora.cgi?product=complete     Rate post 221600 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) nuke 'em On 11/15/2005 bara wrote in from United States  (68.61.nnn.nnn) Steve, do you mean "nuclear pickle" trucks?......big heavy duty ones, black with a green adjustable tension collar?     Rate post 221584 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Looking for nuclear turtle trucks On 11/15/2005 Stevan L. Panton wrote in from United States  (72.0.nnn.nnn) PLZ send me info if you know were to get some of these trucks.     Rate post 221579 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) legend (pic) On 11/13/2005 Mile High Mark wrote in from United States  (206.124.nnn.nnn) L->R Crail, R-II 180, DH, Holey     Rate post 221453 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) crails on the left, right? On 11/13/2005 herbn wrote in from United States  (152.163.nnn.nnn) yeah , i think the kingpin gives it away , took a bit of figur'n though,i'm not all that familiar with holeys and crails. I like the look of those the best,even though they are a bit heavier,i'm happy that i make my own trucks, these would be hard to choose from.     Rate post 221438 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Holey's On 11/12/2005 Mile High Mark wrote in from United States  (206.124.nnn.nnn) Here's a shot of Holey'a along with Crails, Randal DH, and R-II 180's. Holey -- 432g Crail -- 475g R-II 180 -- 426g DH -- 506g     Rate post 221371 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Abec 11 shtuff On 11/11/2005 Adam wrote in from United States  (198.144.nnn.nnn) sc, Sorry for the post.. it had an Ebay auction reference which is verboten. Re other web sites' obscured URLs, it is apparently also unreasonable to expect competing webmasters to respect our copyrighted javascript source code and refrain from stealing over 100 lines thereof for use on their site and then fail to remove it when asked.     Rate post 221325 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0)

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