I thought we would have heard from Chris by now. I bet he got in trouble for having a "Biker Party" at the house while the family was away. He grounded.

Not only was it fun to get the trucks out and run them again but it also reminded me of the repairs that need to be done on them. Which is fun for me so I'm looking forward again to getting them back into shape.

I think I'll work on the Pede first, lets see... glue the tires, fix the front tie rod, fine tune the supension, and maybe a new lid. Any body suggestions, want durable?
:wave:

Need a new lid for my pede too, but I haven't even looked yet.

Oh, I didn't get into any trouble at all! I am just still exhausted from the trip. All evidence of the party was obliterated long before they all came home. Actualy I made out like a bandit on that. Came away with a 12 pack of GOOD beer, 4 lbs of hotdogs, 4 lbs of hamburgers, a bunch of unopened chips and the like. All properly frozen for our return (well, not the chips or beer). Then, the woman that takes care of our cats when we are gone went to work on the house. She gets really bored so she cleans. And cleans. And cleans, It is really wierd but I am not about to complain. Of course she doesn't even have to stay there but it must be way quieter than at her place with her Dad, sister, and nephew in the same apartment.

No, I was busy last night as a buddy came over to close a deal on an old bicycle I was selling him and that took a while. Too bad the cash will hardly make a dent in the vacation debt but any is better than none!

Speaking of lids... Over on Cat with Bill, I saw that his kid Kevin had begun cutting out a Bronco lid. Still had to paint it so I don't know how it will look, but the shape looked really good for a Pede. It was a bit wider than the Jeep but not too wide, especially if your Pede is widened a bit. Worth looking into. Bill might be able to tell you which company made it. I think it was a Bolink lid but I am not sure.

I'll look in the AM and see who made it. He got it for the Emaxx so I feel that size might be to big but it would look good if I can find it in a Pede size. The larger one might fit I'll check that out also.

The only Bronco body I'm aware of is made by HPI for the Savage, but it fits the T/E-maxxes too. It is a wide body, I don't think it would be good on my 'pede.

You may be right. It LOOKED like a bronco from the decals but it could have been something else. It did not look too wide but it was unpainted and not on the truck so...

It is HPI and a Bronco 2 door body with a roll bar. Way to big for the pede.

See, what do I know...

Boy, after a couple weeks in lovely CA, today's weather sucked! The guys and I did 5 hours of trail work at our local park: picks, shovels, sledges and just general sweat producing grunt work. 85 degrees and ugly humidity. Can I come back now Bill?

One of these days I need to unpack my trucks. Heck. one of these days I have to post some pix...

one of these days I have to post some pix...
Ummnnn, Yeah!! :wave:

Chris, you know plenty. And you can come back if you bring your brushless pede.

Weather wise we are very lucky here. Mornings have been overcast, which is great for us worker bees, and then about 11 or 12 out pops the :cool: . Just about the time you say "Boy it's hot" the afternoon breeze starts and cools everything down with clean ocean air. Temps have been rangeing from the mid 60's in the morning to the 75 to 80 degrees in the afternoon.

Anyone packing yet?

To get Chris off the hook, for a little while, you can check the place out on this site.

http://www.ccvaa.org/cherry.htm

:wave:

I spend the day, in the sweltering heat of my house trying to get a website oging so you guys would get lots of photos at the click of a mouse and I get the bums rush for my efforts. Well, seeing as how I got NOWHERE on the site, here are a couple shots-teassers, as it were.

They are both taken from the road, looking down onto Cherry Cove on the way in from Two harbor. On the close-up, you can see the "beach house" on the far side of the cove and our own private fleet of sea kayaks. We were indeed, roughing it. I mean,we had to wait for Bill to bring us coffee in the morning! :rolleyes: ;) :jest:

The third is from the other side of the harbor, looking out towards Two harbor- the big town on that end of the island. The last is, again, from the road, looking down at two harbor. Obviously, big is a relative term. That is about half of the town right there.

very nice pics. thnaks for sharing. there is a pic of your tlt racing at mj5 on rcmt. it's in the general talk forum.

peter
:)

And a nice shot it is, isn't it? I am pretty proud of that lid. Truck didn't run too badly either considering I had no practice on it. tippy little bugger! And running the Stinker motor it was anything but a handfull. :rolleyes: hey, ity took the silver. I will walk away happy with that. had it not been for a truely stupid marshall I would have also only been a lap down. 30 seconds to go for a half a lap and it takes the guy 20 to get the truck unstuck from a sandbag. And he was standing six feet away from it. He kept nudging it with his toe. I yelled that maybe he should bend over and use his hands and he simply stated he was too lazy. :mad:

I will be putting a C2 Pro in there next to see how it does. I also want to put the Pede tires back on and see if it croners any better. Wider but higher. Could be a toss up.

I am also torn about that truck because I have all sorts of ideas for mutating it into a Pede trannied 1/10 scale beast. I don't think it would be accepted in the TLT class anymore though.

As we were getting ready for the mains I was making the TLT crab walk up and down the lane and then using the rear steering to make it turn in like a 1' turning radious. People were cracking up! Everybody wanted to try it though. :cool:

Nice shots Chris. Sorry the web page did not work for you, I've tried several times to set one up with no luck.

I think I will try and get on the RCMT site again. Seems like a good site just to hard to get "excepted". Third times a charm.

Ah, there in lies your problem! You are trying to be excepted, as in not accepted. Try to get accepted. Might work better... :D

Seriously, as far as I know, the thing most needed to get in there is to click the bo that says you keep your e-mail address public. Other than that, it should go smoothly. It is not like they check to see if you live in some nasty dust hole or anything like that.

thanks, the photos did come out nice didn't they! Nothing like PS to take out a bit of haze.

i had a hard time getting registered at rcmt. i had to email a mod to get it all streightened out.

good luck.
would be nice to see some more new blood there.

peter
:)

Great pics Chris, Is the water really as still as it looks in the pics? I looks really calm without even lake size waves. "Bums rush" huh? I wouldn't classify it as a bums rush, I put it in a class above that, Maybe the "Food Stamp rush"?? :lol:

I think I joined RCMT once a long - long time ago. or maybe I didn't, can't remember. Oldtimers strikes again!

I tried to get accepted but wasn't excepted.

Where is the bo I need to check?

Well, those shots are mostly of the harbors and they are well protected. They aren't always that smooth though. It was downright glassy at times though. :cool:

Bill, it has been such a long time since I joined, I can't remember but I changed my e-mail recently and there was a box in my profile area, on the left, about half way down that asked about public e-mails. What name are you listing under? i can send an e-mail to the boss guy and see if he can expedite it.

Thanks Chris for the offer (it's always who you know) but I was just joking with you about the typo because you were kidding me about the excepted/accepted miss wording.

I'll give the RCMT site another try soon. If I run into problems I'll let you know.

After investigation I am a member of EZBoards, but it wouldn't recognize my registered name and password, DUH! So I registered again using my Hotmail account & "applied" for membership to RCMT again. Oh well.

Hey bill, the check boxes Chris is talking about are in your profile for EZ Boards, Login to your EZ Board account and click on "Edit profile" then click the boxes to make your Name and E-mail public. (you'll see!).

It's Tuesday. Already looking forward to the 3 day weekend.

3 day? Nah, it's a 7 day! Back on vacation again! The wife has to do some set-up at one of the school libararies so I being the good, dedicated father that I am, offered to take some more vacation time and hang with the kids. The things I have to do as a parent.

Might even get the trucks unpacked! I'd like that.

rcmt does not like free web mail services. email a mod and they should be able to hook you up.


sorry it has been dificult. but glad everyone is doing well.

peter

Next time one of you guys are at RCMT see if they have a member list and check for me "tommckay", I may already be a member but haven't been there in so long that I'm De-activated.

We'll see about my Hotmail...

Depneding on how long you have been gone, they may well have ousted you. They went through a big redo thing to get rid of the flamers a few years back. I will check.

Well, did indeed get down to the trucks this morning! Sean wanted to drive his Pede and I will do anything to encourage that! Whatever it's probelm was at MJ5 seemed to be gone. once I plugged everythign in it ws good. I did not have time to break in the new brushes and stuff which bothered me but I jsut set him loose. I don't know what it is about that kid but he can smoke electronics better than anybody I know. This time, for unknown reasons, he dumped the pack in no time at all (C2 Pro, geared 87/16 w/ M2K's) When it stopped, i checked and the ESC was HOT. The motor was HOT and the batts were HOT. I just put it away. I think he pulses it and drives it around at part throttle a lot. i jsut don't want him to kill ANOTHER ESC. Of course he says he will buy the next one (the third) but he doesn't have that kind of money...

Charging the TLT right now!

Well,, that went well. Brought the TLT out front while the gang of 12 yr olds played out back. Then, suddenly they were all out doing the "can I try? Can I try?" thing. They all tried, The smashed it, rolled it, crashed it and just generally did the kid thing. Nothing damaged but a missing body clip. I like that little beast! And it was running for over 1/2 hour. Easily. Then the BL Pede came out. They all wanted to run it but I only let Jess run it. He didn't break that one either! (lost a shock shoulder bolt but that doens't count as it wasn't his fault).

I want to get a bunch of packs good to go and go out to Sean's school's lot/play space. It should be a blast!

Sounds like fun!

Hey! I got an E-Mail from RCMT & I've been "excepted" :lol: So I'm now a Member! wow.

Went in there an looked at "project bling E-maxx"...... Wow. If I had that kind of cash to spend on an E-maxx.... I'd have to be a multi-millionaire!

I've seen these trucks somewhere before......
http://www.speakeasy.org/~clod/MJ5%20002.jpg

Dang, what a hansom pile of scrap metal that is! ;)

All except that peterbilt on the end. That belonged to butthead. The guy who cost me a lap...

Yeah they do look good, I just wish the owner hadn't put the jeep body on backwards! Or is it the tires that are on backwards?? Don't know. I hear tell the owner is a little backwards sometimes anyway.... :freak: :lol:

Haven't you heard? it is like wearing your hat backwards. It is the cool way to do it. If you don't do it that way you jsut aren't with it, ya know man?

Actually, the body was on backwards but I put all four wheels on backwards. No, that isn't quite right. I had put them on right, then reversed them to the wrong way. then they called us to the concourse judging. Basically I was winging it... By the way, I didn't win. :rolleyes:

The group of pics I found that pic in has a blurry pic of your truck with the old chevy body on the track, possibly 2.

Where's the pic of the TLT in action on RCMT I heard about?

The TLT pic isn't an "action" shot. it is labelled something like the TLT's getting ready to race. or something like that. It does't look like it wants me to link to it but it is in the thread of Dev2000's MJ5 pix. 2nd page of general discussion.

Made it easy. just stole the photo. Thanks Mike!

Not action, but ready for action! I looked thru alot of the pics & some of the vids and the MJ event looked pretty cool. I thought the technical course outside was pretty cool, but the little wood jumps with some old car bodies lined up after them for a "freestyle" seemed a little lame. But that's just from the pics.

Hi guys, remember me? I use to hang out and chat on this thread.

Between work, computer problems, a broken tooth, and a ever growing "To Do List" my thread time has been lost.

Hope your all doing well, take care.

Because of my long drive, I left before the freestyle. I saw vids of last years and it didn't look worth waiting for. There were some impressive stunts though from what I have heard. Just another way to break what hasn't broken yet...

sorry to hear about the tooth Bill! Hope it doesn't hurt TOO bad.

Just got back from 5 days in Maine at my step-mom's place. Right on a lake. Made up for the lack of sailing out on Cat! Good times and mostly awesome weather. now it is get ready to go back to work... Summer really is over. :cry:

Glad you got some sailing in. The weather is just now starting to be sailor friendly. This last three day weekend starts the slow down and the cove has less yachts now so you can get to the open water much easier. We'll have to plan your visit later in the season next time.

The tooth was painless, thank goodness. However, I learned the hard way (while drilling) that people who take vitamins are effected less by novacain (sp?). That will sit you up in the chair. Took three shots to numb me enough to do the work. Felt like I had a 20 lb. tongue:p

Quick, drink a quart of water while your mouth doesn't work! but first, Roll Camera!

My sailing was fun in a Sunfish sort of way! I do love those little boats. Everytime I go up there I find a different way to break this poor boat. this time, at Sean's urging (realll!), I flipped us in a strong wind. As we went to right the boat I realized the damn rudder fell off! Here we were, downwind of the house as I tried to remember how to sail rudderless. I gave up before we were around the bend and gone, dropped sail and swam it to shore. :lol:

We had enough wind that there were several times when I could have easily flipped without trying. didn't happen though. :thumbsup:

Also got in lots of road riding! I have this little 160 mile ride coming up in a couple weeks and having been a slug out on cat., I have been working hard to get back into shape. For the American Lung Association, I am more than willing to suffer! Should you be interested in helping my efforts...you can donate here! (http://active.com/donations/fundraise_public.cfm?key=mohawkcth) !

http://www.intruderalert.com/members/images/MVC-004S.JPG
Long ride on the bicycle.... I could do that on my motorcycle!

Nice ride, Tom. Thats the only way I would ride 160 miles on a bike.

I've done it on a pedal bike before, when I was 16..... That was a long, LONG time ago! Funny how my mind doesn't feel much different than it did then, but my body.... well, that's a completely different story!

How long have you had your motorcycle. You keep it in great shape.

Yes indeed! A very nice looking ride. Around here, I would never own a bike. Just too dangerous on our roads. I still have my motorcycle license from way back when in Colorado but...

The 160 will be split up ove rthree days so it really isn't that bad. I hope. :rolleyes: The weather will be the main concern as this particular ride has a history of taking place during hurricanes. Makes it interesting, eh?

So, Jesse wants to sell his clod. He wants a XXX4. I have no idea where he would drive it but he has been dreaming of one of those for about a year now. I have a feeling he will make it happen if he really wants to. I have to put his back together after MJ5 though. Still have to order up some parts.

Actually, I think a XXX4 with road tires could be a blast! It would allow you absolutely rip on pavement without too much concern about cracks and bumps. Other than busting rims, of course. We shall see.

Thanks, it's a 2001 Suzuki Intruder 800. I bought it new in spring of 01. Almost 9000 miles on it now. And I gotta keep it clean! it'd be blasphemous if I didn't! :lol: I really like my bike, Makes me feel like a biker dude when I put on my leathers.....

Chris, I have my XXX4 up for sale for $90 as a roller, it is in the swap & sell if interested. Can't imagine Jesse stressing it more than I have!:rolleyes:

Interesting! Do you have any photos yet? Condition? I will continue this through normal e-mail channels.