Losi Promoto - 1/4 Scale Remote Control Dirt Bike

bigdano711 · 10-21-2023, 02:09 PM

I have to have this.

https://www.amainhobbies.com/losi-pr...000t2/p1501911

YouTube video:

Gronk · 11-13-2023, 03:53 PM

I've got a bit of an RC obsession.

I need this too.

Gronk · 11-13-2023, 03:57 PM

And by obsession I mean I have a spreadsheet to track them and their components.

McQueen216 · 11-13-2023, 04:01 PM

I didn't see a link for the spreadsheet.

Man, this website can be so disappointing.

McQueen216 · 11-13-2023, 04:02 PM

Quick show of hands - who has paid less than that for an actual motorcycle?

Gronk · 11-13-2023, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by McQueen216

Quick show of hands - who has paid less than that for an actual motorcycle?

Bwahahahaha.
Many times.

McQueen216 · 11-13-2023, 04:37 PM

"Okay, honey... just hear me out on this one... it's not going to take up space in the garage... but I bought another motorcycle, and it cost me less than $600."
"Oh, because you're going to be sleeping with it out back in the doghouse?"
"No! Because it's 1/4 scale!"
"So, it is going to be sleeping out back with you in the doghouse."
"But hooooneeeeey!"
"OUT!"

bigdano711 · 11-13-2023, 08:51 PM

Then turn around and drop $10K on a toy hauler or a fifth wheel because "it's for the both of us, honey". Boys and their toys. The only difference are the justifications.

In any case, I'm glad I'm the one who wears the pants and not the wife. That's why things didn't work out with #1. She thought she was gonna tell me what to do and how to spend money. Not.

bigdano711 · 11-14-2023, 07:31 AM

Before you buy that $30K pressure washer to clean the $50K boat (because of invasive species, honey) that you tow with your $70K truck, can I interest you in an RC plane?

https://www.towerhobbies.com/product...390CKT85S.html

McQueen216 · 11-14-2023, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gronk

Many times.

You know, I saw that picture of you on that little pit bike...
Man, I'd really like to snag something like that. Some little wheelie machine. I could probably hide something like that in the garage... at least for a while...

Gronk · 11-14-2023, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by McQueen216

You know, I saw that picture of you on that little pit bike...
Man, I'd really like to snag something like that. Some little wheelie machine. I could probably hide something like that in the garage... at least for a while...

The rule is... The smaller the bike, the more fun an adult can have on it.

I'm not sure what brand this thing is but it's a copy of a Yamaha PW80 with a 50cc Chonda motor. I picked two of them up for $50, both with blown motors. I repaired both motors with Amazon special 70cc rebuild kits and then made one good bike out of the two. The other motor went into a real Honda Z50 frame and my son hauls it around to car shows and stuff so he can tool around.

Me? I just put kids to sleep on that little pitbike...

Bruces · 11-14-2023, 09:02 PM

When I first saw it I immediately thought it was an old Baja 50cc they sold at crappy tire ,right down to the colour of the tank .

Gronk · 11-15-2023, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruces

When I first saw it I immediately thought it was an old Baja 50cc they sold at crappy tire ,right down to the colour of the tank .

Yeah that's exactly what it is. Baja Dirt Runner 50. They're copies of the Yamaha PW80.

McQueen216 · 11-15-2023, 05:29 PM

OfferUp has further slid into the dumpster, now that they have a... premium? version, which includes throttling messages and throttling new posts.
But I did hear back from a guy who has a Coolster 70cc he's trying to unload. I might be able to swing this for <$100... obviously, with work to follow. I can hide a 70cc Coolster, right?

Bruces · 11-15-2023, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by McQueen216

OfferUp has further slid into the dumpster, now that they have a... premium? version, which includes throttling messages and throttling new posts.
But I did hear back from a guy who has a Coolster 70cc he's trying to unload. I might be able to swing this for <$100... obviously, with work to follow. I can hide a 70cc Coolster, right?

Christmas is coming ,if you get her a welding helmet and she wears it a lot ,she will never know what you have .

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Gronk Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 20	I've got a bit of an RC obsession. I need this too. __________________ ...until the wheels fall off and burn
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Gronk Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 20	And by obsession I mean I have a spreadsheet to track them and their components. __________________ ...until the wheels fall off and burn
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McQueen216 Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 223	I didn't see a link for the spreadsheet. Man, this website can be so disappointing. __________________ SYM Wolf Classic 150 - SOLD Triumph T100 SE RE Scram411 - SOLD Honda CB350 Honda CL450 Tyrion the Pit Bike KTM 890 Adventure S
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McQueen216 Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 223	Quick show of hands - who has paid less than that for an actual motorcycle? __________________ SYM Wolf Classic 150 - SOLD Triumph T100 SE RE Scram411 - SOLD Honda CB350 Honda CL450 Tyrion the Pit Bike KTM 890 Adventure S
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11-13-2023, 04:37 PM	#7
McQueen216 Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 223	"Okay, honey... just hear me out on this one... it's not going to take up space in the garage... but I bought another motorcycle, and it cost me less than $600." "Oh, because you're going to be sleeping with it out back in the doghouse?" "No! Because it's 1/4 scale!" "So, *it is* going to be sleeping out back with you in the doghouse." "But hooooneeeeey!" "OUT!" __________________ SYM Wolf Classic 150 - SOLD Triumph T100 SE RE Scram411 - SOLD Honda CB350 Honda CL450 Tyrion the Pit Bike KTM 890 Adventure S
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11-13-2023, 08:51 PM	#8
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 438	Then turn around and drop $10K on a toy hauler or a fifth wheel because "it's for the both of us, honey". Boys and their toys. The only difference are the justifications. In any case, I'm glad I'm the one who wears the pants and not the wife. That's why things didn't work out with #1. She thought she was gonna tell me what to do and how to spend money. Not. __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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11-14-2023, 07:31 AM	#9
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 438	Before you buy that $30K pressure washer to clean the $50K boat (because of invasive species, honey) that you tow with your $70K truck, can I interest you in an RC plane? https://www.towerhobbies.com/product...390CKT85S.html __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Bruces Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 1,588	When I first saw it I immediately thought it was an old Baja 50cc they sold at crappy tire ,right down to the colour of the tank .
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11-15-2023, 05:29 PM	#14
McQueen216 Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 223	OfferUp has further slid into the dumpster, now that they have a... premium? version, which includes throttling messages and throttling new posts. But I did hear back from a guy who has a Coolster 70cc he's trying to unload. I might be able to swing this for <$100... obviously, with work to follow. I can hide a 70cc Coolster, right? __________________ SYM Wolf Classic 150 - SOLD Triumph T100 SE RE Scram411 - SOLD Honda CB350 Honda CL450 Tyrion the Pit Bike KTM 890 Adventure S
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