The end links are from a 5 series Bmw so easily sourced. Yeah, I found those, dust boots for them too. However, I meant that long rod in the picture above that looks like a two-way piston. I thought maybe it helps prevent wobbling. It is a bike part. Steering damper keeps board shake. Later, I changed to an adjustable damper to satisfy both cruising and carving.
Carbon made motor mounts by water jet, Turnigys Aerodrive SK3 - brushless outrunner motors. Maybe it's the unusual aluminum axles and pendulum supports. We think it's what the label on the underside says. Everyone who crowds around has the same comment: "Hey! That's a BMW? Our test board came sealed in a cardboard box fresh from labs in the fatherland along with a gasp! As it turned out, she didn't give the board enough credit. In keeping with the fatherland's automotive philosophy, the Street Carver is as solid as a bank safe.
The board is heavier than your ordinary skateboard. The board's cast-aluminum truck assemblies axles are quite large and the pendulum supports connected to the trucks also add weight. The extra poundage actually works to the board's advantage. The undercarriage mated to the wood-and-fiberglass-inlay deck absorbs road shock with a satisfying deep thud sound and the absence of vibration.
There's no lip to kick where the board protrudes beyond the trucks at either end. Monster-size mm wheels mounted on the cast trucks are almost three times the size of wheels on most boards.
Make no mistake, this board isn't intended to be someone's freestyle ride. The Street Carver is just that—a longboard designed just for freecarving. And, according to the riding guidelines on page 11 of the owner's manual, it is not intended for use on public roads. The first thing we noticed is that the board is very stable, showing no tendency, as do some other boards, to become squirrelly at speed.
Unfortunately the wheels aren't upgradeable. Re: bmw street carver by Trevenen » Wed Jun 22, pm The wheels are certainly removable looking at this, but I imagine the problem is the axle diameter? If it is oversize form 8mm it could be turned down possibly. Man with a lathe, not a big job as long as the axles are also removable hmm If they are undersized then some sort of shim?
Re: bmw street carver by Leanne » Wed Jun 22, pm Hmm, but they're pug-ugly anyway! I've already told you more than I know! Re: bmw street carver by greywolf » Wed Jun 22, pm Leanne wrote: Hmm, but they're pug-ugly anyway! Yes very slow, needed some WD40 or some Abec 29's or sumfin. But the trucks do turn remarkably and keep on turning tighter than you think which was tricky to get used to. I thought it was fun, but heavy and sluggish to push around.
What you thought was a pebble you'd just rolled over was in fact a dispatch rider on a motorbike who was looking where he was going BTW, unfortunately you weren't and he appears to have scratched the underneath of your Streetcarver.
You don't actually own it either technically, it belongs to the company you work for and was bought in a tear-off blister pack of 20 that they bought cheap to improve the 'image' of their 'team' and thus prop up the sagging fortunes of their rubbish company thats suddenly realised they're really rubbish. I'll stick with me popsicle thanks DTB. Re: bmw street carver by At it again » Thu Jun 23, am It's not my cup of latte.
Once i hit 40 life began to go downhill.
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