Losi promoto mx ???

[Kezturbo]

Hi been on the fence about getting a losi promoto mx does anyone on here have one ? And give their thoughts or experience with one as thinking of parting with my arrma Mojave 4s to fund one and don’t know if they are any good thanks.

Edited October 18, 2024 by Kezturbo

[Gaz!]

I’m in the same boat, i desperately want one but would have to try and sell on other rc to fund it. I have no first hand knowledge though.

 

I do think that it would be better than most of its predecessors, the gyro in particular otherwise, id be as interested as you to find out. 

[turok007]

I had the anderson m5  and found that to be very good,  so the losi  should be fun

[wolfie1]

Having had a couple of rc motorbikes in the past , back in the 90’s was my first a kyosho kit which i got pretty good at driving, then many years later a thunder tiger nitro ducati which i just couldnt drive to save my life you could be in a huge car park with only 1 small obstacle in it and no matter how hard you tried you were going to crash into it. When the Anderson mt5 came out i thought it was quite a cool concept but never bought 1, but this promoto looks better in every way, my wife was asking me what i would like for Christmas and i gave her a link to 1 of these, so heres hoping and not chocolate and socks and trainers

[m4inbrain]

Had one for 2 weeks. 

 

From my personal experience, the novelty wore off really fast. Yeah, it's cool hearing that gyro spin up (for quite a long time, i want to add), once or twice. It's also cool seeing the thing go down the road and wheelie, once or twice.

 

And then.. well... yeah. That's about it. They are pretty flimsy, so while you can jump them, you're almost guaranteed to break it where the fork connects to the rest of the bike (i can't remember which reviewer it was, i wanna say RC Driver, broke it on the first drive there as well). Completely unusable in sand (i live near a beach), needs a large empty space with maybe a tiny jump, either concrete or dirt as long as there are no ruts etc. 

 

Dunno.. Wasn't for me. Twice or so was fun in the parking lot doddling around, but then got old quickly. That said, i'm not into bikes, so maybe someone else gets more out of it. 

Edited October 19, 2024 by m4inbrain

[Gaz!]

@m4inbrain, appreciate your honesty mate. It has me thinking, maybe look for a good used model with the hop-ups done, even buying from someone like yourself that doesnt get the two wheeled thing, should save me a few quid. 

 

But it will have to be funded from selling one of my fleet, namely the X-maxx, i can’t see anyone wanting to buy a mk1 stampede 4x4 for anywhere what i need (even if its fully upgraded) if i do sell the X-maxx i will be losing out money wise big time.

 

always fancied a rc bike, had a Kyosho micro Ducati but you needed a snooker table to be able to run it, had a few goes of the Anderson m5 but it fell over a lot!!

now back in the day when i was a strapping young male, i had dirt bikes, a disused pit on my doorstep and had some great fun/crashes doing all kinds of silly things (boys will be boys though) fast forward to now and I couldn’t get my leg over one let alone ride!!  That’s where the appeal comes from, maybe i can scratch the itch again???

has to be the Kwak green though, ive had Yamaha and Honda so fancied a change.

 

funny thing is though, this would cost me more than my first real crosser..

 

[Luvell RC]

On 18/10/2024 at 11:46, Kezturbo said:

Hi been on the fence about getting a losi promoto mx does anyone on here have one ? And give their thoughts or experience with one as thinking of parting with my arrma Mojave 4s to fund one and don’t know if they are any good thanks.

I have a promoto and love the thing I won it so didn’t have to splash out£. They are expensive but a lot of fun and cheap to run so far the few parts that I’ve needed have been easy and fairly cheap to get hold of so no complaints so far 6months in 

[Luvell RC]

On 18/10/2024 at 11:46, Kezturbo said:

Hi been on the fence about getting a losi promoto mx does anyone on here have one ? And give their thoughts or experience with one as thinking of parting with my arrma Mojave 4s to fund one and don’t know if they are any good thanks.

A little vid of my first outing 

[Luvell RC]

Just now, Luvell RC said:

A little vid of my first outing 

 

[Gaz!]

18 hours ago, Luvell RC said:

I have a promoto and love the thing I won it so didn’t have to splash out£. They are expensive but a lot of fun and cheap to run so far the few parts that I’ve needed have been easy and fairly cheap to get hold of so no complaints so far 6months in 

 

16 hours ago, Luvell RC said:

A little vid of my first outing 

 

16 hours ago, Luvell RC said:

 

 

Two words, jammy sod!!!

 

damned good on you for winning it is this your first bike?? If it is, how difficult is it to drive?? Saw a couple of moments when it stopped, looked to stand back up quickly, does the gyro work as hoped??

 

sorry for al the q’s, if i take the plunge (its a big deal at £600) so would like as much info to absorb as possible. 

[m4inbrain]

1 hour ago, Gaz! said:

damned good on you for winning it is this your first bike?? If it is, how difficult is it to drive?? Saw a couple of moments when it stopped, looked to stand back up quickly, does the gyro work as hoped??

 

 

Takes 2 minutes to get used to it, and by that i mean "how slow you go while still being manoeuvrable". Once at like 5mph, it basically drives like any other RC but with a huge turning circle. Took me less than a minute to drive it around, the gyro (and stabilisation) make this not comparable to bikes of old. Even my wife was able to immediately pick it up. 

 

When it falls over, it generally takes just a bit of throttle to stand it back up again, on tarmac. Most of the times. It will, obviously, fall over below a certain speed. It takes around, from memory, 30ish seconds for the gyro to spool up (and longer to wind down). It is a battery hog (and has phantom drain, so make 100% sure you unplug the battery - don't ask me how i know). The battery compartment is a bit of a faff. It's bigger (and heavier) than expected. It is confusing at a stand still (you turn left on the transmitter, and the wheel turns right - but it's the correct orientation, took me a hot minute to wrap my head around that one). 

 

Hm.. That's what immediately springs to mind when thinking back. 

[Luvell RC]

2 hours ago, Gaz! said:

 

 

 

Two words, jammy sod!!!

 

damned good on you for winning it is this your first bike?? If it is, how difficult is it to drive?? Saw a couple of moments when it stopped, looked to stand back up quickly, does the gyro work as hoped??

 

sorry for al the q’s, if i take the plunge (its a big deal at £600) so would like as much info to absorb as possible. 

Thanks it’s my first bike ! I think it’s fairly easy to get used to. What gets trickier  is setting the adjustments to the amount the gyro helps/deals with both pitch and yaw ie how much it leans or wheelies via the rotary dial on controller and the 3 riding modes remembering which is which. You can also limit top speed if hading over to younger kids otherwise always 💯and the crash structure at the front will break because it’s designed to save everything else like forks and frame in event of head on collisions I’ve replaced mine once due to finding the goal post other then that been lucky 

[Luvell RC]

38 minutes ago, m4inbrain said:

 

Takes 2 minutes to get used to it, and by that i mean "how slow you go while still being manoeuvrable". Once at like 5mph, it basically drives like any other RC but with a huge turning circle. Took me less than a minute to drive it around, the gyro (and stabilisation) make this not comparable to bikes of old. Even my wife was able to immediately pick it up. 

 

When it falls over, it generally takes just a bit of throttle to stand it back up again, on tarmac. Most of the times. It will, obviously, fall over below a certain speed. It takes around, from memory, 30ish seconds for the gyro to spool up (and longer to wind down). It is a battery hog (and has phantom drain, so make 100% sure you unplug the battery - don't ask me how i know). The battery compartment is a bit of a faff. It's bigger (and heavier) than expected. It is confusing at a stand still (you turn left on the transmitter, and the wheel turns right - but it's the correct orientation, took me a hot minute to wrap my head around that one). 

 

Hm.. That's what immediately springs to mind when thinking back. 

2nd the big turning circle esp at speed 

[Kezturbo]

So decided to take the plunge maybe might regret it or maybe not ? Ordered one so looking forward to it . Think it’s one of them things I will always wonder what if ? So needed to do it and find out . Wish me luck 😂

[Kezturbo]

So decided to see what it’s all about and and went for it . Ordered the red one and here it is . Looking forward to the different style of running and upgrades 

[Gaz!]

That looks blooming awesome, keep us updated mate with how you get on with it, have you got your own lipo to fit?? Don’t have a clue where it goes either lol.

[Kezturbo]

1 hour ago, Gaz! said:

That looks blooming awesome, keep us updated mate with how you get on with it, have you got your own lipo to fit?? Don’t have a clue where it goes either lol.

Yeah will keep you all updated.Already fitted a scorched Rc aluminium swing arm. Yes my own lipo’s fit they slide under the rear arch ( under the rear seat area )

[Gaz!]

Any updates on this yet mate??

[Kezturbo]

On 02/12/2024 at 16:07, Gaz! said:

Any updates on this yet mate??

I’ve fitted afew mods and some different wheels with tarmac tyres so I’ve got the option to run off road or on road. Not had chance to take it out yet I’m looking forward to it though will be a different spin on Rc from normal Rc 

[Gaz!]

That a damned fine looking bike mate!!

 

what/where did you get those tyres from?? I see a few of the upgrades you have, other than the head stock, have you found any other weak spots??

 

sorry again for all the questions. 

[Kezturbo]

On 12/12/2024 at 09:15, Gaz! said:

That a damned fine looking bike mate!!

 

what/where did you get those tyres from?? I see a few of the upgrades you have, other than the head stock, have you found any other weak spots??

 

sorry again for all the questions. 

Don’t mind the questions willing to help the tyres are vitavon and so are the wheels . You can get proline alternative road tyres however they fit on smaller wheels so have to use proline wheels to and because they are smaller you have to change the gearing and buy new chain . So by getting vitavon ones they are same size so don’t need to buy the parts and I can swap over from my off road tyres to on road tyres without any adjusts and only takes afew minutes. Not come across any weak spots but will look at the head set you mentioned

[Gaz!]

Thanks for the info mate, appreciate it greatly. 

 

thats a bit off with the Pro-line wheels, good to hear about Vitavon being the same, those i will definitely look into.

 

may i ask where you buy your bits from for it too please??

[Kezturbo]

On 15/12/2024 at 11:33, Gaz! said:

Thanks for the info mate, appreciate it greatly. 

 

thats a bit off with the Pro-line wheels, good to hear about Vitavon being the same, those i will definitely look into.

 

may i ask where you buy your bits from for it too please??

Got the vitavon wheels/tyres from vitavon ebay shop. The other parts from scorched Rc . Gpm Rc mods direct from them