Bushings for a big fella

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by charlie harris on May 4, 2011 at 20:19

I think all green venom barrels would be good

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Permalink Reply by Philip and Hugh on May 4, 2011 at 20:29

maybe try all green sabres. when you go a bit faster maybe a pink barrel boardside and a pink cone roadside

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Permalink Reply by Jarrod Starr on May 4, 2011 at 22:01

Go for a set of red 90a and green 93a venoms imo, for rear go green roadside and red boardside for the front red roadside and green boardside

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Permalink Reply by Jarrod Starr on May 4, 2011 at 22:37

so you have more turn at the front as the softer duro is roadside, and the harder roadside at the rear for less turn and a little more stability

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Permalink Reply by Robbo on May 4, 2011 at 22:52

That is a highly unorthodox way of doing it. No matter how hard you have each side you should always have a softer duro on the roadside. If you want stable at the back and turn at the front and all you have is 2 greens and 2 reds than you should put both greens at the back and both reds at the front

Jarrod Starr said:

so you have more turn at the front as the softer duro is roadside, and the harder roadside at the rear for less turn and a little more stability

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by uan whozarmy on May 4, 2011 at 23:09

I'm a little bigger than you, around 6'4" and 100kg, and find that red and green Venoms and green Sabres both work really well.

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Permalink Reply by Jarrod Starr on May 4, 2011 at 23:38

Haha yeah, that makes sense but everyone does it different I guess..and this combo works a treat for me and never given me any problems..whatever the combo though, its what feel most comfortable and works with you. Will give that combo a try though, all the fun of the bushings.
Robbo said:

That is a highly unorthodox way of doing it. No matter how hard you have each side you should alwyas have a softer duro on the roadside. If you want stable at the back and turn at the front and all you have is 2 greens and 2 reds than you should put both greens at the back and both reds at the front

Jarrod Starr said:

so you have more turn at the front as the softer duro is roadside, and the harder roadside at the rear for less turn and a little more stability

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Permalink Reply by matty leadfoot on May 5, 2011 at 8:20

I am 100kgs and if I was riding a top mount like the PPS I think you have to put a fairly hard bushing deck side to help stop the turn in the trucks so you dont get wheel bite.

You have a lot of leverage on a top mount.  When you add some weight to the equasion youll need to go for fairly hard bushings I reckon.

I had the same board (the hill killer) and I set it up with narrower trucks (160 hangers on a 50 degree plate) and it was heaps of fun. Sammy T has been riding it and he rips on it.

 

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Permalink Reply by Firetrev on May 5, 2011 at 22:25

Thanks everyone.
Some very useful info there. It's given me a good place to start. I will experiment from there.
Cheers.

PS Nice photo.

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