Finn

basically the super swiss 6 are stronger and maybe roll a little nicer (if you are talking about a normal wheel, without a drivewheel) but since the ES AIR 500 does have a fair amount of roll resistance anyway due to the drive wheel, I think you are quite ok with just getting the bones super red. I have those and they work perfectly fine, I do not think you would really notice at all, unless you are super sensitive ....

Now if the roll resistance on the electric skateboard was a lot lower, say like on the metro-board (which has much, much less rolling resistance than ES AIR 500 -- I have both) or the new Evolve Skateboard (which is reported to have the lowest resistance of them all I hear) then maybe it is a factor more, what kind of bearings you have. I would say though, save your money, buy the lower priced bones super reds, and for sure save your money and buy the steel pivot pin trucks for the ES AIR 500, as soon as you can.

The stock trucks on the ES AIR are made out of a magnesium compound that I have seen many posts about trucks that have cracked... I got the steel pivot pin trucks myself, and those are much, much stronger than the magnesium allow trucks that the board shipped with. Now, I have not had any problems with the magnesium trucks myself, I am just saying, I have seen a lot of posts on this forum and others where those magnesium trucks do not last so long under heavy riding conditions.

The pivot pin trucks are nice though... I recommend. Just my opinions Of course others may disagree

Cheers

Dave

Get the super reds, they last longer than the ceramics and half the price. And they roll really nice.

Hi, really nice mods there, the lights are really cool !!! Can I ask two questions, 1. What kind of deck did you buy for that, and 2. Did you have any problems mounting the under box battery when that deck is concaved like that? I am really interested to know the brand of the deck you got.

Cheers

Dave:peace:

Hi, I placed this in the german language section of the forum, I am hoping one of you fine people can help me. I was thinking of putting a new deck on my ES AIR 500 board, and although the truck mount screw holes seem standard, I was wondering if someone have the dimensions and what size holes I need to drill for the battery box ... I am not even sure what those little fitters that slide down into the holes on the board are called, the ones that hold the battery box on to the board, there are four of those and the screws are bolted from the bottom.

Anyway, I am looking to change that deck that came with the ES AIR 500 and change to a longer 42" deck, so I want to doublecheck and confirm the type of screws on the ES AIR 500 and what those screw fitters are called and what size holes I need.

Thanks in advance, I am not so technical about these things, so I want to check before I start drilling anything.

Cheers Dave

dont know, he said the wheels come with the trucks

Hi, so did you pay 99 british pounds plus extra for the wheels and how much extra? Or just 99 for the trucks and that price include the wheels?

Yeah I did have to pay for the wheels, but he gave me a discount, since I pretty much shop from ES weekly lol

What kind of wheels did you buy, may I ask?

Andrew from ES specifically told me the new trucks will not work with older wheels...and come with new wheels.

But did you have to pay for the new wheels also? I mean, I just paid 85 euros when I had got the board, for upgraded wheels... I will have to check this out...

Nah man, I'm buying everything from the ES website, their steel trucks fit right in the place of the original magnesium alloy ones...they come with new wheels too, to fit the pivot pin design.

Hi Drakarn, I think the original wheels will also fit the new steel trucks? Although I am not looking forward to shelling out more cash, it seems that the steel trucks is the only way to go, but I am sure they will fit the old wheels without having you buy new wheels?

t. Dave

Holy moly batman ! Ease up on the wheaties dude...

:peace:

I am a major fan also of ABEC11 ! I have 97mm and some 70mm ZigZags... awesome products man !!

Dave

Hi Drakarn, can you tell me what size bearings you put in for the ES-500? Was that standard 8mm ?

yes very nice

Raldey is the chinese brand name I think... the electric skateboard is the same, at least when I bought the ES AIR 500 from Electroskate website, the board came to me with the name Raldey... but it is the same electric skateboard that is made in china.

Cheers

Dave

Hi, I sent you a private message about this.... happy riding !

Cheers

Dave

Hi, please report how you like them rubber Gumball wheels from ES... I maybe should have got those originally also from ES, but since they were less expensive than the PU, I went with the PU (good reasoning huh? lol)

Cheers

Dave

Where did you find air wheels for this board?

cheers

Dave

The bones reds are a good all round bearing and are cheap. As long as you regularly clean them, they will roll well and be noise free.

Hi, I roll with bones reds and super reds on my normal longboards, I really like them. I would agree that those ceramic are nice, but pricey and some decent name brand bearings that are not ceramics are probably good enough... IMHO of course.... :peace:

.dave

Hi

 

I want to ask, if there is any possibilty to buy al elektro skateboard in Kiev, if yes, where. Normaly i search for stores and products on Kiev.com, but i could not find any connection or suggestion on elektro skateboards there.

 

So are ther shops or providers in Kiev?

Thank´s a lot for any tip,

cy skateordie

Hi, if you are interested, I have an Elektro-Skate Air 500 board that is for sale. It is in new condition, never ridden outside, all original packaging, only 1 month old, I will ship to anywhere in europe for 70 euros...total price 570 euros.

Here is picture of the board:

http://www.elektro-skateboard.de/forum/bilder/es+air+500-179/es-air-500-1458.php

And this board come with ABEC 11 compound wheels, black color. You can get more info on the board from ES website:

http://fastestelectricskateboard.co.uk/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=3

Cheers

Dave

Thanks Wolf, yeah I figured the color had nothing to do with it, and as long as the second remote can pair ok to the controller and no differences, then great :peace:

Just when I think I might get to go riding today...snow came again...argh...now have to wait another few days...

Cheers

Dave

Nice board you got Optimistic- congratulation :cornut:

 

Yeah congrats man !! the board looks awesome and it sounds like you had a wicked first ride !!!

:peace:

Dave

well it already has spray on grip, I just spray painted over it. I'm not sure if the grip tape will stick to a rough surface like that??

 

 

As far as the paint...I bought a few cans at Home Depot. Primer, flat black and a couple of greens...painted whole board with white primer, let it sit for about 15 mins. then spray all of it black, sit for another 40 mins or so til dries a bit. Then painted the Monster logo and left it outside all day while I was at work. I have a feeling it will smudge n chip when I go riding tho haha...but we will see :peace::peace:

 

N yes those altered boards are super heavy but still fun to ride

Thanks for the update and the instruction! It really looks good, I am going to go do the same thing on the weekend, I will take some pics and post afterwords, I was thinking of painting black with racing stripe down the middle of the board...

I would really like to see how your paint holds up also for you... only thing I am worried about is where I live is lots of salty sea air... so not sure if the paint would hold up...but I got both thumbs up man for you !!!!!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Dave

Hi, I was wondering, I have the ES 500 Raldey board and I have seen the ES 600 that some others have on this forum... except for the motor and batteries, can someone tell me if these two boards use the same electronics?

Also a question about the gun controller, I have the black one right now, but I would like to have the white controller, so I was thinking of buying a spare controller (you never know when you might need it) but it seems like they were only sending White with the ES 600 boards so did not send me white originally... do the white and black controllers mean anything, like they use different electronics, like black is old version while white is new version or something?

They should be same version regardless of color since I just got this board a couple of weeks ago.

BR

Dave

Hi, I think those orange wheels with the black board look quite nice !

oh and this is my collection...with the ES 500W with original deck design before I "ruined" it with mine lol

 

Those Altered boards look heavy man.... :peace:

 

So here's what I painted on mine =D. Not sure if it will stay on, but I'll try it out once I get the new control box in the mail =P

Looks cool ! Did you just use regular spray on black paint? That is very easy solution if it stay on and no issues, please let me know how it goes over the next couple of weeks, and I will probably do the same thing ... maybe have to spray on some Formula 1 colors

Cheers

Dave