On this page I'll include some of my tips and tricks I've learned while doing my hobby. Where appropriate, I'll include steps or pictures to help clarify my explanations.
Please feel free to contribute your own tips - I'll post the best ones so everyone can see them.
1) If you have a pull start on your maxx and can't get to it without taking the body off you know how tiring that gets. You get it started, put the body on and then it stalls. Been there. What I do is reach in and pull the pull start underneath the rear left fender, and start it like that. Works great. I have not nocticed any cord wear either. A lot easier than having to keep pulling that body on and off.
2) This is how I bleed my shocks when I change the oil. First I clean the shocks, empty the old oil into a container (wouldn't want to dump that oil into the ground). Now I fill the shocks up with fresh oil until the oil is about 1/16 of an inch from the top. Put the cap on and push the rod in and out a few times. Now take the cover back off and the oil should be a hair lower becuase of the air bubbles that worked their way to the top. I repeat this a few times until I get the best rebound without having the cap pop. If the oil is all the way up to the top, you will get a blow out, so it should be a hair lower. Everyone has their own way to bleed their shocks, but I have found this to be the best way for me.
3) What I do when I change the shock oil, is to wrap some teflon tape around the threads, after you put the oil in, and screw the cover back on. This will help prevent your shocks from leaking oil.
4) If you don't like using CA glue for glueing the tires use some silicone. It has worked great for me and you can get the tire off the rim with little effort.
5) If you have the 360 stinger pipe I would recommend putting a pressure fitting on there. It looks better than just sticking the fuel line in the hole, in my opinion. I got a fitting and attached it with some JB Weld, or you can get a bigger thread size and tap out the hole. If you do tap it out make sure and get all metal shavings out of the pipe.
6) On your antenna if you routed the wire back down the pole, put some heat shrink tubing on there to prevent wire wear when you roll. Most hardware stores and hobby shops carry the tubing. Cut it to the length that your wire runs down the tube, or butt the pieces together like I did and then heat it up. The heat shrink tubing will shrink to half it's size so get it about twice the diameter of your antenna tube. It will save in the long run. The blacktop will chew that wire right up. You can see how I did mine in the pic section. Heat shrink tubing is great. I use it to cover solder joints and it makes the wire look nice and neat.
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