hey i know this is unrelated but for anyone interested i found out why royals are good and bad, the pros and cons to my second favorite trucks or third. in the top 3 forsure though
so i was feeling wild and put together a project setup where i just throw whatever im curious about to why i threw them to the side kind of setup and put my royals on a classic deluxe with my bones stf and heres the results
Royal trucks standards
Pros:
-good decent turns, wide and somewhat carvy. a little faster than indys.
-fast on the pop like carroll wanted them to be designed so theyre almost as responsive as thunders
-grinds smooth
-light
-good height, im very sure the same height as thunder 147 hi
-shortens wheelbase(for people like me, carroll and guy who want a faster pop and flip)
Cons:
-must replace pivot cups, they start acting up and make the truck looser than they really are when the session gets going
-kingpin clearance is barely there so if your interested in a set of royal standards i suggest the new inverted kingpin ones
-for some reason the axle to hangar length ratio is off, so even if you use the usual axle washers on each side of the bearings for the wheels theres gonna be about 2-3 threads exposed when tightening the axle nut for minimal wheel wiggle. so primos=definite mashed axles
so theres an updated feedback from me on the royal standards(not the fours or any older model, the now square baseplate ones)
also went on to test my mini logo trucks again and all i gotta say is they are good decent trucks for pp trucks, but i would suggest if you ride 8 and up decks the 8.38 size ones are best cause the 8 ones dont have as good turning response and radius(yes i know that could be because of how wide they are obviously but just fyi)
they turn decent, respond very well, are light, and grind good. its just...theyre mini logo trucks haha so everyones gonna pick on you but hey for someone who wants a truck for 8.25-8.5 decks with good response and lower more in control feel (lower center of gravity feel pop and good flip trick control) mini logo trucks arent a bad choice. cause i mean how many 8.25 and up size LOW trucks are there that are
feeling my theeves again and thinking of being a kook to ride them over my #1 truck choice thunders...cause i skate to work and everywhere alot and thunders are awesome...but i kinda want something more zig zagger feeling like indy but lower...