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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #210 on: February 29, 2020, 06:23:57 PM »
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Koston flips between ventures and thunders. I think that is why he hasn’t joined a truck company since Indy.
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I don't recall a venture era koston? Plz refresh my memory. I can find any adds.

Wasn't he thunder indy royal back to indy and then full circle thunder?
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No sorry. I meant on Instagram he’s been flipping between those two trucks.



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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #211 on: February 29, 2020, 06:50:50 PM »
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Koston flips between ventures and thunders. I think that is why he hasn’t joined a truck company since Indy.
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I don't recall a venture era koston? Plz refresh my memory. I can find any adds.

Wasn't he thunder indy royal back to indy and then full circle thunder?
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No sorry. I meant on Instagram he’s been flipping between those two trucks.
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nice
 
Think that switch flip hit the foot though. Looks whiffed as well so who knows.
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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #212 on: March 01, 2020, 07:33:54 AM »
I have seen that some people have put a flat top washer on their Ventures. I have always ran pretty tight trucks but yesterday I loosened them up to see if it would help with my bowl/transition skating and help me lose the tic tacs after landing some tricks. It did and I really liked it but my kingpin nut is only hand tight now. I was thinking if I swap out the stock top washers with a flat ones maybe I can get the nut back flush. So are you guys just using a flat washer from the hardware store or something else?
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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #213 on: March 01, 2020, 08:27:33 AM »
Bones top washers. I’ve been meaning to find the equivalent at the hardware store and buy a handful of them though.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #214 on: March 01, 2020, 08:35:03 AM »
Bones top washers. I’ve been meaning to find the equivalent at the hardware store and buy a handful of them though.
Ok so I should just pick up some bones bushings then. Just looking at the top bushing, I think it would be hard to find a washer with the right diameter hole that won't be way larger than the bushing itself.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #215 on: March 01, 2020, 09:38:07 AM »
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Do ventures still have that problem where the top washer mashes into the hanger when you ride them loose? I had a pair of the high ones after DLX updated them years ago and I was wondering if they ever resolved that?
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my 6.1s would bind every now and again but it happened rarely enough that i didn't feel like i had to do anything about it - until i put em on a wider board and could put more force into each turn! still happened rarely but slightly less rarely. just switched out the stock top washers for some bones ones !

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I liked how they felt doing flip tricks and grinds but do you guys find that because the WB is far out relative to other trucks, the turn is less deep compared to other trucks?
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many trucks have steeper (or am i thinking less steep? :P ) kingpin angles and all that, in addition to their shorter wheelbases !
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Thanks for the info, when you say bind, do you mean the bushings just aren't rebounding, or that the old, non-bones, washer was catching in there and causing stuff to get stuck?

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Yes the stock washer makes a little scratches in the hangers. It wasn't significant.

I threw out the purple top and put an old cracked up bones bushing with a flat washer from my ace truck.

I would have kept it if it was summer time

That was because of how cold it is out.
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Gotcha thanks

You guys know if venture has updated the geo on the new wider models (5.8 and 6.1) since the dlx change? I guess I just don't get the hype since to me they felt like a truck that couldn't turn despite doing other things pretty well. Granted I didn't swap out bushings when I had some 5.2 highs
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I dont know if they changed anything for sure, but I can tell you that the 5.8s I have now just feel like a wider version of the Venture 5.0s and 5.2s I skated many years ago. They certainly do not turn like Indys or Thunders, but that never bothered me because I ride fairly tight trucks anyway. Maybe the hype is because people just like the stability of them that you really don't get with some other brands.
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Yeah that's definitely fair, I generally ride loose so it's just a personal preference thing. Wasn't sure if the new wider ones were somehow different, thanks for clarifying.
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Np man, maybe some loose truck guys that ride Venture's will give you whole different opinion.

Yeah, it seems like you've got to do a bit of tweaking to get them to turn more but it's doable. I'd just mistakenly thought something had changed with the geo of the new wider ones since I tend to associate wide setups with looser trucks and there seemed to be a lot of buzz around ventures again all of a sudden. I feel like if I didn't like my 5.2s stock, I wouldn't enjoy the wider variants, even with tweaking since I get the impression if I made the truck turn more with softer bushings, the radius of the turn would still be the same and I'd lose out on the stability which is the whole point of these. Appreciate the info, thanks

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #216 on: March 01, 2020, 09:43:04 AM »
Why not use the entire bones bushing in instead of just the top washer

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #217 on: March 01, 2020, 09:49:00 AM »
Bones top washers. I’ve been meaning to find the equivalent at the hardware store and buy a handful of them though.

Do you guys worry you'll take out a chunk of bushing if you ever dip a smith/feeble too far with those bones top washers? They always made me nervous since, looking at some other old trucks, I can see the top washers have grind marks from when I fucked up on dipped grinds.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #218 on: March 01, 2020, 10:52:39 AM »
Why not use the entire bones bushing in instead of just the top washer
I don't know if I'm ready to go down that road. Just kidding yeah I will try them out.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #219 on: March 01, 2020, 10:54:11 AM »
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Koston flips between ventures and thunders. I think that is why he hasn’t joined a truck company since Indy.
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I don't recall a venture era koston? Plz refresh my memory. I can find any adds.

Wasn't he thunder indy royal back to indy and then full circle thunder?
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No sorry. I meant on Instagram he’s been flipping between those two trucks.
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nice
 
Think that switch flip hit the foot though. Looks whiffed as well so who knows.
He's on Venture's right now at the Tampa pro.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #220 on: March 01, 2020, 10:54:25 AM »
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Why not use the entire bones bushing in instead of just the top washer
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I don't know if I'm ready to go down that road. Just kidding yeah I will try them out.
ha curious myself wondering who has enjoyed it

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #221 on: March 01, 2020, 11:06:13 AM »
About to get the 8.0 polished with the cast plates. Worst case if I don’t like them it’s only 30-40 bucks I’m out. On the team thunders now so I’m sure there’s going to be a little difference but I’m down for the extra stability

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #222 on: March 01, 2020, 01:30:58 PM »
Iv been thinking about making the switch from indys to ventures. Iv been riding indys for a while now but iv never had a pair of ventures kinda curious to see what they are like

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?

How high are they compared to indys?

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #223 on: March 01, 2020, 01:50:38 PM »
Longer wheelbase.
Looks like the hi ventures are about the same as a forged Indy and cast thunders but I could be wrong.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #224 on: March 01, 2020, 01:54:31 PM »
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Koston flips between ventures and thunders. I think that is why he hasn’t joined a truck company since Indy.
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I don't recall a venture era koston? Plz refresh my memory. I can find any adds.

Wasn't he thunder indy royal back to indy and then full circle thunder?
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No sorry. I meant on Instagram he’s been flipping between those two trucks.
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nice
 
Think that switch flip hit the foot though. Looks whiffed as well so who knows.
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He's on Venture's right now at the Tampa pro.

that's so sick.
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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #225 on: March 01, 2020, 02:10:44 PM »
Iv been thinking about making the switch from indys to ventures. Iv been riding indys for a while now but iv never had a pair of ventures kinda curious to see what they are like

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?

How high are they compared to indys?

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?

Did you read this thread at all?

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?

Neither, somewhere in the middle.

How high are they compared to indys?

Lower than Indy cast but the sameish as Indy forged.

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?

No, they push the WB out the furthest

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #226 on: March 01, 2020, 05:59:13 PM »
Pulled the trigger now I’m venture gang for the time being. Did order some riptides though.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #227 on: March 01, 2020, 06:01:46 PM »
You guys know what duro the stock bushings are? I've heard as high as 94a, and the standard medium 90a. I remember not being particularly into the turn when I had a pair, but in my experience the bushings definitely didn't feel that hard.

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #228 on: March 01, 2020, 06:29:17 PM »
You guys know what duro the stock bushings are? I've heard as high as 94a, and the standard medium 90a. I remember not being particularly into the turn when I had a pair, but in my experience the bushings definitely didn't feel that hard.
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=109188.0

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #229 on: March 01, 2020, 06:31:37 PM »
Iv been thinking about making the switch from indys to ventures. Iv been riding indys for a while now but iv never had a pair of ventures kinda curious to see what they are like

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?

How high are they compared to indys?

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?
More like Thunder but less snappy, take slightly longer to break.

How high are they compared to indys?
Venture HIs are around 53.5, just about the same as a Indy Forged. Indy Cast are 55.
Venture LOs are 48.3, didn't think I would like them but the stability from being closer to the grinding surface is very welcome.

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?
No they lengthen the WB. 3.25" on Cast, 3.4-3.5" on Forged.
Venture Truck Height:

5.0 & 5.2 LO
STANDARD - 1.88” - 47.75mm
FORGED - 1.85”- 46.99mm

5.0 ,5.2, 5.6, 5.8 & 6.1 HI
STANDARD - 2.09” - 53.09mm
FORGED - 2.04” - 51.82m

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #230 on: March 01, 2020, 06:32:21 PM »
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Koston flips between ventures and thunders. I think that is why he hasn’t joined a truck company since Indy.
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I don't recall a venture era koston? Plz refresh my memory. I can find any adds.

Wasn't he thunder indy royal back to indy and then full circle thunder?
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No sorry. I meant on Instagram he’s been flipping between those two trucks.
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nice
 
Think that switch flip hit the foot though. Looks whiffed as well so who knows.
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He's on Venture's right now at the Tampa pro.

I'm sure he skates what's free, sponsored or not ;) bro flow

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #231 on: March 01, 2020, 07:19:45 PM »
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You guys know what duro the stock bushings are? I've heard as high as 94a, and the standard medium 90a. I remember not being particularly into the turn when I had a pair, but in my experience the bushings definitely didn't feel that hard.
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https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=109188.0

Alright perfect, thanks man, 90a it is. It seemed bizarre to me that a company would use such hard bushings stock, glad that's clarified.

Edit; Oh shit nvm they're 94 I guess?
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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #232 on: March 01, 2020, 09:15:47 PM »
Was wondering what is the design difference that causes the height difference between Venture Lo (48.3) and Hi (53.5)? Is it a difference in baseplate thickness? Or how the hanger is designed?

The talk of frankentrucks in the earlier pages got me thinking about fitting 5.6 V-Hollows on a set of 5.2 Lo Baseplate which I can get for cheap. Wondered what the resulting truck height would be and if it would even fit together. This would give a lightweight truck that can be used on both long and short WB decks (14 - 14.25 boards).
Venture Truck Height:

5.0 & 5.2 LO
STANDARD - 1.88” - 47.75mm
FORGED - 1.85”- 46.99mm

5.0 ,5.2, 5.6, 5.8 & 6.1 HI
STANDARD - 2.09” - 53.09mm
FORGED - 2.04” - 51.82m

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #233 on: March 01, 2020, 09:27:29 PM »
Was wondering what is the design difference that causes the height difference between Venture Lo (48.3) and Hi (53.5)? Is it a difference in baseplate thickness? Or how the hanger is designed?

The talk of frankentrucks in the earlier pages got me thinking about fitting 5.6 V-Hollows on a set of 5.2 Lo Baseplate which I can get for cheap. Wondered what the resulting truck height would be and if it would even fit together. This would give a lightweight truck that can be used on both long and short WB decks (14 - 14.25 boards).

I assumed it was the hanger just by looking from up front. You can see way more of the "wings" on the high with a way bigger yoke and other stuff while the baseplates, at least seem, to look the same

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #234 on: March 01, 2020, 11:29:21 PM »


I really like these. Never rode Ventures, never thought I would want too, but these make me question that thought. Only found them in 8.5 though, so that's a bummer.

I'm a total sucker for raw trucks on black baseplates.


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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #235 on: March 02, 2020, 02:22:44 AM »


I really like these. Never rode Ventures, never thought I would want too, but these make me question that thought. Only found them in 8.5 though, so that's a bummer.

I'm a total sucker for raw trucks on black baseplates.
What size are you looking for? I have 8" raw hanger black baseplate, I would sell off

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #236 on: March 02, 2020, 03:01:07 AM »
What is the consensus on the stock bushings? Everyone riding them stock? I’m riding the hards on my thunders now

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #237 on: March 02, 2020, 03:26:46 AM »
What is the consensus on the stock bushings? Everyone riding them stock? I’m riding the hards on my thunders now

Always stock on ventures personally

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #238 on: March 02, 2020, 03:32:03 AM »
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Iv been thinking about making the switch from indys to ventures. Iv been riding indys for a while now but iv never had a pair of ventures kinda curious to see what they are like

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?

How high are they compared to indys?

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?
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Did you read this thread at all?

Is the turning like indys or more like thunder?

Neither, somewhere in the middle.

How high are they compared to indys?

Lower than Indy cast but the sameish as Indy forged.

Do they give you a shorter wheelbase?

No, they push the WB out the furthest


Sorry i was to lazy to read thru the thread and i didnt wanna start a new one

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Re: Venture 2020
« Reply #239 on: March 02, 2020, 04:28:40 AM »
What is the consensus on the stock bushings? Everyone riding them stock? I’m riding the hards on my thunders now
a lot of discussion in this recently but displaced in a few threads. Posted a thread link a few posts up about stock durometer. People use bones top washer also I’ve seen.