baja 5b owners

[ellenbrook]

Greetings lads..just wondering if any1 here owns a hpi baja 5b....whats your thoughts on it...like it,dissapointed,,suggestions on what else to buy and who from..
Any help would be much appreciated as im DEFINATLY up for one later this month.
cheers
stevo

[ellenbrook]

Ye thats bad....thought it would have improved somewhat by now..
thatll be enough to put me off for a while anyway!!

[Beev 30]

stanies carries a greaT selection of parts and are in stock..i have to say there a little pricy for parts but there there ...stock 5b is kinda fun but i learned there is only 1 thing you need to make the worl of difference and that is a tune pipe which i dont have or a x-can wich i do and man is it a world of difference..i have 1 baja with a 29cc and one that was stock and i changed just the x-can from a stock and man did it go..Justo has done the same and if i can remember he thought it was a great improvment as welll..im running one baja with a 30.5 red head and the other with 29cc DDM and no real difference between the two.both are running the x-cans...a real difference thow from the stock 23cc fuelie to a 29cc in the power range for its not suggish stock with a x-can but it hasnt got the power to threw grass any time your finger burps the trigger...Steve i think there good..pricing right now looks odd for it seems you can get one out of china for about 1200 to 1500 to your door,,i watch those auctions and eait to see if the winner ever leaves feedback about there purchase but they never do so i might steer away from those but i dont know..its also odd they only charge 59 shipping from china to australia...but if ya get one i will promise you will love it as well a must is the x-can pipe...iKnow you loved your savages for i seen them and i have mine as well still but there is nothing better than the real power of the baja and low or no maintence with a easy 3 pull start everytime and cost of fuel is like 80 cents for 45 mins of fun..yes 1 tank is good for a min of 45 to anhour..rule of thumb..if ya hit somthing going 70kmh and the car weighs 112 to 13 kgs ,,odds are somthing is going to break..i have jumped did everything ya can imagine and have not broken anything at all and stil going strong..

[remotebandit]

dunno , only used mine twice ... hehe .

Seriously , they are a mad set up , balance is excelent , handling is excellent , top speed not bad , power sluggish ( needs X Can ) .

To sum it up , if i didnt own 1 but tried it for a few runs , id still buy 1 .

Good luck EB .

PS .. If your gonna thrash it you will break things , 1 thing i did break straight away was the spark plug ... terrible setup there but all fixed now .

[ellenbrook]

Thanks for the input lads....if stanbridges stock some parts then im safe...not to fussed if there a little pricey...
Overall i havnt heard any1 bag there baja....reliable,cheap to run and a blast to drive....what more could you want..
Ta bev im all to aware of these scam merchants from china and im happy to cough up what it costs here for peice of mind..
Took me ages to pick up the ins and outs on the savage trucks,god knows how ill go with this 1..
ps any1 going to the big bash day on the 20th aug on gnangara rd!!!

[Beev 30]

im going with my 30.5cc baja and hopefully there will be more out there for there was like 30 sold in perth and i have only met 4 of the owners...its amazing how people buy them and are never to be seen again...how do get all together..that would be cool...if your interested steve i have a 3rd one new in a box with x-can and chrome package on the engine ..ill sell it for what i paid for it ..never been started or touched..that way you can have one today or atleast befor the 20th big bash day...

[chucky06]

Good write-up of the Baja in the August issue of Racing Lines mag!!!

[ellenbrook]

Thanks to bev 30 im soon to be the new owner of a baja 5b...thanks mate..
thanks also chucky ill grab that issue for sure...heard plenty of good feedback on it....

[Beev 30]

you are welcome ..atleast i know you will go out with me to play all the time

[Beev 30]

well from the phone call just know it looks like a baja bash is on for tommorow late avo

[ellenbrook]

To right there bud.... cant wait to get out for a bash...been nearly a year and many boring weekends~~

[ellenbrook]

Was totally blown away with the size and power on the new baja (cheers bev30) not sure how much slower it would have been with out the upgraded pipe but the wife wasnt impressed with the rooster tail of grass of the back lawn !2clap

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