Venom Bushings - Motionboardshop - skateboard / longboarding 

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I just got some bushings and they're really great! I love it.

It really comes down to personal preference. I weigh 155 and like the resistance that harder bushings give you through turns. I run a green barrel bottom and red barrel top for DH. Harder bushings also keep you in your center point easier than softer bushings, which makes it more stable.

thanks motion board shop. i cant believe i went this long with stock bushings!

Yep. They work well for high-speed carving and decently for DH or freeriding. A pretty versatile setup depending on your weight.

It might feel odd, but not to weird. Since there is a combination of durometers there, the two will somewhat balance each other out. The board will feel more like it is running a bushing with red venom or a durometer in between the two.

the standard is a good option, you can't go wrong if you're doing a variety of freeriding. If you're really focused on hard carving then go with the supercarves, otherwise you'll be more comfortable with the standards if you're doing slides and stuff. Do a pack of 90a downhill and 85a supercarves and then split them between your trucks so you end up with a standard pack of split duros

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@SeCreSyy I would suggest 85a Barrels all around for a stable setup and for a more agile setup I would suggest 85a cones roadside and 85a barrels boardside. Remember no cup washers! only flat washers!

the bushing chart on your webpage is super helpful, thanks!

@skimboardable that is a really good question, when I get in to the shop tomorrow I will test that. My guess is that you will have no problem with fitting supercarves on crails due to the cone, roadside Check out the new SHR's, to have 40% more rebound and are selling like hotcakes.

that's a hard question since usually a bushing that carves hard won't be particularly stable and vice versa. A good bushing setup that will be decent at both would be a red barrel bottom with red top, or maybe the new purple (87a) barrel bottom with a yellow barrel top.

i would say that you would like the yellow and orange elims if you want want to stay around a similar feel but you could also step it up a red barrel bottom and yellow elim top

The yellows are really good Especially if you keep the old bushings you can have multiple combinations of bushings but i would say that a standard set of yellow 85a venoms would be really smart to toss into the board.

Ya that sounds like it would work fine. Make sure to try out some different washers for when you downhill or freeride. Cup washers, flat washers, and small flat washers make a huge difference in how your board feels and how your bushings work.

@weneedecolution Take off your kingpin, place a bushing on the underside of your hanger (boardside) and the other roadside, then put the kingpin back in. It's very easy to figure out, just take apart your truck and remember the order that you did it, grab the new bushings and put it back together.

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@skataboyjake yup. the red barrel bottom and yellow barrel top gives you a really nice adjustable feeling truck. nice and turny when they're loose but they also are mad stable when you crank em down.

what kind of board are you riding? If you are looking to do some carving, I think blue cones are a nice way to go. If you're looking to do some DH, I'd go with the Christmas set up, green barrels board side, red barrels road side. It's a favorite of Nate's!

@mexhatdancer The sidewinders actually can not have to barrels, so I would recommend trying out some randals or parises.

We like the khiro's but we have had such great results with the venom that we want to tell the world. Randal has great bushings as well, but the venoms are really fun to mix and match. Thanks for the response to the vid. I just posted and looks to be popular, so thanks guys! Jason at Mobo

90a super carves would probably be the best bet for your weight and what you're looking for, hard duro but conical for extreme carvability

@LongboardingIsALife you should get an 81a barrel boardside, and an 81a cone roadside, it gives you carvyness of the cone, and the stability of a barrel, and its a great bushing durometer to match your weight.

@steadylang101 your kingpins will be just fine, and yes, that sounds like a great setup.

Orange standards or yellow standards, depending on fast you want to be going. Orange is for slower riding, yellow if you want faster.

It all depends on hat feel you are going for, the eliminators are going to have a much leany feel, where the barrels are going to turn more. Personally i would recommend the dh barrels.

If you want a hard bushing that still has a wide range of motion I'd give green barrels a shot. If you like the restriction of an eliminator try out a yellow; something soft that allows for a lot of compression to negate the restrictive shape. If you like a softer feel with a lot of rebound, red barrels should also work well for ya.

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I've given the khiros a shot with the inserts and still found the return to center to be a bit lacking. It's pretty universally agreed upon that venoms are substantially more reboundy. But to each his own; as long as it works for you, that's all that matters. I am wondering if it is because you tried such a restrictive style of venom. 93a eliminators are going to feel stiff and limiting to your range of motion if you weigh anything less than 250 lbs.

@TheWhitestSnow we'd recommend yellow barrel, orange cone

@wmalongboarding Just keep pushing, sometime the holes are undersized on the bushings or the kingpins are a little big or a combo of both.

@MrANGEL0115 The new 2011 Bears come with Green 81a Venom Barrels that are made just for Bear trucks. They are great bushings and are just like a orange venom barrel but a different color.

@vetonRadoni well 40mph downhill and carving are... fairly different. I depending on your weight, some red barrels all around might be a good setup.

@BabyTumbler I'd go with 180 Paris'. Otherwise it looks like a great setup!

Great video, very helpfull, thank you!

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Are they the newest generation of grizzlies or the older ones? The newer ones have a deeper bushing seat than the older ones and can work with khiros whereas the older grizzlies have a shallower bushing seat which causes the bushings to pop out. If they are the older ones I only recommend using an eliminator or JimZ, something with a large footprint, to keep the bushing in place. If you are particular to Khiro, then go for it, but I highly recommend venom bushings.

@WhereIsNumNum yes, venoms fit perfectly in randals, you won't have any problems.

after watching this i grabbed a pair of orange supercarves and yellow supercarves =D. VERY helpful to someone like me who is new to longboarding

this is a really universal setup that feels good for just about everyone, what trucks/board are you putting them on and what kind of riding will you be doing? Thanks for the order!

@chaaarest SHR stands for super high rebound, so it's more of a carving bushing in our opinion. They are very nice and bouncy and have a lot of return to center.

@SkatersFuture I would slap some 81a Orange Venom standards on there. With the standard pack you get the best of both worlds in stability and response. Not to mention bears have a pretty restrictive bushing seat as it is, so you'll be stable enough for some light hill bombin'.

@MyWoody26 You can run no washer on the bottom and be just fine, but a washer roadside is very important, otherwise the nut on your truck will eat away at the 85a bushing.

@NJ1275 flat washers provide less resistance than cupped washers and give you a little bit more turn.

@hockeyrox615 i would recommend double barrels. probably around 85a, but get a harder one boardside, and a softer one roadside

@TheLoadedRider Packs come with 2 bushings of the same duro. FYI. However we can split them up if you are looking for something special.

@chancerbob95 that's exactly what i would recommend for flatland style riding. Cones give you alot more agility for whippin the board around quickly.

As long as you don't intend to turn. They are going to be very very stable, but won't be able to turn very well at all. What are you planning to do with them?

Golden info from 14 years ago.

@SuveneerGuitar it really depends on how hard you want to carve. I;d assume you got the switch for dh/freeriding too so you wouldn't want too soft. Bushings are jusy one of those things you have to expirament a lot with. Mix an match and ride as many as you can.

@theflyinchocolatemil Yes you have to put the rounded out side touching the spherical.

@jubgun I suggest some 85a Barrels Boardside and 81a Roadside.

@uchihakazuma i would recomend either venom supercarve bushings 85a road side and 90a board side which steers closer to freeride or the venom supercarve bushings 93a board side and 90a road side which steers closer to light downhill while still having a lot of free ride characteristics. its your choice

@AandsomeJ I would recommend purple cones all around

First off, awesome video! Very helpful! I am about 140 and do some dancing, cruising, carving, and sliding on my EW miniglider so I was curious as to which set up would work best, both roadside and boardside? Thanks in advance! -jCote

@Glidefishlongboards Ive heard one person say they like the randal bushings, but i recommend some venoms no doubt.

@gangsterhamster7 Yes they would, the bushing seat fits barrels better though.

To all heavier riders, there is a Venom SHR bushing (super high rebound). They have a higher durometer than the other bushings (i believe the highest is 98a) Hope this helped

@Sontompa Fits them all differently because of the different designs in the bushing seat, but yes they fit em all.

@DervishLongboarder15 Eliminators have more urethane and provide more resistance and less lean. More stable for downhill.

This is such an awesome video! Thanks so much for the explanation on bushings. I so wish I had a shop like you guys close to my house, ever consider opening up a place in Chicago?

@D2Synua yup, venom offers the "standard" pack which comes with one barrel and one cone for that reason.

@TheSnailsHere 85a Roadside, 90a Boardside or 86aSHR Roadside, 88aSHR Boardside.

@sirKEVLAR I would say go for 83a pastel yellow SHR standard pack.

@BHeadLongboarding 81a Venom Barrels all around should do the trick for ya. Also no cup washers! only flat ones.

@Slayer11001 i would sugest 85a roadside and 87a boardside, i personally like shr 86a barrels boardside and shr 83a barrels roadside, the super high rebound feels fantastic on corners/carves

@ObeyDriftor Are you looking for a bushing setup? I would suggest some Venom 81a Standard Packs. That would be barrels boardside and cones roadside, both 81a.

@Wake2Sno ok for downhill get an 85a barrel boardside, and an 81a barrel roadside, then for carving i recommend an 85a cone boardside and an 81a cone roadside.

@KanYeLife The cone is roadside.The barrel is boardside. The base of the cone bushing should also be boardside, meaning the tip of the cone is roadside

imo double barrels are the best for everything. I like them better than cones because they have a better return to center

@peaceout959 at 112 I would rock a 90a on both trucks boardside with an 85a or 87a roadside.

what would u recommend for me, l like a nice spring and rebound, i love carving and down hill (i ride randle 180)

If you are strictly carving, some orange supercarves would be an awesome fit.

@longboardingA7X Yellow 85a barrels on bottom and some 83a SHR pastel Yellow cones on top would work really nicely.

im 150 pounds and i love to carve and im looking at venom bushings for my board but i want my board to also have a bit more stability down hills

@Tarzan07330 hey Tarzan, yes barrels would be the way to go, but the eliminator's would be nice, especially board side, and then run a barrel roadside. At 165 pounds, I would go yellow eliminator, board side, and then an orange barrel, road side. Definitely check out the new SHR's at motion board shop.

Nice Video. Thanks for the post. This leaves me with even morge questions. Im getting a Loaded Dervish w/ 180 Paris Trucks and orange Otangs and weigh around 150 pounds. I will be using it mostly for commuting and i guess some dancing and carving. Looking for an allaround bushing replacement set. Any recommendation? Standard Set or just supercarves? Looked at the Yellows with 85a but not quite sure. hope to get some advice. thanks for all the efforts, markus (germany)

o and i'm using paris 180mm trucks. i know, they're not a downhill truck. but i went with them to get me a little more ground clearance to cut back on the rail bite.

@KeKeKeilan that would be nice really stable for DH but it would be a little stiff on corners. going with something softer, or softer and super high rebound would be good cause they hold the stability and spring you out of corners/carvs. i love the feel of 'em i would go for shr 86a barrels boardside and shr 83a barrels roadside if i were you

What kind of riding? Carving, DH, freeride? One setup that is good at one thing won't necessarily be good for another.

I'm 6'4" 205 pounds. i Ride the Tan tien with paris 180's .. my bushing of choice would be the Venom SHR 88A's. I tweaked a lot on my deck with all sorts of bushings but those venom SHR's (combo's, so barrel-ds and cone-rs) ride AWE.. SOME..!

@SPEEDYSEAL OK i recommend getting a 78a barrel roadside, and 81a barrel boardside it a great setup for sliding, carving, and also is stable for downhill, and offers a great rebound, with the combination of calibers tight bushing seat. >:)

@MotionBoardshop Thank you very much Guys :D!!

Well we have to see how big the package will be, so what do you need exactly? Just trucks?

nicely done, but if I'm roughly 150 and am riding a tan tien, planing on sliding, hard carving, and few tricks, what bushings should i get??? the orange maybe??? plz respond, planning on buying venoms

We do not carry gullwing trucks,s o i cannot say for sure, but i believe they do fit.

@Stephenmr19 Carving on Randals: 85a Barrels Boardside, 81a Bear Stock Venoms Roadside DH on 852s: 85a Barrel Roadside 90a Barrel Boardside

What do you recommend for a cruiser board like the Landyachtz Dinghy ?

i would go for 83a or 85a venom barrel bushings but you should look at the bushing sector on motion boardshops wesite

Hey guys, before asking exactly what bushing you should get for your weight, I'd recommend watching the video first and getting a feel for it. Recommendations we make on bushings for you specifically, are relatively moot. I can help you "ballpark" your choices, but in the end, figuring out what bushings are best for you comes from EXPERIENCE with different bushings. I, for example, like to DH on stiffer bushings than other people, what I'd recommend for DH might not be what YOU like.

@WakemanWheels You won't get the same feel out of bushings as you will springs. I've found that the springs have a snappier feel, where the bushings are a smoother rebound. I run supercarves in a set of 50 degree Randals, and the handling compares pretty well to most of the original setups. Bottom line though, You can't replicate springs with bushings, and vice versa.

@ElitePoopJerky Yep Yep Yep. Barrel+Cone would be rad. I would suggest some 81a bushings for Downhill/Freeride and some 78a bushings for Freeride/Carving.

@tehbl4h I would recommend trying an elim on bottom and a cone on top.

at 170 I would yellow red. Blues are so soft and maybe just a little too much squish.

@itsamilligan because venom bushings which are the best bushings have different varieties like downhill, superva.etc. so its important to have a bushing set that fits your needs.

@77cja77 I would suggest Randal 180's with red venom barrels all around.

@xXAGRAISXx Bear852s fo sho. Get some 85a Barrels for boardside and run the stock 81a bear bushings roadside. Soon enough you will be skating like a champ.

Venom or anyone I'm stressing because the venom bushing cone and barrel will it fit on a penny board ?

freeride with some garages a a few not to big hills and I decided to get them for my griizzlys in my Drop speed would yellow barrels with orange cones work