Late 80s and early 90s... Left the Hobby around 2012... Started JR SE Pro days... The hobby changed big time around 2000 and today is just a nasty place to spend your time.
I raced in late 80’s early 90’s. Was thinking about getting back into it. What about the hobby today is “nasty”? This gives me pause and I’d really like to understand a bit more. Thanks
@@edcrus I know this is old but I had to agree. It is a reason I got into Flying RC Airplanes. I have a place where my friends and our kids can go and have fun.
@@cpg8000 Nothing " nasty " about it. He's being a drama queen. Racing wise, its better than its ever been. And growing every day. Racing is competitive, lots of personalities, but that doesn't make it any different than any other form of racing. Sure the 80's were great, Golden age for a lot of things, bmx, skateboarding....And RC. But those days are over and not coming back..... Those who cant adapt quit, those with a true love for the hobby embrace it!
Who would have guessed that Team Associated would renege on a deal? Good on you Pops and Gil Jr that it took 40 years for that truth to come out. In retrospect thanks Associated, without them backing out of a deal Team Losi may never have existed........
Losi definitely earned it’s reputation and it definitely earns respect. I remember being in high school having one of my fathers airplane magazines reading through it, Yet finding the JRX2 being advertise. I immediately fell in love with that car.
Agree. I couldn’t afford a Losi back in the day. I did get a several low end Tamiya and Kyosho kits though. My first Losi product ever is the Mini T 2.0 that came out several months ago....just took 35 years haha 😂
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Love this! I was a rc freak in the 90’s. One of my life’s ambitions was to race at the Ranch Pit Stop. In 97 my mom and I made a trip across the country and somewhere in the Midwest I bought a new motor for my RC10T but being young and dumb it was more motor than the esc could take. I cooked my esc at lake meade. We made it to the pit stop but instead of running there I just got a tour. I wish I knew then what I know now.
I raced at the Ranch pit stop from 92-95 stock/modified truck lxt/ xxt Marcus was a good friend great times. I raced at all of the tracks My first race was at the new rc track at ascot park in Gardena Ca, Outlaw hobbies in highland ca. break away in norco, k&m grand terrace many more. I went to many and spent too much money but it was so much fun I wish I would have stayed with it but it was getting expensive for a teenager I still have most of my race stuff and my truck that won so many local races along with NORCCA/ROAR races I miss my old race days all the tracks are gone that I raced I might restore my truck and go for a race who knows?
The first and last time I raced on a track was at the Ranch Pit Shop. Brought in both my Team Losi Junior 2 and my Tamiya Nissan King Cab. I'm happy to be back in the hobby again!! It's cool to learn the behind-the-scenes of this.
My first car was a losi xxx nt in 03. FIrst two jobs were at hobby shops at 15 in bay area and both had tracks. I raced all over California until 07 Off road but mainly in antioch off road and on road in Union city/ fremont. Raced losi at Ripon mid 2000s. Thinking about getting back into it
Wish I would have kept my JRX2. Won alot of races with it. Made up for it by purchasing the GTX first run? in 96, and the last run in 2006. I still have my instructional VHS that came with the GTX, and recently restored my GTX back to NIB condition. Raced off-road for 25+ years, never had as much fun as with my Losi stuff. The golden era that will never come back. RIP Gil.
Hi. I compete at a low level racing today with a Schumacher L1 4wd buggy in the winter cup series. I started racing again in 2017. When I first start compete in 1991 in the winter cup series, I first drove a RC10 with a carbon chassi then switch to the RC10 Worlds car around 1994. I struggled with that car and often was at best in C - B main. When we bought a used Losi Double X around 1996, things started to change. I was able to drive faster thanks to the Losi car because it really was more easier to drive. I started to make it to the A main finals at the end of 1996 I think and continue racing to the end of 1997. I truly has Losi to thank for my short success in those days in 2WD.
The youtube algorithm really shined. just found this video and wow. I was in 7th grade running the JRxPro, and the the RC10L. I also Had an RC12i, but never raced it. I was Just a young kid being dropped off at the local hobby shop by my parents on Sunday mornings for the on road races and also to the evening races that took place once a week at a dirt track hobby shop across town. At the time I was running the "Peakin Teekin" as we used to call it. Their ESC's and chargers. Some guys were running Novak. I Then upgraded to a Victor Sr. charger. Think I was running Reedy motors. Im 45 now and would still have all of those cars including the Burns DX. but I lost all of my RC gear to a break in around 1997/8. The only thing i have left now is an original Frog purchased in the mid 80's. Good times. Kept me out of trouble.
I spent a lot of time and money at Thorpes and the Pit shop back in the 80s and 90s, those places are the only thing I miss since leaving California Rick B aka Plastic butcher
Man its great to see this. I didn't know about Losi history because I was only 10 when I learned of the RC world. I dang near fell in love with a pic of the Jrx2 in a book in my school library. I never go a Jrx2, but I eventually convinced my mom to get me a XXT when it came out. I was a big Losi loyalist lol and was sad to hear when they sold the company.
holding up that jrxt brought back so many memories. that was my first non-tamiya vehicle. i loved that truck. unfortunately it was stolen with a few other cars i had.
I did hear something awhile back that Losi had their hand in the design of the RC-10. I didn't know all these specifics. I remember when I was young, I just couldn't be a band wagon kid buying the same car (RC-10) everyone had. I always had to be the kid who went in his own direction. And I remember when I first saw Ken Keys JRx2 in the magazine ad, I was sold immediately. I liked the rounded nose of the body. I liked the way the body went over the rear shocks. I liked the 5 link. I liked the orange 5 star wheels. I never owned an Associated until I acquired a large lot of gold pans a couple years ago. I'm still not thrilled about them. But it's stories like yours that will never allow me to support companies like Associated and Traxxas directly. I may acquire a nostalgic vehicle of theirs. But I just can't bring myself to buy brand new from dishonest companies. Was wondering if Losi owned or had the skatepark built ? Or if the state built the skatepark and then they just opened the skate shop ? I too rode skateboards in the mid - 80's. I was in Irvine then. Team Vision (Vision Street Wear) was in my area. I only lived in Irvine a few months. Mom couldn't find stable income, so we had to return to CT. lol .... Still have my original JRx2 from 1988. I'm doing the xx tranny swap on it. I'm forever doing my best to collect nostalgic Losi bits.
I raced a Losi XXX graphite from 2001 till 2004 on off road tracks I won well over 30 trophy's I won the 2003 dirt oval points championship at Coopers RC in VA Dang I miss racing 😭😭😭 Great video I really enjoyed it very much LOSI IS #1 BABY 🔥👍✌️
I remember seeing Jack Johnson here in Vegas at Circus Hobbies way back when with the prototype JRX-2. Gil Jr, and Ron Rossetti would come and race occasionally there as well. Sr. is right, I had a decked out RC10, MIP trans, A&L trailing arms, graphite chassis, etc and when the JRX-2 came out my RC10 was put on a shelf. Out of the box the JRX-2 it was incredible, though those original rear stub axles did bend pretty easily lol Good times!
Surprised not more positive comments, Team LOSI are awesome, hope RC industry recovers soon Q1 2021 with all the 1/5 scale popularity in North America etc. GOING to BE GREAT Hang in there ALL:)
These men are in their 60s today. They were in their 20s opening a leading corporation. Complaining that drivers marketing their products want to be paid and not just do it for fun. Keeping in mind that these kids all were from well off families in order to have become so skilled at racing. I can't imagine these kids families being ok with their sons marketing the Losi product for fun. .... To be fair.
I ran an RC 10 Graphite in the early days when the original JR X Pro was out. Looking back, I knew it was a superior car to the RC10. I always had a bit of envy over Losi. They had a mystique about them..
Used to race in the 80's at Ranch Pit Shop, Wednesday night 1/10 off road races. It's sad to see all the hobby companies bought up by Horizon. Seems like all the hobbyness went away and it just never felt the same after all that consolidation under Horizon. Lost the feeling of garage made fun and now is just cookiecutter feeling.
Great vid, im glad I was in the Era it's started. I had a couple of Tamiya, but my first real race car was the jrx2. Now , years later, I'm 50, I have a baja rey, mini b and just ordered the mini jrx2
I really enjoyed this video it's a lot of knowledge that I never knew for my hobby kind of important since it's a part of my life one day maybe I'll meet Gill that would be a dream of mine him and his father I didn't know it was a duel kind of like me and my dad it's a family affair I love it I have a friend named Gary who fly's airplanes every day isn't that ironic his name is Grandpa Gary now GG my life is lining up into its course thank you Jesus I fly 365
I wish I never chopped my JRx2 up to fit under the KYOSHO ZR-1 body, to replicate the factory GM suspension.. What I wouldn't do for owning another stock JRx2 buggy
Wish I had my og jrx2. I etched a grim reaper on the bottom of the chassis. If you have it awesome!! Glad its not in a land fill. Sure hope its not. Greatest car ever. Have a mini version that I love and hug lol.
I recently purchased Gil Sr.'s Dodge Magnum SRT8 shown in the first few moments of this video in the garage shot. Shocked me. I wasn't ready to hold back tears for a man I never knew personally. Going through this series now and will add the series to my watch list so that I can go back to it. Such an icon to the sport. Rest easy Gil.
We have more/better RCs today...but the rc scene back then was awesome. Sadly, I was in grade school in the 80s and didn't get into rc until the mid 2000s.
Being a kid in Australia I was only ever exposed to Tamiya. It’s only now via UA-cam I am discovering the racing side of the hobby. I can say from experience it was frustrating every time I ran my Frog something had to be fixed or adjusted on the car. It was just a money pit.
80’s RC was the golden era. God I miss it.
Late 80s and early 90s... Left the Hobby around 2012... Started JR SE Pro days... The hobby changed big time around 2000 and today is just a nasty place to spend your time.
I raced in late 80’s early 90’s. Was thinking about getting back into it. What about the hobby today is “nasty”? This gives me pause and I’d really like to understand a bit more. Thanks
@@edcrus I know this is old but I had to agree. It is a reason I got into Flying RC Airplanes. I have a place where my friends and our kids can go and have fun.
@@cpg8000 Nothing " nasty " about it. He's being a drama queen. Racing wise, its better than its ever been. And growing every day. Racing is competitive, lots of personalities, but that doesn't make it any different than any other form of racing.
Sure the 80's were great, Golden age for a lot of things, bmx, skateboarding....And RC. But those days are over and not coming back.....
Those who cant adapt quit, those with a true love for the hobby embrace it!
Golden Era - Video Games, BMX, Skateboarding and modern radio control.
This video got me into the vintage Losi RC cars.
Wow, great story and video about Losi!! Looking forward to more episodes.
Who would have guessed that Team Associated would renege on a deal? Good on you Pops and Gil Jr that it took 40 years for that truth to come out.
In retrospect thanks Associated, without them backing out of a deal Team Losi may never have existed........
Pretty cool. The Cox Scorpion in the video is mine. I have a huge vintage Kyosho 1/10 collection. Sadly, no Losi's :/
Losi definitely earned it’s reputation and it definitely earns respect. I remember being in high school having one of my fathers airplane magazines reading through it, Yet finding the JRX2 being advertise. I immediately fell in love with that car.
Loved the video, I'm 40 now too. I grew up lusting after the losi cars but couldn't afford them back then. I've got a bunch now though.
Agree. I couldn’t afford a Losi back in the day. I did get a several low end Tamiya and Kyosho kits though. My first Losi product ever is the Mini T 2.0 that came out several months ago....just took 35 years haha 😂
Love this! I was a rc freak in the 90’s. One of my life’s ambitions was to race at the Ranch Pit Stop. In 97 my mom and I made a trip across the country and somewhere in the Midwest I bought a new motor for my RC10T but being young and dumb it was more motor than the esc could take. I cooked my esc at lake meade. We made it to the pit stop but instead of running there I just got a tour. I wish I knew then what I know now.
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!! ITS INSPIRING
Love it, my first car was a Jrx-2 in 91. 🤘
I raced at the Ranch pit stop from 92-95 stock/modified truck lxt/ xxt Marcus was a good friend great times. I raced at all of the tracks My first race was at the new rc track at ascot park in Gardena Ca, Outlaw hobbies in highland ca. break away in norco, k&m grand terrace many more. I went to many and spent too much money but it was so much fun I wish I would have stayed with it but it was getting expensive for a teenager I still have most of my race stuff and my truck that won so many local races along with NORCCA/ROAR races I miss my old race days all the tracks are gone that I raced I might restore my truck and go for a race who knows?
The first and last time I raced on a track was at the Ranch Pit Shop. Brought in both my Team Losi Junior 2 and my Tamiya Nissan King Cab. I'm happy to be back in the hobby again!! It's cool to learn the behind-the-scenes of this.
RIP Mr.Losi
My first car was a losi xxx nt in 03. FIrst two jobs were at hobby shops at 15 in bay area and both had tracks. I raced all over California until 07 Off road but mainly in antioch off road and on road in Union city/ fremont. Raced losi at Ripon mid 2000s. Thinking about getting back into it
Wish I would have kept my JRX2. Won alot of races with it. Made up for it by purchasing the GTX first run? in 96, and the last run in 2006. I still have my instructional VHS that came with the GTX, and recently restored my GTX back to NIB condition. Raced off-road for 25+ years, never had as much fun as with my Losi stuff. The golden era that will never come back. RIP Gil.
This was awesome
I know team associated fought for kinwald and losi diddn’t want to let him go.
Hi. I compete at a low level racing today with a Schumacher L1 4wd buggy in the winter cup series. I started racing again in 2017. When I first start compete in 1991 in the winter cup series, I first drove a RC10 with a carbon chassi then switch to the RC10 Worlds car around 1994. I struggled with that car and often was at best in C - B main. When we bought a used Losi Double X around 1996, things started to change. I was able to drive faster thanks to the Losi car because it really was more easier to drive. I started to make it to the A main finals at the end of 1996 I think and continue racing to the end of 1997. I truly has Losi to thank for my short success in those days in 2WD.
The youtube algorithm really shined. just found this video and wow. I was in 7th grade running the JRxPro, and the the RC10L. I also Had an RC12i, but never raced it. I was Just a young kid being dropped off at the local hobby shop by my parents on Sunday mornings for the on road races and also to the evening races that took place once a week at a dirt track hobby shop across town.
At the time I was running the "Peakin Teekin" as we used to call it. Their ESC's and chargers. Some guys were running Novak. I Then upgraded to a Victor Sr. charger. Think I was running Reedy motors. Im 45 now and would still have all of those cars including the Burns DX. but I lost all of my RC gear to a break in around 1997/8. The only thing i have left now is an original Frog purchased in the mid 80's. Good times. Kept me out of trouble.
Subscribed. Just purchased my first Losi Jr×2 1/16 yesterday. My
first buggy. 👍
Great story! Really enjoyed it👍
I never knew Associated screwed Losi over.
There is even more to it than that. Guess what the L in RC12L stands for?
@@benashlin8845 does it actually stand for Losi
@@dirtbieks yes, gil losi Jr hand a hand in the design.
I spent a lot of time and money at Thorpes and the Pit shop back in the 80s and 90s, those places are the only thing I miss since leaving California
Rick B aka Plastic butcher
Be nice if they'd re-release the JRX2 ...
ua-cam.com/video/GQ0wA0R60e0/v-deo.html
Not a word about their collaboration with Yokomo.
Man its great to see this. I didn't know about Losi history because I was only 10 when I learned of the RC world. I dang near fell in love with a pic of the Jrx2 in a book in my school library. I never go a Jrx2, but I eventually convinced my mom to get me a XXT when it came out. I was a big Losi loyalist lol and was sad to hear when they sold the company.
RIP Gil Losi Snr.
Wow... I knew there was a reason I consistently stayed away from Associated... I knew it. I felt it since I was a kid.
holding up that jrxt brought back so many memories. that was my first non-tamiya vehicle. i loved that truck. unfortunately it was stolen with a few other cars i had.
I did hear something awhile back that Losi had their hand in the design of the RC-10. I didn't know all these specifics. I remember when I was young, I just couldn't be a band wagon kid buying the same car (RC-10) everyone had. I always had to be the kid who went in his own direction. And I remember when I first saw Ken Keys JRx2 in the magazine ad, I was sold immediately. I liked the rounded nose of the body. I liked the way the body went over the rear shocks. I liked the 5 link. I liked the orange 5 star wheels. I never owned an Associated until I acquired a large lot of gold pans a couple years ago. I'm still not thrilled about them. But it's stories like yours that will never allow me to support companies like Associated and Traxxas directly. I may acquire a nostalgic vehicle of theirs. But I just can't bring myself to buy brand new from dishonest companies. Was wondering if Losi owned or had the skatepark built ? Or if the state built the skatepark and then they just opened the skate shop ? I too rode skateboards in the mid - 80's. I was in Irvine then. Team Vision (Vision Street Wear) was in my area. I only lived in Irvine a few months. Mom couldn't find stable income, so we had to return to CT. lol .... Still have my original JRx2 from 1988. I'm doing the xx tranny swap on it. I'm forever doing my best to collect nostalgic Losi bits.
I raced a Losi XXX graphite from 2001 till 2004 on off road tracks I won well over 30 trophy's I won the 2003 dirt oval points championship at Coopers RC in VA Dang I miss racing 😭😭😭
Great video I really enjoyed it very much
LOSI IS #1 BABY 🔥👍✌️
I remember seeing Jack Johnson here in Vegas at Circus Hobbies way back when with the prototype JRX-2. Gil Jr, and Ron Rossetti would come and race occasionally there as well. Sr. is right, I had a decked out RC10, MIP trans, A&L trailing arms, graphite chassis, etc and when the JRX-2 came out my RC10 was put on a shelf. Out of the box the JRX-2 it was incredible, though those original rear stub axles did bend pretty easily lol Good times!
So cool to see the history!
Surprised not more positive comments, Team LOSI are awesome, hope RC industry recovers soon Q1 2021 with all the 1/5 scale popularity in North America etc. GOING to BE GREAT Hang in there ALL:)
These men are in their 60s today. They were in their 20s opening a leading corporation. Complaining that drivers marketing their products want to be paid and not just do it for fun. Keeping in mind that these kids all were from well off families in order to have become so skilled at racing. I can't imagine these kids families being ok with their sons marketing the Losi product for fun. .... To be fair.
I ran an RC 10 Graphite in the early days when the original JR X Pro was out. Looking back, I knew it was a superior car to the RC10. I always had a bit of envy over Losi. They had a mystique about them..
Missed the boat in rereleasing the JRX2/JRXT....in 1/10. -U10
Used to race in the 80's at Ranch Pit Shop, Wednesday night 1/10 off road races. It's sad to see all the hobby companies bought up by Horizon. Seems like all the hobbyness went away and it just never felt the same after all that consolidation under Horizon. Lost the feeling of garage made fun and now is just cookiecutter feeling.
LX-T running the JRX Pro graphite edition Chassis, and I could be 19 years old. All over again!!! 😎
Just saying ❤
Great vid, im glad I was in the Era it's started. I had a couple of Tamiya, but my first real race car was the jrx2. Now , years later, I'm 50, I have a baja rey, mini b and just ordered the mini jrx2
Thanks for the support Dallas!
Losi💯👊
Awesome video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I really enjoyed this video it's a lot of knowledge that I never knew for my hobby kind of important since it's a part of my life one day maybe I'll meet Gill that would be a dream of mine him and his father I didn't know it was a duel kind of like me and my dad it's a family affair I love it I have a friend named Gary who fly's airplanes every day isn't that ironic his name is Grandpa Gary now GG my life is lining up into its course thank you Jesus I fly 365
I wish I never chopped my JRx2 up to fit under the KYOSHO ZR-1 body, to replicate the factory GM suspension.. What I wouldn't do for owning another stock JRx2 buggy
Did their first car really sell for over $1,370? Now I remember why I was more into skateboarding and bmx in the 80's 😂
Wish I had my og jrx2. I etched a grim reaper on the bottom of the chassis. If you have it awesome!! Glad its not in a land fill. Sure hope its not. Greatest car ever. Have a mini version that I love and hug lol.
When you opened the box. First thing I noticed was the smell of real rubber. The tires ahhhh. Felt very serious building one.
I recently purchased Gil Sr.'s Dodge Magnum SRT8 shown in the first few moments of this video in the garage shot. Shocked me. I wasn't ready to hold back tears for a man I never knew personally. Going through this series now and will add the series to my watch list so that I can go back to it. Such an icon to the sport. Rest easy Gil.
We have more/better RCs today...but the rc scene back then was awesome. Sadly, I was in grade school in the 80s and didn't get into rc until the mid 2000s.
Being a kid in Australia I was only ever exposed to Tamiya. It’s only now via UA-cam I am discovering the racing side of the hobby. I can say from experience it was frustrating every time I ran my Frog something had to be fixed or adjusted on the car. It was just a money pit.
Sr... we ripped people off with a 105% mark up. Made me glad i drove rc10s
Sounds like associated did Gil dirty . Coming from a family owned business I wouldn’t by another associated kit no matter how good it is.