Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 I have an older ['89] Sims 1711 Blade/Racing board, that takes pretty much only Sims Bindings of the era (these are Jeff Grell highbacks, used from '83 thru '91 by Sims/Vision), although I have one pair of Funky bases drilled to fit Sims boards. The older Sims [and Funky's, and Barfoots, and Kempers} all suffered from the 'wrap' idea in the highback, where the curvature of the highback wasn't enough material strength to deal with carved turns, nor heelside impacts off of jumps. It's a very COMMON Failure. Now, this board sat dormant in my quiver for 6 seasons [and, those that know me, know, my boards don't "SIT", they're Ridden!] because of the Highbacks being unreliable. I have fixed that, and, hey, here, I offer you a FIX ... Luv you all, but, you all are too greedy in sucking up my know-how. So, yeah, I got it, may you all somehow figure out how to pay me for the inspiration, or direct info... But, it's quick, easy, and makes your vintage Sims (or like model of board) go like heck! Bye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Posted April 7, 2017 Report Share Posted April 7, 2017 The baseplates were just as unreliable. I have seen many literally explode. I would rather take chance and drill newer bindings to fit, or make my own adapter plate. And I think you have already given the answer in an other thread about which newer hibacks fit on those basplates without any fiddling... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted April 7, 2017 Report Share Posted April 7, 2017 Vintage U bet... 30 years plus of 3 strappers It's a Feeling I fell in Love with long ago takes about 1/2 hour to make a pair...once you gather some parts this set has around 200 days so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kounak75 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 On 2017-04-05 at 10:10 PM, Eric Brammer aka PSR said: I have an older ['89] Sims 1711 Blade/Racing board, that takes pretty much only Sims Bindings of the era (these are Jeff Grell highbacks, used from '83 thru '91 by Sims/Vision), although I have one pair of Funky bases drilled to fit Sims boards. The older Sims [and Funky's, and Barfoots, and Kempers} all suffered from the 'wrap' idea in the highback, where the curvature of the highback wasn't enough material strength to deal with carved turns, nor heelside impacts off of jumps. It's a very COMMON Failure. Now, this board sat dormant in my quiver for 6 seasons [and, those that know me, know, my boards don't "SIT", they're Ridden!] because of the Highbacks being unreliable. I have fixed that, and, hey, here, I offer you a FIX ... Luv you all, but, you all are too greedy in sucking up my know-how. So, yeah, I got it, may you all somehow figure out how to pay me for the inspiration, or direct info... But, it's quick, easy, and makes your vintage Sims (or like model of board) go like heck! Bye! Maybe you sould go to this page : https://www.facebook.com/vplate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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