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Monster-Monster Trucks Invade!
May 29, 2008Published by superflyCheck these gas guzzlers out! These are the Monster-Monster Trucks that are currently invading the U.Ks Downhill No1 Downhill Series, the MSC/Descent-Gear NPS.
Supporting all the riders and spectators trackside at each and every round. You all now know about Monster Energy being Gold Sponsor of the U.K's MSC/Descent-Gear NPS Downhill Series. No surprise then that they are also energizing all the athletes at the races.  Gaz Burns in the Hot Seat In the U.K all of our races are in muddy fields so how does Monster deliver 1,500 cans of the green stuff? In a Monster-Monster Truck of course!  There are currently five of these rolling around the U.K as we speak so keep em peeled  Each pick-up truck is imported from the States and is a custom lifted Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD with a 6.6 litre Diesel V8 engine. There's a Fabtech Sports Lift System and all terrain tyres give the beasts extra height bringing the overall dimensions to 5m long x 2m wide x 2.8m high!!  Each truck is also fitted with a Kicker sound system with base speakers under the back seats and aquatic side speakers fitted externally under the side of the body kit.... the beasts are ready to rock n roll!  Cost? £65,000.00 for each truck..  The Monster Trucks will be at each round of the MSC/Descent-Gear NPS: July 5th and 6th - Fort William August 9th and 10th - Mid Wales September 20th and 21st Carlton Bank  Fort more information on the NPS please checkout www.NPSDH.com Stay Unclipped.  www.Descent-Gear.com MRP G2 Devices Instock. |
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since when did pinkbike.com turn into corporate-slug.com.
AINT THERE ANY SMART PEOPLE ROUND HERE?!?!? ITS BECAUSE MONSTER ENERGY IS PAYING PINKBIKE.COM MEGA BUCKS TO POST THIS CRAP , AND TO MAKE MONSTER ENERERY LOOK SO GOD DAMN COOL , WHERE ELSE DO YOU THINK THE MONEY COMES FROM FOR THIS SITE!?!?
Lol 1969 just another person blaming corporate america. Its these companies that are pushing the sport dumbass. W/O redbull where would freeride be. People like you are the ones that make this world dumb.
Stay in school, you need it.
Stay in school, you need it.
t3h1337r, you're vacant on so many levels, it just wouldn't be worth my while explaining anything to you.
Your 'school' comment is so ironic it's almost cute, I'm not the person abbreviating three letter words. I'll try to avoid commenting on your nick entirely, it'd be too easy.
Also: chortle.
Your 'school' comment is so ironic it's almost cute, I'm not the person abbreviating three letter words. I'll try to avoid commenting on your nick entirely, it'd be too easy.
Also: chortle.
the trucks look bad. paints cool, but they lifted it and kept the small wheels. they need bigger wheels. also, its a chev, pretty disgusting.
In about 15 years I'm going to stand back and laugh, excessivly I might add, when you guys can't afford to run your trucks. Sorry for the generalising but the people from the West; they'll stand back - gobsmacked saying 'Oh no!! How, why, when did this happen!?!!'
So just much is fuel over your way? Something like half of what it is here?
I'm sure that when your gas is $4 a litre, or $16 a gallon and your chevs and fords and dodges with obese engines will sit in your drives rotting whilst you ponder the question of just how you'll survive without 5 litres of glabal warming rolling you about.
However, erm...globabl warming is a punishment from god for keeping xc legal
So just much is fuel over your way? Something like half of what it is here?
I'm sure that when your gas is $4 a litre, or $16 a gallon and your chevs and fords and dodges with obese engines will sit in your drives rotting whilst you ponder the question of just how you'll survive without 5 litres of glabal warming rolling you about.
However, erm...globabl warming is a punishment from god for keeping xc legal
sorry to be an even larger a*shole here, but
1) Monster are nothing without Sam Hill
2) That fact doesn't matter though, seeing as they do have Sam Hill...but you see what Im getting at?
3) Solar panels for that fridge would have been a nice eco-friendly touch 4) For £65k it would have been way cooler and eco'r, and everything else'r if they had a fleet of Smart cars, or those disabled peoples vehicles that do like 33131030813 mpg
1) Monster are nothing without Sam Hill
2) That fact doesn't matter though, seeing as they do have Sam Hill...but you see what Im getting at?
3) Solar panels for that fridge would have been a nice eco-friendly touch 4) For £65k it would have been way cooler and eco'r, and everything else'r if they had a fleet of Smart cars, or those disabled peoples vehicles that do like 33131030813 mpg
You're just jealous!!!
You cant drive down a fire road to the trail with a Shtupid car!!!!!
How much fuel do you guys in England produce again?
right...thats why you pay 2.50 a litre
You cant drive down a fire road to the trail with a Shtupid car!!!!!
How much fuel do you guys in England produce again?
right...thats why you pay 2.50 a litre
Just thought I'd point out that since deisel does not rise into the atmosphere it doesn't do any damage the the ozone layer. There for no global warming. Deisel is however terrible for just about everything else air quality being one of them.
suck a fat one huckoveraduck, ever hear of vegetable oil? bio-fuel so its eco friendly, better than suck @$$ ethenol and allows thoes fords, chevys, doges, gmc's to haul around.
AND HUCK OVER A DUCK , I HATE YOUR KIND YOU ECO SCUM BAG, YOU AINT GONA GO MUDDIN , OR OFF ROADIN IN NO "SMART ASS CAR" , AND YA SURE AS HELL AINT GONA OUT RUN THE FUZZ IN NO SOLAR POWERED PIECE A SHIT! FIRST TIME YOU TRY DRIFT ROUND A CORNER , UL END UP IN THE BUSH , AND UR SOLAR PANELS WILL SET THE WHOLE BUSH ABLAZE!
okay not gonna lie straight up fordman myself but as far as im concerned anything newer than 97 is shit
agreed newer truck are so damn plastic and all computer run. what ever happened to metal and pure power. not to mention good looks. also half the trucks on the road today are lifted and all jacked up, but only like 15 percent acutely get dirty. the people who drive there pavement princess trucks around should sell and buy cars and let, or use there trucks for what they are meant for. ( not looking tough when they are only 4 in a half feet tall)... completely off topic 
haha your all such idiots!
England doesn't produce any oil you absolute retard...what the hell are you smoking? We're a tiny island and have no oil we have to import it and refine it blah blah etc etc
Bio-deisel is a rip off, and its been proven that the plans that make and refine bio-deisel are infact more polluting
So erm...shut up
England doesn't produce any oil you absolute retard...what the hell are you smoking? We're a tiny island and have no oil we have to import it and refine it blah blah etc etc
Bio-deisel is a rip off, and its been proven that the plans that make and refine bio-deisel are infact more polluting
So erm...shut up
"AND HUCK OVER A DUCK , I HATE YOUR KIND YOU ECO SCUM BAG, YOU AINT GONA GO MUDDIN , OR OFF ROADIN IN NO "SMART ASS CAR" , AND YA SURE AS HELL AINT GONA OUT RUN THE FUZZ IN NO SOLAR POWERED PIECE A SHIT! FIRST TIME YOU TRY DRIFT ROUND A CORNER , UL END UP IN THE BUSH , AND UR SOLAR PANELS WILL SET THE WHOLE BUSH ABLAZE!
"
Shut up. You're making yourself look like an idiot.
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Shut up. You're making yourself look like an idiot.
No kidding %uckaduck....I was making a point that was clearly over your head.
Enjoy riding in the rain ya miserable bastard!!!!
Its a cool truck...youre jealous...chill out and relax!!!
Enjoy riding in the rain ya miserable bastard!!!!
Its a cool truck...youre jealous...chill out and relax!!!
you know what, you're a dick head. You know, the next time I hear one of you complaining about snow next winter, i'm gonna remind them of global warming. Yeah, we're all doing it. But some of us are doing something about, unlike most gas guzzling people in america, it's stupid, I can't see why you can't agree that a 5-10 mpg truck to publicise an energy drink is stupid
I think they are running smaller wheels to save gas with the trucks. They do have to drive them to all the venues. I'm willing to bet that there are some 22+ inch wheels sitting in storage somewhere.
A company like this could use the £325000(65000x5 trucks) to make something useful for the enviroment..and they seemed to be proud of the "gas guzzlers"...6.6 v8 to carry 2 persons and 1500 cans? that's pretty stupid...
ha ha nothing like a good old diesel the red bull minis suck dick diesel 4 life (im kinda a redneck)cooper-xl f*ck im proud of 6.6 gas guzzlers and this truck can hold up to 5 ppl, i think its just that the Europeans arnt used to big trucks like this they are used to saving gas
red bull tastes better then monster but monster has a better logo
red bull tastes better then monster but monster has a better logo
Don't be rude, I wasn't..looks like you're a real redneck . Seems that you like big trucks, the less mileage the better...Think about it, you really need such a big truck to move around 5 people max? yes, Europeans aren't used to big trucks like this, thank god...we use proper cars, smaller, cheaper, aerodynamic, with better mileage...atleast until the SUV trend that came from USA...
HELL YE BOMBER!MAN THAT SUSUKI LOSERS GOT ALL THIS PEOPLE BRAIN WASHED!BIKER 123456789 , WHAT YOU GOT GAINST PEOPLE WHO INJOY LIFES SIMPLER PLEASURES ??
Guys,
As a race organiser of the NPS - The British National DH Series we have to go out and get new sponsors who come into the sport and pay $$$ as well as add infrastructure.
Monster Energy as Gold sponsors provide us at great expense to themsleves the two trucks and eight people at each event and fuel up the riders and spectators. They also supply a huge sound system and a big marquee.
In return they of course want maximum exposure and Pinkbike is one of those avenues.
Without plugging their brand on here and on all other relevant sites they won't be coming back next year to support the series.
Therefore the NPS, the riders and the spectators would be a lot worst off as would you the readers of Pinkbike.
That is exactly how it all works, so perhaps think before you type regards your comments. We all need the likes of Monster, Nissan, Jeep etc.. and any other outside sponsors to invest in our sport.
Speak to anyone who has attended a NPS this year and they will all say Monster has added some "Sparkle" this year to the events..
Cheers.
Si..
As a race organiser of the NPS - The British National DH Series we have to go out and get new sponsors who come into the sport and pay $$$ as well as add infrastructure.
Monster Energy as Gold sponsors provide us at great expense to themsleves the two trucks and eight people at each event and fuel up the riders and spectators. They also supply a huge sound system and a big marquee.
In return they of course want maximum exposure and Pinkbike is one of those avenues.
Without plugging their brand on here and on all other relevant sites they won't be coming back next year to support the series.
Therefore the NPS, the riders and the spectators would be a lot worst off as would you the readers of Pinkbike.
That is exactly how it all works, so perhaps think before you type regards your comments. We all need the likes of Monster, Nissan, Jeep etc.. and any other outside sponsors to invest in our sport.
Speak to anyone who has attended a NPS this year and they will all say Monster has added some "Sparkle" this year to the events..
Cheers.
Si..
Most of us know this, Si, but as someone who took money from a gas-guzzling, environmentally unfriendly sponsor for two years - to expect people not to point out the obvious is a little silly. No-one is really questioning that Monster are being 'involved' in the sport, or that their involvement as a brand is bad - but they are questioning their choice in promotional tools and rightly so. The only reason I even read the comments here was to see how many people caned the trucks on their environmental angle... and I am sure you would have seen it coming too.
You know what, I will lift my truck more gavind just because you said that. You know why I run my truck rich, just to piss tree hugging environmentalists off.
Sierra club sucks....
Sierra club sucks....
I think you miss my point. Whilst I care from a personal viewpoint about the environment, when it comes to doing business in sponsorship I am simply concerned with what the majority, or louder minority think. My point to Si is that whether you agree with them or not, the flood of comments here was always going to happen and should have been expected. Heck - we spent two years finding every way possible NOT to show our cars off (not because they were environmentally unfriendly, but simply because they were butt-ugly pieces of badly made turd), so I know what a minefield it is.
Yeh its really cool that they come to the races and hand out free drinks.
They were at the last nps 4x round at bridgnorth but the truck didnt have a big fridge in the back.
They were at the last nps 4x round at bridgnorth but the truck didnt have a big fridge in the back.
I was at a cycle speedway match the other day. A member of the other team had a can of monster energy, me and one of my team mates went up to him, (he was thinking we were gonna ask him about the match) but instead we said 'where did you buy your monster' with which he looked at us strangely and said some spar shop. So it is available!
I have to give a nod to Monster as I like the taste of their drinks a bit over Redbull, but those trucks are really irresponsible. I'm not certain why companies still feel they need 'monster' trucks to promote a product or their image. In the US now car dealers and customers are losing money on SUV sales both used and new as no one wants them due to high gas costs. The gas guzzeling truck image has come and gone. Time to look at new avenues to promote your goods....more girls with tight logo shirts/shorts maybe???? Sure would be a lot less expensive than $65K a pop.
I totally agree with you. Fridges carried by Prius and powered with solar panels would cost the same and have a better image.
I second that opinion. I find monster truck gas guzzlers completely unimpressive and see them as a waste of time promotion wise, as well as destructive for the environmental impact they cause.
If monster was going after my dollar and my praise, they should at least make the trucks with hybrid engines. Even quentos has the right idea.
by the way IH8ONU we all pay for it in the end. The sooner we get these kind of trucks off the road the better.
Sorry to soften all the redneck boners out there.
If monster was going after my dollar and my praise, they should at least make the trucks with hybrid engines. Even quentos has the right idea.
by the way IH8ONU we all pay for it in the end. The sooner we get these kind of trucks off the road the better.
Sorry to soften all the redneck boners out there.
As if chevy silverados dont look ugly enough they go and compound the problem by fittng tiny little tires. They would have been better off lifting something like a hilux and sticking 35 inch tires on em. Looks way better. Better mpg, and the steering wheel's on the right side. Plus they would cost about £60,000 less.
Brits are just jealous we here in the USA all drive lifted "gas guzzler" pickup trucks! Wait 'till we bring over the 35 foot Class-A RV's!
Watch your language or someone will tell your mommy little boy. Maybe if you were older than 14 you might have some sort of a clue as to what is really going on here. Same back at you so don't even bother to reply.
Who gives a f*ck? You will soon, when you're freezing your bollocks off in winter. And boiling your penis off in the summer.
Yo brandyn 16 shut the fuc k up, ur 14 years old and dont know shit about anything,besides ur only what? grade 7? 8?
ok 1st off compare the sliverado with the durmax then with the vortec the vortec will need to fill up b4 the 10 mpg beast will because diesel burns at a higher rate using less to burn creating more hp so there for the duramax will go farther then the vortec and diesel has less impact on the enviroment then a "gas guzzler" does (neg- prop me idk its the truth)
Big trucks are driven by weak loosers. Nice try Monster. Pinkbike...what's up? How much did they pay you to post this trash?
OK OK... Superfly is right, the sport needs support no matter if it comes from truck or cigarette companies. I guess it would have been cooler if the photos were a little less of truck tires and steering wheels and more about bikes, cool events, with a subtle Monster sprinkled in there for good measure...
Chris,
Everybody is right! Gas Guzzlers aren't cool for the environment and neither would a sinclair C5 be as the hot seat for our great sport!
This article isn't about GreenPeace it's about Monster Energy jumping in and bigging up the sport of DH MTB. We all ride bikes so this exhuberance is more than outweighed by all the guys at the NPS (riders and spectators) who all ride bikes more than push an accelerator.
Regards more pics of bikes, surely there should be more pics of the girls!!
Cheers.
Si..
Everybody is right! Gas Guzzlers aren't cool for the environment and neither would a sinclair C5 be as the hot seat for our great sport!
This article isn't about GreenPeace it's about Monster Energy jumping in and bigging up the sport of DH MTB. We all ride bikes so this exhuberance is more than outweighed by all the guys at the NPS (riders and spectators) who all ride bikes more than push an accelerator.
Regards more pics of bikes, surely there should be more pics of the girls!!
Cheers.
Si..
that truck is sweet almost everyone in alberta owns one and that is the way to be, but cummins power is still better than duramax or powerstroke
man every one is so worried about global warming , who gives f*ck???? we should all just drink beer, shoot a gun , drive a big ass truck and or old muscle car ,and listen to some skynyrd....
... and throw garbage in the ditch, burn some old tires, live in a trailer park and grow a mullet...
sounds f*ckin awesome to me!
sounds f*ckin awesome to me!
Global warming is complete bullshit. The earth is doing fine as it is and we are not harming it quite like all you smelly hippies think. Don't always buy what the media shoves down your gullet. Yes gas is expensive, so go support the rigs and make enough money to not give a crap about how much you have to spend on it. And anyone that says anything to the effect of "Monster is nothing without Sam Hill" ahahaha. Ever heard of something called desert racing? There is actually money in that activity, so much that each team has multiple helicopters and stuff. Ever see the Monster Energy trophy truck? Yeah, that's what I though. Jesus H. Christ folks ditch your 4 bangers and get some 8+ cylinder courage!