K-Man
No smoke like Two Stroke!
- Location
- Queensland
Hi Guys,
Long time lurker here on the forum. I haven't posted a thread for a long-ass time so I thought I better post one with "winter" around the corner here in Australia. I've also found a lack of good photos with good details on the Gen 2 so I'm hoping to fill the void there with some good info. If anyone wants any photos or details or measurements please let me know and I will try my best to fill the gap on any info. So far ( to my knowledge) the only things unique to this ski are the steering cable ( Part number : 06-3782-6A-048, $250-300AUD ), the hood hinge, and possibly the steering base on the hood. There is also no microfiche, at least that I can access, for this ski.
I haven't had a chance to compare the steering base to any other kawi stuff at this point in time, but the top tower/post/column is interchangeable with an stx or zxi tower. The stx one is taller (measurements to come later) and the zxi unit has an angle on it similar to the Gen 1 X2 bolted in the middle position, and is slightly taller than a stock Gen2 tower.
I got this ski towards the end of January and its been great with no real dramas. I didn't get a lot of photos of it back then, but all it really wanted was a new pipe coupler (it had a few pinholes, and wasn't the right style either) and the carbies checked out. I discovered that it was missing one of the reed gaskets and the reed petals weren't sealing real well against the cage. After replacing them its been running real good, well up until last Saturday when the steering cable finally let go and I could barely turn at all.
I'm a bit out of the loop on images hosting/linking but if there is any dramas let me know.
My main list of things I wanted to accomplish on this ski:
Inspect crank seals
Replace all the mild steel bolts the PO used
Replace head O-rings
Lubricate the Pump and Carrier Bearing as best as I can
Spend too much time in the sand blasting cabinet on small parts
Spend too much money on powder coating
Spend too much money on Bling Bling and Turf
Acquire a steering cable by some means
New steering tower (taller), bars, grips, throttle etc
Get some wattholes installed for the bilge switch and primer
Install a second bilge under the seat where the water actually sits
New spark plug leads
Turf the rails
Get the hinge welded and some sort of gas struts or reinforcement.
Should be a good build overall.
I'll try and update at least weekly, but bi weekly would be better. At the time of writing the ski is completely stripped out already.
What started this tear down now instead of later on ^^^
Long time lurker here on the forum. I haven't posted a thread for a long-ass time so I thought I better post one with "winter" around the corner here in Australia. I've also found a lack of good photos with good details on the Gen 2 so I'm hoping to fill the void there with some good info. If anyone wants any photos or details or measurements please let me know and I will try my best to fill the gap on any info. So far ( to my knowledge) the only things unique to this ski are the steering cable ( Part number : 06-3782-6A-048, $250-300AUD ), the hood hinge, and possibly the steering base on the hood. There is also no microfiche, at least that I can access, for this ski.
I haven't had a chance to compare the steering base to any other kawi stuff at this point in time, but the top tower/post/column is interchangeable with an stx or zxi tower. The stx one is taller (measurements to come later) and the zxi unit has an angle on it similar to the Gen 1 X2 bolted in the middle position, and is slightly taller than a stock Gen2 tower.
I got this ski towards the end of January and its been great with no real dramas. I didn't get a lot of photos of it back then, but all it really wanted was a new pipe coupler (it had a few pinholes, and wasn't the right style either) and the carbies checked out. I discovered that it was missing one of the reed gaskets and the reed petals weren't sealing real well against the cage. After replacing them its been running real good, well up until last Saturday when the steering cable finally let go and I could barely turn at all.
I'm a bit out of the loop on images hosting/linking but if there is any dramas let me know.
My main list of things I wanted to accomplish on this ski:
Inspect crank seals
Replace all the mild steel bolts the PO used
Replace head O-rings
Lubricate the Pump and Carrier Bearing as best as I can
Spend too much time in the sand blasting cabinet on small parts
Spend too much money on powder coating
Spend too much money on Bling Bling and Turf
Acquire a steering cable by some means
New steering tower (taller), bars, grips, throttle etc
Get some wattholes installed for the bilge switch and primer
Install a second bilge under the seat where the water actually sits
New spark plug leads
Turf the rails
Get the hinge welded and some sort of gas struts or reinforcement.
Should be a good build overall.
I'll try and update at least weekly, but bi weekly would be better. At the time of writing the ski is completely stripped out already.
What started this tear down now instead of later on ^^^
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