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I can check with some peeps over here to find the best way Carl. We may be able to come up with something between us fella... WAve Chaser - Cheers for the offer and I will bear you in mind.

Went down to the spray shop the other day to see how my friend is getting on. Looking good and I am well excited!!! I told him to fill his boots and do what he thinks would look good as I couldn't make up my mind... So off he went and I am well pleased with the colour that he has gone with.

I made the carb look better also... Well... I think I did...

One set of UMI bars and UMI Steering Plate cleaned, polished and all bearings replaced: The main bearing was a nightmare to get out... I had to grind out the inner part of the bearing. Then I had to drimmel out part of the outer to relieve pressure. The end result was that it glided out:

Some more:

My hull and such like went off to my mates spray shop at this stage so I got on with some cleaning, painting and polishing. As you can see from the pictures, I am quite anal.

Thought I would clean up the lines of my FX1 and believed that my hull's rear end would look better (when turffed) like so...

I roughed up the outside of the balls and prepped the inside of the hood ready to carbon kevlar the (home made) hand hold block offs in place. Not very tidy I know but you will not see it as it will be covered with the new liner. The layers were also placed in a way to give added strength...

From the outside it will look like this:

So how did I block off the back end I hear you cry... Well, here it is: 1. Take one ball float from a toilet (or buy a new one like I did). 2. Cut it in half along the seam. 3. Mark off and cut the half of ball float to suit inside profile behind Hole for Hands (refer to pictures).

Marked out where to make the cuts between the holes and then cut and file:

I must admit that I did not manage to get the hood liner out in one piece. I am going to have to make a new one from scratch, but I have got something different in mind. Anyway... On with the Hand Holds: Started off by marking out a center pilot hole on both sides and then two larger holes...

Cheers for the comments Oxnard111 and Bret...

I also modded my hood with some home grown Hand Holds. Here is a step by step 101: Remove the liner (in one piece if possible):

I seemed to of had an endless supply of carbon kevlar, so I figured what the hell and added some more strength to the sides of my ski. I also added some to the inside of my dash panel:

Can I just say that this has got to be one of the most easy mods that I have done so far (shortening a pole).

Decided to shorten my pole as I am a tall fella. I reduced it by an inch and a half which should be more then enough as the FX1 pole is a little short as standard:

This guy (Sprocket) has got to be one of the most helpful guys that has blest the UK jetski scene. He said to me to bring my engine down to his workshop when I was going to build it and he would keep me right. He didn't want me to make a mess of it and offered his guideance. So, I went down on a...

Right then... One built engine thanks to a great bloke over here in the UK called Sprocket:

So here it is mocked together: