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Nah it was a straight question. I've spent plenty of time behind the wheels of manual and CNC both as an operator and a programmer, trust me you couldnt tell whats driving it from that picture (plenty of CNC knee mills exist which would be indistinguishable from a manual mill in that picture...

Why would taking a few thousanths off the height of a flat surface need a CNC? Also not sure how to tell what's driving that machine from that pic?

Im going to measure up my hatchback, if I can fit a ROK in it with the seats down, I'm so in!

Sweet, is this going to be at the NZ Freeride festival in two weeks?

I currently tow a single ski with a 1.6l Hyundai Elantra. Your Accord will be fine. I also used to have a Scooby 2.5RS, that thing was a beast for pulling skis. Spun tires less on the ramp than my 2wd GMC 1500. Edit: Just read that and realized that my ski has half the engine displacement...

There ARE two sizes of pole bolt spacers (ie the aluminum tube for running a tight pole instead of a spring), one for bilet poles and one for cast poles. I remember having this discussion when I was ordering stuff from Thrust. I ended up with a red one because it was the only billet sized one...

Have you looked into making reusable silicone vac bags? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-0eLFmq7cY

Did your hull not come with a battery box? Mine had one built into the hull, designed for an odssey pc545.

I would bet that 900zxi electronics would work with a bit of fiddling. edit: says it comes with an electrical box.

What pump is it set up for? I'm pretty sure you need to modify the Yamaha ones for the Yami pump. Mine is an SXR rok and the sxr grate fit with a bit of sanding on the back where it meets the ride plate. The sanding was probably more due to the crappy casting of the Jet Dynamics grate than...

TANGENT: This worries me a lot in the future. We will start to see the decline of cheap entry level skis (most of us started on SN's, 650s etc). The sport is currently growing and seeing an influx of new riders, but having to buy a $5-10k ski right off the bat is going to keep people from...

I've got a 550 tank in my SXR based ROK with an ATP waterbox. It just fits between strap mounts. Used an expanding plug I bought at Ace Hardware to block off the filler kneck hole, then took a 750sxi filler kneck and cap, cut a hole and screwed it to the top of the 550 tank with some fuel...

Sure, give me a week or so, the ski just arrived in NZ today, got a few last minute details to sort out since I kind of ran out of time before leaving the US. -Trim the back of the intake grate a bit (its sitting on top of the ride plate right now, hillbilly550 did you have this problem?)...

Don't let the Americans know what a meat pie is, they'll only get fatter.

Yup, if I was a taller/heavier guy I probably would have done an ES-2 like yours, read your posts a lot, we seem to have similar goals in riding and engine building (TBM flywheel and wetpipe but otherwise stock, for dead nuts pump gas reliablity). I loved how my SXR handled but it reminded me...

What are you on about you damn shackle dragging roof&#ker:bananalama:

Check out DelMarVa Freeriders on Facebook if you haven't already. It's my old crew, used to ride with them in Middle River every Wednesday and Sunday, there are a few guys that ride down around the Bay Bridge pretty often too. Someone there should know who you are talking about. As for this...

So true! Coming from the offroad truck world and doing alot of metal fab I amassed a pretty sizeable collection ( I see you are a toyota guy!). Before I moved to NZ, I assembled my new hull, then packed every tool I used (only planing to be here a few years and my only motorized toy here is a...

I owned an SXR and ended up swapping all the components into a WDK ROK hull. My reasoning was similar to yours, wanted a freestyle mixed use boat, I owned the driveline and knew it was in good condition and wanted to keep it (bought the sxr barely used for $2500). I knew the SXR was not just...

True, which is why I'd support doing head to head comparisons on a dyno outside of the boat without a pump, since hull design is very ride subjective (and there is no real way to change that). We see the same issue in cars (different intakes, exhausts, transmissions, gear ratios, fuel etc)...