Super Jet 08 superjet wont sit flat in the water???

[Kawy750]

So ive had this ski since 2010. I always noticed that it sat heavy toward the nose and to the right. I guess i assumed it was normal for these until i was riding with a new one this weekend and it sat pretty flat. My right bumper rail is under water when its just floating there. I am thinking maybe its just a heavy battery? This past winter i installed footholds and all the foam i exposed was nice and dry. Is there any foam forward of the firewall that could be soaked? Tubbies maybe? It doesnt bother me at all when riding but it looks horrible when is floating on flat water. Anyone experience this?

 

[ntrsspray]

Battery side.


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[schicks]

That’s the piped superjet lean. Do you have an aftermarket pipe on it? They are much lighter than the factory exhaust, combine the lighter exhaust on the one side and a boat anchor battery on the other side and you get the gangster lean.

 

[iangdesign]

Get some lead weights and put them on the opposite side until it sits level in the water. Problem solved.

 

[socal750]

Or get the battery and bracket...$120

 

[tntfawley]

I had that same prob, lighter battery helped me

 

[Kawy750]

Thanks. It's all stock under the hood. I thought about the lead weight idea but I'm not exactly trying to make this thing any heavier. I think ill buy a small light battery when this one dies.

 

[Armored snuffy]

I don't understand why so many people are concerned with the superjet leaning in the water? If it rides fine, why are we worried about it?

 

[Kawy750]

I really just wanted to find out if it was a common superjet thing. Not a big stand up scene where I ride so its rare to see another RN to compare it too.

 

[brandirad]

I think it's because the exhaust is on that side and water sits in it. That's the only conclusion I can come up with. Along with the battery.

 

[AKskier]

Its just the battery. My 12 leans to the right too. I just call it the thug lean and no one asks questions

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[subhard]

Its just the battery. My 12 leans to the right too. I just call it the thug lean and no one asks questions

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Thug lean hahahaha

 

[dkarlin1987]

Every ski i have owned that had a rear exhaust sat sideways. I had a 650sx that seemed to sit flatter.

 

[Armored snuffy]

Thug lean hahahaha

I thought it was the Detroit lean.

 

[toyota00]

03 and leaned like that stock, now with a bpipe even has a harder lean..when it leans to the left thats when you wanna start to worry lol...nothing but the sj lean my friend..lightened battery will still have a lean, put her on a water stand and call it done lol

 

[Kawy750]

Thanks guys!

 

[aytee]

i think there was actually some engineering that went into it... ever lost it in a straight line? once it slows down that lean is enough to make it circle.. that way it don't just keep drifting farther away... if it sits flat and you're riding on the hood backwards and lose it at wot you'll be wishing it had a bit of a lean too it...

 

[subhard]

i think there was actually some engineering that went into it... ever lost it in a straight line? once it slows down that lean is enough to make it circle.. that way it don't just keep drifting farther away... if it sits flat and you're riding on the hood backwards and lose it at wot you'll be wishing it had a bit of a lean too it...

Nope. It's because the jet jacks the nozzle to one side. My 550 sits flat and doesn't have a tether. It's constantly going in unmanned circles.

 

[subhard]

My new hurricane's thug lean is better than your thug lean.

 

[socal750]

I got a small battery and a billet battery mount on my round nose and no more gangster lean


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