- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
Hook it up! Whatcha got? Donation or cheap hopefully? lol
951 Swap X2
- Thread starter Sober750X2
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- 951 kawasaki x2 seadoo x2 swap
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
It looks great! Good job.
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
Looks great.
I am not sure if you have ever ridden 2 people on a X2 but the X2 handles very well with 2 people on it. It carves hard and performs very well with 2 riders. The X2 motor is 3" further forward than the Superjet. The Ride plates usually angle down. The rider position is more forward with the fixed steering, which is more forward than a lot of fix steer conversions.
I'm not saying anything is wrong with the build, just that 5GA in the front might make it hard to get the handling work well. I have found in my limited experience as a not very great X2 rider that the ski handles the best with more weight further back.
I am not sure if you have ever ridden 2 people on a X2 but the X2 handles very well with 2 people on it. It carves hard and performs very well with 2 riders. The X2 motor is 3" further forward than the Superjet. The Ride plates usually angle down. The rider position is more forward with the fixed steering, which is more forward than a lot of fix steer conversions.
I'm not saying anything is wrong with the build, just that 5GA in the front might make it hard to get the handling work well. I have found in my limited experience as a not very great X2 rider that the ski handles the best with more weight further back.
That’s why I moved the handlebars aft 9 inches on my X2.
Myself
manic mechanic
- Location
- Twin Lakes AR
Ape Hangers!!!
That would work but I like to move the whole stem aft and use a long steering cable.
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
That weight may offset some but I am not sure I would want 30 lbs of weight in the nose of my X2.
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
I’m thinking the extra weight is going to plant the nose more and handle better, by all means we are open for suggestions. But we didn’t set out to achieve a certain size fuel tank, this was simply the amount of room we had left, chances are I’ll never run more than 3/4 tank. If it ends up to heavy we will make a carbon fiber hood and do a Coffman pipe which combined should save almost 35+ lbs
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
Starting to decide on a color scheme by using the parts as test panels, works great for spray out cards! lol. Little overkill on the flake here, definitely gonna end up with much smaller flakes. But the candy red sure does look great.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
I am by no means knocking your work, it looks great and has progressed quickly, keep up the good work.
This is in fact starting to look like the "once in a while" scenario and I'm loving it.
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
Oh I know! I didn’t think you were. Thankyou! I appreciate the input and feel free to continue! It’s always nice to have other insight! We are just a couple dorks winging it lol. My dad is retired so he’s been working on it constantly, this is way to much work for one guy to do on the weekends by himself. I’m very fortunate to have him.
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
We are making excellent progress. No signs of giving up now, I will ride this thing summer 2024!
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
- Location
- Oregon
Love the color, so vibrant!
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
Got given this KTM seat, not sure exactly what it’s from. But it looks much better than my original idea of a 98-03 YZ250 seat. Mocking up a couple options on how we’re gonna glass this in. Totally changes the look of the thing to a more modern sport bike style. Not trying to complete change the overall look, just add some flare!
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Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
Add a shock under the back and you will have yourself a Sonic jet!