anyone making custom rideplates?

[jetpilot36]

Just wondering how i would go about getting a rideplate made for a sj. i want to copy the kawasaki Ocean Pro plate for the 750sx and just make the bolt holes fit an SJ. i bought my wife a 3d printer for christmas but i will have to make one in scale because of the size of the printer. That ocean pro plate is by far, hands down, the stickiest ride plate ever made. it almost wont let you slide into a tail stand. lol

 

[Big Kahuna]

The hull designs of the 750 and the SJ are way way different. The 750 hull is designed to lay over in turns while the SJ is a designed more as a flat turning hull (1990-2007 Superjets). The 2008+ does lay over a whole lot more than the older RN hulls. Best bet is take the plate and get Epoxy and Glass cloth and start making a mold that fits then custom tweek it to work. 3D printing would only let you make a shape, you would not want to use it as final product. (I do not feel it would work). Wax Racing is designing a plate using a Printer to get the shape, but I believe after yesterdays test he is starting over.

 

[TheBuzzard]

Just wondering how i would go about getting a rideplate made for a sj. i want to copy the kawasaki Ocean Pro plate for the 750sx and just make the bolt holes fit an SJ. i bought my wife a 3d printer for christmas but i will have to make one in scale because of the size of the printer. That ocean pro plate is by far, hands down, the stickiest ride plate ever made. it almost wont let you slide into a tail stand. lol

OP made a finned superjet plate for the SN. You can just drill the holes out for 8mm bolts, since sn used 6mm. That plate will work on all years too, since the 08+ uses the front 4 holes. SN plate uses 6 bolts

 

[Big Kahuna]

OP made a finned superjet plate for the SN. You can just drill the holes out for 8mm bolts, since sn used 6mm. That plate will work on all years too, since the 08+ uses the front 4 holes. SN plate uses 6 bolts

Here you go Jetpilot. I forgot about the SN Plate they made.

 

[Harbor]

Just wondering how i would go about getting a rideplate made for a sj. i want to copy the kawasaki Ocean Pro plate for the 750sx and just make the bolt holes fit an SJ.

You also contact Steve at the Watercraft factory and ask to have it made...

He made me a batwing custom plate with fins for a reasonable price

he is also on the X as Waterfreak

 

[G-Body]

Lay up a mold using the ride plate as a plug. Hit it with PVA or hair spray if you don`t have PVA around, make the mold out of mat and then lay the plates up using cloth/roving/mat. It`s not to hard to make a functional plate, now making something that looks good and has a nice finish takes a lot more work.

 

[te4250]

If you have an stl you want, I have a printer big enough, I was just thinking I needed to come up with a ride plate for my amp hull. As BK said might want to print the mold and layup a carbon or fiberglass plate for something more long term. I was actually going to try to print mine with carbon reinforced filament and see how that held up

 

[TheBuzzard]

I got this OP but not the big finned one

 

[mthomps]

I have an ocean pro plate on my 2nd SN that is my girl's ski. I will try to snap a pic of it tonight. I work 2nd shift so it would be late. It almost refuses to slide.

If it looks like what you are after maybe I can try making a hack job mold of it for you?

 

[kevbo]

I had a plate on a 750 that was corrugated like the roof of a barn. It had more straight line holding than anything including winged OP and Jet Dynamics plates. Cruising around you had to put the bars against the stop and give it al lot power to turn. That plate made it easier to hold on an edge when you are full throttle and bar inputs get sensitive. This was when Kawasakis were more like "skis" instead of boats with handlepoles.

 

[mikidymac]

I had a plate on a 750 that was corrugated like the roof of a barn. It had more straight line holding than anything including winged OP and Jet Dynamics plates. Cruising around you had to put the bars against the stop and give it al lot power to turn. That plate made it easier to hold on an edge when you are full throttle and bar inputs get sensitive. This was when Kawasakis were more like "skis" instead of boats with handlepoles.

Like this guy?

I always liked the one piece ShredMasters on the old Kawasaki’s

 

[jetpilot36]

Like this guy?

I always liked the one piece ShredMasters on the old Kawasaki’s

Yep thats the one. First Pic. But i dont think thats the OP. @TheBuzzard do you happen to have a pic of the SN Finned? If i can remember its not the clam shell shape, more of a weld on fin

 

[jetpilot36]

I have an ocean pro plate on my 2nd SN that is my girl's ski. I will try to snap a pic of it tonight. I work 2nd shift so it would be late. It almost refuses to slide.

If it looks like what you are after maybe I can try making a hack job mold of it for you?

is it the big finned OP?

 

[mikidymac]

These are the winged ones I remember from back in the day.

 

[kevbo]

Thats what I remember. Dennis Kirk was liquidating all their jetski crap on ebay in the early 2000s. I got several new plates for less than $20.

 

[mthomps]

thats the best shot I can do tonight, didn't feel like flipping the ski. Says "quadra-fin" on the underside. Not even sure now its made by Ocean pro?

 

[Harbor]

You also contact Steve at the Watercraft factory and ask to have it made...

He made me a batwing custom plate with fins for a reasonable price

he is also on the X as Waterfreak

One example of a plate Steve could make you

 

[Big Kahuna]

View attachment 405538thats the best shot I can do tonight, didn't feel like flipping the ski. Says "quadra-fin" on the underside. Not even sure now its made by Ocean pro?

That is a DG Quadrafin plate. Really Old School!

 

[Big Kahuna]

I had and SXR Plate like that.

One example of a plate Steve could make you

 

[Wetbuffalo]

Lay up a mold using the ride plate as a plug. Hit it with PVA or hair spray if you don`t have PVA around, make the mold out of mat and then lay the plates up using cloth/roving/mat. It`s not to hard to make a functional plate, now making something that looks good and has a nice finish takes a lot more work.

Honestly this method works extremely well. Yes the mold is ugly. I went one step further and got some tooling gel coat. You can use one of those vacuum cloths bags to get a cheap vacuum bag setup. I got all the supplies I needed to make the mold at Walmart. Just had to order some pealply and bleeder cloth when I ordered my glass and carbon. I used core material to make this one thicker where it sitting against the hull.