For all you OCTANE riders

tipafew

tipafew

Location
Grand Rapids, MI
The key is, some of you guys are talking surf riding. I think this guy is riding flat water.
Big Kahuna is right, the hook up on that pump is REALLY good and that alone is probably part of the reason it doesn't like to come out of the water. It was designed to stay hooked up.
I raced an octane for a season and couldn't make that think come out of the water if I wanted to. However, I didn't want it too because I was racing it.
I would think cutting the rideplate straight across would give you a little more lift.
 
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Super Dee

Location
Mount Albert, Ontario
Like everyone is saying, it's all going to come down to personal preference and the type of riding you do.

I don't ride an Octane, but with my SJ, for now I'm riding with the stock ride plate because I didn't like the extra long Worx Dominator ride plate. I had a really hard time getting good height when trying to jump around on flat water. After putting the stock ride plate that's a good 3" shorter, I could immediately notice a difference that made it easier to jump higher.

With the long Worx plate, it drove the nose of the boat really hard into the water when riding along. This was good for carving around or for heavier riders. But in our freshwater "surf" (5 or 6 foot lake waves). I found I was always burying the nose under the water when riding in to shore with the waves. No matter how hard I tried the nose would always stuff itself into a submarine.

For now I'm preferring the shorter stock ride plate for the type of riding that I do, which is 100% lake riding. It tends to really lighten up the bow of the boat in comparison to the Worx plate that's on my shelf for the time being.

For the Octane I don't think I'd take a drastic measure of cutting the ride plate because you can't go back if you don't like it.
 
Etheraldreamer

Etheraldreamer

Be there and be square.
Location
Spring Hill, FL
think you should do the SJ conversion kit. its like a two part easy fix to your problem.
1-swap hull for SJ hull
2-8mil stroker

if you cant get that out of the water...perhaps a shorter ride plate is in order :biggthumpup:
 
Big Kahuna

Big Kahuna

Administrator
Location
Tuscaloosa, AL
Super Dee said:
Like everyone is saying, it's all going to come down to personal preference and the type of riding you do.

I don't ride an Octane, but with my SJ, for now I'm riding with the stock ride plate because I didn't like the extra long Worx Dominator ride plate. I had a really hard time getting good height when trying to jump around on flat water. After putting the stock ride plate that's a good 3" shorter, I could immediately notice a difference that made it easier to jump higher.

With the long Worx plate, it drove the nose of the boat really hard into the water when riding along. This was good for carving around or for heavier riders. But in our freshwater "surf" (5 or 6 foot lake waves). I found I was always burying the nose under the water when riding in to shore with the waves. No matter how hard I tried the nose would always stuff itself into a submarine.

For now I'm preferring the shorter stock ride plate for the type of riding that I do, which is 100% lake riding. It tends to really lighten up the bow of the boat in comparison to the Worx plate that's on my shelf for the time being.

For the Octane I don't think I'd take a drastic measure of cutting the ride plate because you can't go back if you don't like it.
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That Dominator is one of the most aggressive plates, but it was designed for the race course. I tried one when I was racing the SJ, too much for me. I ended up cutting it really short, it is great cut. May want to try it!
 
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Pepin Bud

Location
San Juan,Puerto Rico
FullTHROTLE92 said:
When you say shorten you mean grind it myself?


hey man
great to here some lives out here that rides stand up
i live in guaynabo
and i ride in fajardo about ever weekend on my octane
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Where in Fajardo?
I some times ride in Luquillo, but most in Cataño. I live in Trujillo Alto.
Do you know in Fajardo if there are more people with stand up?

For your info, there are plans to do some races in Cataño for 2009. I'M LOOKING FOR RACERS to include slalom course or close course on one of those events to pump up the ski class.
We need quorum.

¡I you plan to race don't cut ride plate, you're gona need it.!
 
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