Got my footholds fitted this christmas

[z00m]

Hi there over the Christmas period gave me chance to fit my footholds to the old sx650, thought it would be a big project but turned out to be quite easy and a good opportunity to work on the ski, i made a nice sized work shop at the side of my house this year and have heating and lights TV DVD and all the mod con to make it a nice place to work on my ski in the winter,
Holes cut

Foot holds placed in

Riveted and resin in place

Re foamed up messy job

Finished off ready for the turf

The back of the ski has been cut as I’m also in the process of fitting an x2 trim nozzle and it’s still work in progress,

Mick

 

[TB]

looking good:fing02:

 

[Mark44]

You do some very fine work zOOm.

Mark44

 

[z00m]

You do some very fine work zOOm.

Mark44

if you had seen me with the resin on my hands and then the foam out of control ,you would say different :silly:

Mick

 

[DoGoodDrugs]

That came out nice and smooth. Did you use fiberglass around the hold or just resin? I haven't installed footholds but I though using fiberglass with the resin around the hold was a must...

 

[z00m]

I sanded the surfaces down to brake through the gell coat , then painted resin round the hole then around the foot holds, then put them together and riveted in place, then brushed resin round the joint and left to dry over night. next day i sanded the joint and the surounding area and put the fibreglass matting and resin over the joints, left this to dry over night. then a light sanding and another coat of matting and resin, left to dry, light sanding and brushed resin all over to seal. followed buy a light coating of white paint to show up any problems,

Mick

 

[Mark44]

With your attention to detail I wish you were over here in the states so you could work at our manufacturing facility. Keep up the good work.

Mark44

 

[dbrutherford]

Were those the ones you made out of aluminum? Looks good to me!

 

[Mark44]

Those are not Alum. they are glass.

Mark44

 

[link248]

What kind of footholds are those? I want to do my ski and I like those footholds. Great job with them.

 

[z00m]

im in uk and a guy on ebay is doing them for £22 uk pounds , they are very strong and great quality , an absoult bargain i think ,
just waiting for my turf to arrive now , uk suplier has let me down and cant get any till the end of the month , this country sucks ,

Mick

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Thats one of the cleanest installs on footholds I have ever seen congrats.

 

[The Penguin]

if you had seen me with the resin on my hands and then the foam out of control ,you would say different :silly:

Mick

latex gloves are a must!

 

[tnj4life]

Good pics, a good thread for the newbers who can't figure it out without something to look at.

 

[link248]

Can anyone here in the u.s. tell me what kind of footholds are close to the ones he used, and where I can get some? I have a 1992 yamaha superjet

 

[tnj4life]

Can anyone here in the u.s. tell me what kind of footholds are close to the ones he used, and where I can get some? I have a 1992 yamaha superjet

Check out water craft factory, they have some like that or blowsion.

 

[z00m]

The guy tells me he removed a set from a ski and made his own mould , he has no idea what the originals were, i think blowsion do some the same .

Mick