Is this a "Lowered Pole Bracket"?
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Its all about the surf!
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- Oceanside, CA
Yes That is R&D's lowered pole bracket. The pivot point is about 1 inch lower and 1 inch forward of the OEM bracket. I believe the idea of a Lowered pole bracket is that its suppose to help with torque (For better control) I don't know if it really works but I have the exact same one and I really like it. If you prefer running a stock pole or do not like riding with a "tightened " pole and have to rely on the base stopper to hold the pole in the "Up" position, then its the very best after market pole bracket out there, because its the only one that has the cut out for the pole stopper and more importantly the sides pieces can be removed making the installation of a pole spring a breeze. Hang on to it- R&D no longer makes them.
Lol. Don't know what that means, but I drive a truck as a daily and cars when I need speed!
Fro Diesel
creative control
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- Kzoo
And for those of us with a Honda truck? What a sweeping generality.
What do you drive?
- Location
- Delray Beach, FL
"Truck". Its really a pilot with a bed !
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
Gonna say that ski or at least the pole once belonged to Topher Boretta (SP!), He use to race the National Tour years ago, was from the Philippians.
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- Largo, Fl
I like those new testament guys.... Racing for Jesus!
I had one of those R&D brackets. Worked great, I did have to re-tap it several years ago but it held up fine.
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
damn spellcheck!
Lol. He's not from Philippines, he's from Guam. Yes, the hulls used to belong to him.
Topher is a friend of mine. That's how I ended up with the hulls. He's still holding on to the championship SJ, and the setup SXR. I had to part out the race motor because the bottom end was bad and I didn't want to spend all that cash to build something that only takes race gas. (To expensive out here)
Just curious how you could tell who a ski belonged to just by looking at parts of a pole that I mostly stripped off already?
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
Your right, forgot that, sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
The National Tour Stickers. And your location. Only made sense that is who's ski they came off of. I loved the ProTec Sj's he use to ride. Great Paint Job!
At one time I had the same stickers on my pole. Back in 2000!!!!!!!!
Makes sense. I thought you had esp or something man because that was a long time ago!
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Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
I think Superjett got to ride with him or something a long time ago......... I remember Darin commenting on Topher on PWCToday
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