Freestyle McSuperfreak

[Powerhouse]

Good job!

 

[McDog]

Awesome!

 

[Sanoman]

lt looks great!

 

[Pablo]

what's the latest? 80 degrees today...riding time is upon us. What's water temp John?

 

[Schmidty721]

what's the latest? 80 degrees today...riding time is upon us. What's water temp John?

80 degress and you're worried about water temp! I was stoked it hit 45 today and I'm starting to see open patches on the river and am busting ass to get my build done so I can get out there!

 

[McDog]

I rode my new used 650sx today and it ran like . Great. Another project. The water felt fine though. Riding time starts now.

 

[Waternut]

My friend has a 650sx with a high comp head, pipe, and a few other goodies. It has smooth power but.... I would describe the smoothness like stepping in dog poo. It's smoother than what you were expecting but quite depressing. It's slow too so if you're accelerating at a snails pace, it might be normal.

Water temp this evening is 66°. Mcsuperfreak will ready for mcinspection tomorrow or sunday when you get time. The bottom sides probably have 10 layers of paint on them by now... Got runs on those areas 4 times in a row. 5 times a charm? Unbelievable!

 

[McDog]

Finally getting to work on the superfreak again. I got the padding on the sides and in the footholds finished and ruffed up the hoodseal area so the glue would stick better.

 

[Sanoman]

Are you using dap or super glue on the seal?

 

[McDog]

I plan to use superglue although I have used contact cement in the past with no problems. The hoodseal I have has a couple of cuts in it that could benefit from some superglue so I thought I would try superglue for the whole thing.

 

[Sanoman]

l plain just suck at doing anything with superglue.Had better luck with 3m general trim adhesive.But if you need to glue a couple of cuts,superglue would be the best.

 

[Matt_E]

I just did mine with Superglue and it was super-easy, pardon the pun.
I did what Jetmaniac recommends:
1. Lay the hood seal into the channel and tape it down everywhere with masking tape.
2. Glue one 4-8 inch section at a time.

 

[McDog]

Turfed the sides and the tray. Hoodseal is on. Bilge and pisser fittings are on.

I used 19mm pad on the tray and a lot of pad on the footholds. Once I kick in my feet are in there. I'm happy with the turf job so far. Next I am reinstalling the pancake front foothold and turfing it white. The rails are getting black turf. I got so high on contact cement fumes today it was rediculous. It still sucked listening to all the boats and skis while I did it. I'm about to start working on skis at night after dinner until they are done. This is killing me.

 

[Lucaumpits]

yes best way to do it, make sure u got the tape there, so you wont stretch the seal

I just did mine with Superglue and it was super-easy, pardon the pun.
I did what Jetmaniac recommends:
1. Lay the hood seal into the channel and tape it down everywhere with masking tape.
2. Glue one 4-8 inch section at a time.

 

[Pablo]

Looks sweet. Typical nice Mcdog work on the turf.
I was to lazy to read back in the thread to see what ur doing with the bond line. You doing it in that pimp azz white or in gangsta black?

 

[McDog]

Bondline/rails will be black molded turf like the tray. I thought it would be tougher than the cut turf and easier to keep looking nice than the white. We bang our skis around a lot around the dock. White turf on the front foothold. Lots of white graphics.

 

[McDog]

I got off early today and got busy on my ski. Rails are turfed. Pole is installed. I included pics of the superfreak without a chinpad. I'm such a conformist. I was going to install and turf the front foothold but realized that my hoodstrap ratchet needed to attach to the actual foothold since I raised it to make room for all the padding. The foothold seemed flimsy so I added three layers of biax to stiffen and reinforce it.
I included a pic of my work bench. It has two skis worth of parts in that picture.

 

[Waternut]

You going to be able to get that thing on the water this weekend or is that unrealistic?

 

[Schmidty721]

That turf looks sharp. Good work!

 

[McDog]

I doubt I will have it finished but I'm trying. I should get off early tomorrow and maybe get to work on it for a while after we move back in. I hope to at least get the front foothold epoxied on.