- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
hmmm sounds tempting i will let you know i was leaning more towards the -1 though. but the way my cash situation is i may take that off your hands.
my sxr freeride boat
- Thread starter kx454
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hmmm sounds tempting i will let you know i was leaning more towards the -1 though. but the way my cash situation is i may take that off your hands.
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
How long is the pole? If the pole is -2, you will be fine with a standard length turnplate for sure. When I had a standard UMI, with standard steering it still brought me forward.
- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
the pole is a -2 oh yeah and heres something you have been wating for
i started and almost finished my hood today, i still have to bolt the plexi glass to the aluminum tubes (notice all the swiss cheese style holes for weight haha), it has to be siliconed down so it doesnt leak, all hte plexi glass was cut using a knife we found in my friends garage and heated it till it was red hot, cut for like 4 inches, then reheated took some time but oh well. i cut the new air hole. and the extensions have to be put on both down tubes in each direction so the water has to be really high in the hood chamber to even get into the tube. i think it should keep out water very well hopefully. i will post pics when its totally completed oh yeah and the bottom aluminum supports need a plat welded onto them so they distribute the load over more of an area so they dont poke right through hood. nothing its glued down or anything yet but this is how its gonna look.
all my ski is now is a bare hull with electrics as you can see
i started and almost finished my hood today, i still have to bolt the plexi glass to the aluminum tubes (notice all the swiss cheese style holes for weight haha), it has to be siliconed down so it doesnt leak, all hte plexi glass was cut using a knife we found in my friends garage and heated it till it was red hot, cut for like 4 inches, then reheated took some time but oh well. i cut the new air hole. and the extensions have to be put on both down tubes in each direction so the water has to be really high in the hood chamber to even get into the tube. i think it should keep out water very well hopefully. i will post pics when its totally completed oh yeah and the bottom aluminum supports need a plat welded onto them so they distribute the load over more of an area so they dont poke right through hood. nothing its glued down or anything yet but this is how its gonna look.
all my ski is now is a bare hull with electrics as you can see
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Finally Flippin
- Location
- Lake Minnetonka, MN
Looking good! Keep up the good work and make sure to get us a weight too! My stocker weighs exactly 20lbs with out the fire ext.
FL-cracker
X-H2O
- Location
- old exit 72 Melbourne
Nice job KX.
IceRocket1286
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- Location
- Metro Detroit
a std length umi pole and std plate are still -1 shorter than a stock kawi setup.
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
so you'll be at -3 allready. Mine is the same. I think it is perfect. Don't forget your footholds are pretty far back.
The hood looks good. I hope it still saves you some serious weight.
The hood looks good. I hope it still saves you some serious weight.
- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
yeah as it looks right now its gonna be like a hair under 15 maybe 15 even when i weighed everything. if it ends up not saving weight it should keep water out, but who knows we will see it gives me something to do and play around with.
- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
did some dremel work over the last few days to my footholds (mac mashers) they just werent cutting it in the holding of my feet department so i decided to base them off the blowsion digger models. simply cut out a section clear out the foam behind it and now i am just gonna reglass the old piece back in there. i didnt know kawi used packing foam in the back of my ski. also got my 46 mikunis a few days ago, did some dremel work to get them to match the intake mani perfectly. took them apart and decided to throw a rebuild kit at them just to be safe, got a rebuild kit for my remote fuel pump also, and a nice throttle wheel and bracket, so they should be good to go. they have 150 mains and i forget the lows. anyone know where a good starting point would be???? anyone have a suggestion on what main jet to run in the return line restrictor? it has an 80 in it right now. tomorrow should be glassing the holds in depending on how much time i got.
DJ i think i actually talked my parents into scheding our floridia so i can hit up the daytona motosurf thing.
DJ i think i actually talked my parents into scheding our floridia so i can hit up the daytona motosurf thing.
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- Sweet Valley, pa
today i finished glassing in my cut out mashers, used my friends crazy reddish kinda resin. goofy color combo but hardened up like a rock in like 10 minutes. then i ran out of that so i had to go to my blue stuff so i have a quite colorful foothold combo. they are like 3 inches deeper into the hull as you can see. they fit my kawasaki shoes pretty nice and they give a much better hold. i also ported my intake mani to accept my 46's and ported it so it lines up perfect with the reed cages. gotta get some money so i can get my turf finished up. also getting my UMI pole powder coated for free in about a week so thats good. also starting my new sticker combo for this year. check out my idea for my dash stickers in the first pic.
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- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
haha thanks i got them from the shop that sponsors me anyone can get them actually look in the kawi accesories. they really turn heads cause when they are new they are FLO green. mine are beat cause they are my only shoes haha.
AirforceCommand
Whatchagotinthebox
- Location
- Northern California
Reverse mount those 46s, set the pop off at 19 lbs(2.5 N/S GOLD SP). Then go with a 127.5 low jet and 110 High jet with 3/4 turn on the low 1/2 turn on the high That should make her rip
- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
hey thatnks for the setup tip, what do you mean exactly by reverse mount? would that be something like have the fuel rail part facing towards the motor?
AirforceCommand
Whatchagotinthebox
- Location
- Northern California
You want to face the fuel pumps towards the hull and the bowls to the engine. Turning the carbs around keeps the needle from vibrating off the seat at low idle. You will also need to move the throttle cable to the back using the riva bracket.I can take and post a pic of my setup tomorow.... E.J.
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- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
thats how i had them setup i am waiting for my bracket to come in the mail, but i would still like to see a pic, thanks
AirforceCommand
Whatchagotinthebox
- Location
- Northern California
Ok here is a couple pics of my carbs and ski. The hood latch/strap setup is my own design and i have never lost my hood with it and 95% of my riding is ocean
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- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
SWEEEEET!! :Banane01: :cheer: :arms:
I like that ratchet strap setup better than mine. I have two rachet straps...one on each side of the bumper. That is killer. All hoods should be held down that way! I also like the little primer mount on the old pipe bracket. Very cool setup.
I like that ratchet strap setup better than mine. I have two rachet straps...one on each side of the bumper. That is killer. All hoods should be held down that way! I also like the little primer mount on the old pipe bracket. Very cool setup.
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- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
Is that a Superjet AC pole with XMetal steering?:sneaky: I have the UMI setup myself.
- Location
- Sweet Valley, pa
that looks like a nice setup you got there, thanks for the pics..