Ducky
Back in the game!
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
This is more of a thank you thread than a build thread. I've wanted to build a RN for a while, but I am weird about my finances and I try to keep my jetski money seperate from my personal funds (For now). So if I part out a ski, I put that money towards building a better jet ski and stuff like that.
I got the hull and pole with pretty much nothing else (No inserts, nada) a month ago and collected all these parts, emptied my jet ski wallet, got a lot of help from good people, and make it just in time for the Carolina beach ride this weekend.
So the ski...nothing crazy at all. Got to water test it last night for all of about 10 minutes before it turned dark, but I am super impressed. Most of my experience is with Kawis that have weak bottom end, so this was awesome.
2000 RN Hull with R&D front sponsons.
Thrust Steering with RRP Straight bars, ATP Finger Throttle
Stock 61x motor out of VXR ....about to blow up
Factory Pipe
H2O Designs Updated Waterbox
MSD Enhancer
9/15
...pretty basic, but I cant wait to spend a lot more time on a pole ski that is finally all mine!
Not the greatest pictures at all, but it started out pretty rough and disrespected. @Scraggly even admitted to peeing all over it after some drinkin' at the SFF lol.
Pretty much all of these pictures are in-progress pictures, so dont think we left the engine bay or turf like it is shown.
So now to the Thank Yous...
Thanks to @Big Kahuna for giving me the lead on the hull and bringing it to me at the SFF for free...(well, a few shots of fireball)
Thanks to @kurtwolff and @Wizards Powersports for hooking me up with tons of hardware, the pump, and random parts.
Thanks to @JetManiac for dealing with countless PMs from me and delivering 5 or 6 orders of varying size to me within the last 3 weeks, all of which were on time.
Thanks to @Fast Elements for hooking me up with the waterbox, turf, hooker and whatever else I got from ya!
Thanks to @DAG for moral support and helping me decide on certain parts and ideas I wanted to make happen.
And finally, huge huge thanks to @jo5hi3 for spending tons of time helping me build it right and teaching me along the way. Couldn't have done it without ya. It is pretty hard to deal with me when my OCD kicks in and I have to clean every single nut, bolt, thread, surface, etc multiple times before we can go any further. Thanks for not killing me
What an awesome community to be a part of. Yea there are a bunch of complainers here, but this is what it is about!
Now its time to rip all weekend, blow my motor up and upgrade....BRAPPPP.
I got the hull and pole with pretty much nothing else (No inserts, nada) a month ago and collected all these parts, emptied my jet ski wallet, got a lot of help from good people, and make it just in time for the Carolina beach ride this weekend.
So the ski...nothing crazy at all. Got to water test it last night for all of about 10 minutes before it turned dark, but I am super impressed. Most of my experience is with Kawis that have weak bottom end, so this was awesome.
2000 RN Hull with R&D front sponsons.
Thrust Steering with RRP Straight bars, ATP Finger Throttle
Stock 61x motor out of VXR ....about to blow up
Factory Pipe
H2O Designs Updated Waterbox
MSD Enhancer
9/15
...pretty basic, but I cant wait to spend a lot more time on a pole ski that is finally all mine!
Not the greatest pictures at all, but it started out pretty rough and disrespected. @Scraggly even admitted to peeing all over it after some drinkin' at the SFF lol.
Pretty much all of these pictures are in-progress pictures, so dont think we left the engine bay or turf like it is shown.
So now to the Thank Yous...
Thanks to @Big Kahuna for giving me the lead on the hull and bringing it to me at the SFF for free...(well, a few shots of fireball)
Thanks to @kurtwolff and @Wizards Powersports for hooking me up with tons of hardware, the pump, and random parts.
Thanks to @JetManiac for dealing with countless PMs from me and delivering 5 or 6 orders of varying size to me within the last 3 weeks, all of which were on time.
Thanks to @Fast Elements for hooking me up with the waterbox, turf, hooker and whatever else I got from ya!
Thanks to @DAG for moral support and helping me decide on certain parts and ideas I wanted to make happen.
And finally, huge huge thanks to @jo5hi3 for spending tons of time helping me build it right and teaching me along the way. Couldn't have done it without ya. It is pretty hard to deal with me when my OCD kicks in and I have to clean every single nut, bolt, thread, surface, etc multiple times before we can go any further. Thanks for not killing me
What an awesome community to be a part of. Yea there are a bunch of complainers here, but this is what it is about!
Now its time to rip all weekend, blow my motor up and upgrade....BRAPPPP.
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