riding style for fast skis

[SharkB8]

Just wondering if anyone has ever turned your old faithful slug into a rocket and had to totally change your riding style.

I dumped 5 grand into my 650 square over the winter and now riding it is like a different sport altogether - comparable to the difference between a couch and a stand-up.

 

[smoofers]

Just wondering if anyone has ever turned your old faithful slug into a rocket and had to totally change your riding style.

I dumped 5 grand into my 650 square over the winter and now riding it is like a different sport altogether - comparable to the difference between a couch and a stand-up.

Can't say I know what you are talking about, yet..

What all did you do to your ski? It sounds pretty awesome..

 

[SharkB8]

It was a slug before. I got a 61x motor, hotrod crank, sent to Group K for their full-meal-deal, lightened flywheel, bored reduction nozzle, MSD enhancer, ported cases, "Solas I" sent to Impros to repitch for low end, sent a bunch of stuff to JSS for some TLC. Some other things that were just basic maintance (rebuild pump, new midshaft, cables, etc) but 5 grand disappeared really quick.

Maybe this ski is mild by some folks' standards, I'm not sure. I was just surprised how differently the new ski has to be ridden - leaning far over handlebars to keep the front end down - throw it into a turn any old way and it shoots out like a bullet. With the old motor I had to keep the momentum up rather than turning sharp and relying on its non-existent low end power. Now I basically just try to aim for the next buoy, hold on tight and pull the trigger.

Anyway I was just curious if anyone else found that they had to adjust their riding style much when they got a much faster motor.

 

[smoofers]

Your old 650 sounds like my current 650.

I will say though GroupK builds some SICK motors. My friend has a 650 "Hammer" in his ski and it rips crazy style, can't imagine what a 701 is like...

Sounds like your ski is insanely cool now. Not mild by my standards.... Lets see some pics:headbang:

 

[SQUARE JOEL!!!]

Told ya smoof.......61X!!

 

[SharkB8]

Lets see some pics:headbang:

The old girl's not much to look at inside or out.

Especially inside - a true Frankenski.

Notice the minimalist fuel lines.

Oh well. It does a good job of pulling my arms out of their sockets.

 

[jMike]

Ken Reeves rides the bag off his square nose in masters class at world finals.. Always fun to see an older boat knife in and pull away from a limited hydro!

 

[Crab]

Ken Reeves rides the bag off his square nose in masters class at world finals.. Always fun to see an older boat knife in and pull away from a limited hydro!

Got that right, one of the best riders in the NW.

 

[Shadow7874]

I had to make some changes going from my 550 to my fx1 but the fx1 is a way better ski so it was easy to do.

 

[jMike]

The old girl's not much to look at inside or out.

Especially inside - a true Franenski.

Notice the minimalist fuel lines.

Oh well. It does a good job of pulling my arms out of their sockets.

Nice clean ski BTW, very nice form of abstract expressionism.. If your racing it I know of a few guys (and had a chance to chat with Ken at Kokomos and also found out) that put upwards of 30lbs under the motor and nose to keep it planted. Not so good of a mod for freestyle..

 

[SharkB8]

Really! I was going to ask if adding extra weight to the front would make sense but didn't want to get laughed out of here. I will replace the new micro fuel tank with the original stocker to see how much that helps first. Thanks...................

 

[Big Kahuna]

with more power, you do have to alter your riding style some.

 

[jap7t8]

The old girl's not much to look at inside or out.

Especially inside - a true Frankenski.

Notice the minimalist fuel lines.

Oh well. It does a good job of pulling my arms out of their sockets.

Not much to look at? Looks pretty damn nice and clean to me. What pipe is that? I can't afford to send the 650 off to Group K yet, so I am taking baby steps. Pipe is my first planned mod.

 

[SharkB8]

Thanks. Its a coffman sizzler pipe. If I were you I would start looking for a 701 factory pipe now - they seem to be rare. Run it on your 650 now, and if you upgrade to a 701 later, you've already got your pipe.

 

[cleetus]

I think your motor looks great... neat and lean... all you need...

 

[MADMAT]

That thing should be night and day I would think. Heck yea you will need to actually ride it now.... like aggressively own that biatch....

 

[Etheraldreamer]

i did the same thing. went from a weak badly needing a rebuild bone stock 61x to what i have now. it was stock pipe, everything.
new 46SBN
B pipe
ported cylinder
ada head at about 185psi
impeller
msd enhancer

other stuff im sure but thats the bulk of it. and jsut like you it was a night and day difference

i think most people build them slowly and a piece at a time, especially their first boats, but i liked the huge jump in performance. it was thrilling. but yes, i had to learn to ride all over again

 

[jap7t8]

Thanks. Its a coffman sizzler pipe. If I were you I would start looking for a 701 factory pipe now - they seem to be rare. Run it on your 650 now, and if you upgrade to a 701 later, you've already got your pipe.

Nice. Thanks for the advice. Is the 701 factory a wet or dry pipe? And it will run on a basically stock 650?