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Andersschroder

Andersschroder

Location
Denmark
HI Guys!

Just bought my first stand-up jetski and ended up getting a stock 2009 superjet. I love it but since the waters here in Denmark are usually choppy the learning curve is pretty steep. I'm having a hard time keeping the nose enough down not to fly like crazy over even the smallest waves. I'm leaning as much as i can forward putting the weight on my front leg.

I'm 5'11" and 210 lbs.

Is there anything i can do to the ski to make it more planted and not so nose happy?

Pole shortening? ride plate and grate stuff? and which stuff is best for choppy water? or is it just me i need to modify =)
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
Andersschroder said:
Adding washers? How and where?

Or which plate is good for rough water stability?
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Loosen the front 2 ride plate bolts.
Remove the rear ride plate bolts.
Put 1-3 10mm stainless washers between the hull and the ride plate.
Put rear bolts back in through the washers.
Tighten all bolts.

This a very cheap mod that shims the plate and puts more pressure on the nose.

I have a stock plate and a works dominator. The dominator helps keep the nose down at high speeds, but does not help with sliding even though it had a traction scoop in it. I also rode a Superjet with a jet dynamics, not sure the exact model name, that showed a lot of potential. I didn't put the hours on it that I did my plates but it definately showed more racing potential.

These days I prefer the stock plate not cut. The dominator helped me learn but with the stock plate I can rip pretty good around the course but still throw it around. I'm much better at keeping the ski hooked up than aerials so the long plates hurt my riding more than the short ones.

The biggest handling improvement I got was a pipe, head and prop. My ski used to pop off every wave, but now I just hold it wot, get my weight back and it just pulls through anything under a foot like its flat water. I also have destroyers, but that helped more with carving hard.
 
All stock 701

All stock 701

Location
Pasadena, MD
For the 08+ hulls, the TBM ride plate is the ticket. It keeps the ski planted but also allows the nose to rise in the corners enough to not hook really hard, something that is notorious with the new hulls. Pair that with any fecund intake grate such as the word 228 and your boat will plow through almost anything.
 
Andersschroder

Andersschroder

Location
Denmark
Awesome! Thank you so much!!! Yeah the nose hooks really down when cornering hard currently. And it lifts like crazy over even the smallest waves. But man the 08 corners like its on rails.
 
Andersschroder

Andersschroder

Location
Denmark
Added 3 washers on each of the rear rideplate bolts. Hoooooly crap what a difference that makes. It now plows through small chops like its nothing!!! Best upgrade ever!!!


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