Custom/Hybrid The Backie Chan vs Rok-R comparison pics

XJCrawler

XJCrawler

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Edmonton, AB
I brought the Backie Chan over to my buddy truerider411's place on the weekend for a little comparison. The fit and finish on both of these hulls is awesome and I can't wait to get them on the water!!

The first thing we noticed when we had the hulls side by side was how different the bottom decks were. It makes sense since the Chan is SXR based and the Rok-r is superjet based. The Backie Chan came a little more complete then the Rok-r, it had turf, pump shoe and pump inserts where the Rok-r didn't


Some of the major differences between the hulls are
The Chan is wider in the nose with sponsons built into the sides of the hull
The Rok-r is 3" shorter from nose to tail (not includeing ride plates)
The ride plate designs are totally different
The BC has a much bigger tray area
The Rok-r has a fixed aluminum blade for an intake

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wanderer1

wanderer1

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Cruising Around
Nice pics,they both look great. Friend just ordered his RokR and the items you listed are included in his so IDK. WDK hood retention? Both look like a lot of fun.
 
TheBuzzard

TheBuzzard

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the jetski grave yard
both those hoods started off looking the same. the rokr hood is the same hood as the rok. the chan and hood started off as a rok. supposedly according to jeff, the bottom of the rokr IS NOT A COPY OF ANY OTHER HULL. steve made the hood lower profile and with different lines, but the hood pin system is the same and in the same place. my rokr 1200 porpoises pretty bad even with the long plate unless my knees are on the hood when i'm riding straight. i dont recall the 1200 chan doing that. my rokr battery box has blown out of there 4 times and i'm pretty sick of dicking with it. oh and the side exhaust is hell on the right ear.
 
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swapmeet

swapmeet

Brotastic
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Arlington TX
XJCrawler said:
Ya they both use the WDK hood pin system which is awesome!
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lol wanderer refuses to believe this....



Cool comparison on sizes and physical features. Nice pics also..

A cool photo would be both skis standing on end, showing the different bottom decks. Maybe throw a SJ in between to show how stupid short they both are lol!
 
wanderer1

wanderer1

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Cruising Around
swapmeet said:
lol wanderer refuses to believe this....



Cool comparison on sizes and physical features. Nice pics also..

A cool photo would be both skis standing on end, showing the different bottom decks. Maybe throw a SJ in between to show how stupid short they both are lol!
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I ask because I've gotten a conflicting statement and received a conflicting part.No biggie like I said,I aint got no dog in the ring. I like them both and think they are both great new alternative's in the A/M hull market. I really like the bond line on the "Chan" and the added width of the rockered front sponsons. Just looked at my ROK and you can see the same smooth lines. Yeah Buzzard,I got dry pipe and no waterbox and its loud.
 
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Pablo

Pablo

sqeez bth levrs & lean bk
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georgia
Sweet skis. Good info. Thanks a ton guys. I was wondering who got that kdx. That is prolly my favorite ski to date.

Give me Backie Chan (unbiased) ride reports or death! I want to put my feet in one of these trays and get the feel and vibe. They're def on my radar.
 
XJCrawler

XJCrawler

Location
Edmonton, AB
Subtract 9lbs for hood 10lbs for rickter holds and 10 lbs for turf and underpading gets you to the 55lbs mark.

There's a reason why every hull manufacture gives you there hull weight with no turf or hood
 
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