Other The What is your biggest Rookie move on a build.

TontoM3

TontoM3

Manager of Gnar Shredding activities
Location
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Still in rookie mode so bear with me.

Bought a 77 440 with a new paint job so I automatically assumed it was going to be awesome. Looks good in my garage!

Forgot to bolt on my intake grate and ride plate. :)

Hooking up the return line and main lines backwards.

Not tightening my exhaust coupler and while riding it started bogging and then I swam 1.5 miles back across the lake just intime for someone to ask if iwas alright.
 
BlessedYamahaSJ

BlessedYamahaSJ

Location
Farmington Hills, MI
this thread is starting to make me worry. I cannot think of any rookie moments i have had. only been in it for a year now, and seeing all you 'seasoned' riders, i am wondering what will my first FML moment be. The only thing i can think of right now is i cannot remember if i put a gasket on the flywheel cover.
 
tshank123

tshank123

Yo hablo ingles
Location
Vegas
BlessedYamahaSJ said:
this thread is starting to make me worry. I cannot think of any rookie moments i have had. only been in it for a year now, and seeing all you 'seasoned' riders, i am wondering what will my first FML moment be. The only thing i can think of right now is i cannot remember if i put a gasket on the flywheel cover.
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Dont worry, the only thing that gasket does is keep water out of the generator. Now that I think about, thats pretty important.
 
SkiDiggity

SkiDiggity

formerly kawirider142
Location
Simi Valley, California, United States
I got one.. So it was a great day on the water in the ocean until i sunk the ski after loosing it in the surf. Got it running again rode for another 30 min and then headed back to the launch ramp. Right as i got there it died and would not start again. When i got home, worried about salt clogging all my cooling ports in the B-Pipe, i decided why don't i back flush it that will do the trick. Ran the water for about 3 minutes and filled up the whole motor not knowing until I took the plugs out seeing that the water was all the way to the top. got all the water out that i could and trying to take off the head i snapped the head bolt as well. Got it all put back together to only find out that it was my start stop switch that had taken a dump. Put it all back together a day later and i am still riding it to this day almost 3 years later.. fingers crossed she hasn't blown up yet :)
 
yldsix

yldsix

Location
australia
Had to rebuild seadoo motor after someone stole it, as they dropped a bolt in the crank case. Just finished rebuild and dropped a bolt in there myself and on those motors you cant get it out without stripping all the way down.
 
yamanube

yamanube

This Is The Way
Staff member
Location
Mandalor
SXR-FOREVER said:
Yeah i was 12 and they were my first skis.. I got them from a lady I mowed for. No idea how I didn't die or start anything on fire. Looking back... i wish i still had that kind of luck
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I thought you were going to say "buying an SXR copy aftermarket hull."
 
OtherDonnieGuy

OtherDonnieGuy

Location
Illinois
Reinstalling a motor in my sj after a starter swap. swapped fuel lines. I probably went through a 1/2 gallon of premix gas down the cylinder trying to get it to run thinking i had a nasty air lock. Even double checked it with my blaster and must have looked at the carb wrong (it was dark out). i ended up with a huge pool of oil under my exhaust on the garage floor lol

on my 750sx i was working on something and took it for a quick circle with no hood (think i was checking my water lines)...i managed to fall off during that circle :bigeyes:
 
amitchell

amitchell

Location
Victoria BC
mwoodss said:
87 kawi 650sx and it ran great, My first ski also. I got it about 2 weeks ago. Me n the old lady wanted to get out and ride so i just assumed everything was cool.... Runs great for a couple days so i go a little farther away from the boat ramp than i normally would and of course the motor eats 2 reeds.. old stock spring steel reeds...i swam me n the ski in for 2 hours, being passed while i waved for help by five boats but thats another post.... i got it back to the shop, cylinders walls chewed, bearings destroyed and bunch of metal in the bottom end.. off to sbt... fun fun..
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Thats really lame getting passed by boats. I towed a 15ft aluminum with my superjet last season, they were grateful.
 
lamar311

lamar311

Location
Mesa, Arizona
- Taking off my first flywheel, getting stuck and finally stripping out my gear puller. Buying a new puller asking for more advice on the forum and getting told to use heat on the ring gearl and whack it with a hammer. So I did just that...heated up the ring gear and wacked the flywheel with a hammer on the edges until it popped off. Success I thought...untill I looked at the magnets which were now destroyed and the stator coil was nicked making it useless.

Confused I asked for clarification and got...just hit it with a hammer. When I explained I did...but it damaged the magnets, the forum reply was..."I mean the tool dude...not the flywheel". Not his fault at all but man did I feel stupid.

- Thinking a Westcost pipe would make a huge improvement over the stock modded 650 pipe. Than leaning the carb until it ran amazing...for about 3 minutes.

- Reversing cooling and bilge lines on a 650 sx.

- Doing a sub with the hood latch not locked on a square.....yeah that was fun.
 
Balduccimoto

Balduccimoto

Location
NYC/Long Island
sxipro02 said:
So harsh bro......... The truth hurts
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Im on a Kawi after riding a Yamaha. The trick is it has to be in aftermarket hull. I think it's a better engine package as far as power and ease of service. With Kawi you're chasing response, on a yamaha you're chasing power. Either way you have to dump big money into stroker cranks/billet PV cylinders to achieve competition performance. It's all apples and oranges. I could go on forever with pros and cons, but then i'd be derailing this more than I am.

One of my bad rookie moves was having someone else do work for me. I always get burned regardless of the job or vehicle.
 
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