wake up x2 people!

[cattledog]

we were in vegas last week for my big 50 birthday we took a boat cruise on lake mead and hoping to see a x2 , since you guys seem to have a lot of cools x2s down their , it was so hot in vegas never mind the dry heat stuff, its hot , i ride kids on my x2 all the time, and kids love the looks of the x2

 

[X2Pilot]

The weekend before we were in Blythe, CA for the IMPROS sponsored BBSD III Jet Ski gathering. The event drew50+ boats from all over the west coast for some good times and great riding on the Colorado River. I will post some fun videos, but seeing as this is the X2 forum, I begin with some pictures from that weekend...

Charlie Simms and I doing battle on the river: (photo: pyrogirl)

Goofing around with the stocker: (photos: BrianB)

Doing some serious shredding on the superstock! :

14 year old Raquel (X2PiXiE) learning to run the buoys: (photo: pyrogirl)

After 3 days (her second outing on the X2) she was pretty comfortable and was riding the
buoys in the swift river current like a pro!
(photo: BrianB)

Here are a couple videos of the event:
YouTube - IMPROS BBSD III - AAAaaaaarghhh!!

YouTube - BBSD III

YouTube - IMPROS BBSD III - The beach after sunset

YouTube - News from The Cove: Eric "Rudedog" Graff interview

 

[w-nut]

its the middle off winter here and had snow last friday , so not to much happening here . if the weather i fine next weekend we are planning a mid winter surf trip for a hour or so. i have orderd a set off 840 pistons to build up a 840cc sxr engine for my other x2 . duel 46sbn carbs 800 programable ignition set up as a total loss v force 2 reeds and a blaster limited chamber . bring on summer

 

[superx2]

i hope somebody makes the engine bedplate that will allow 701 on to stock x2 hull and pump

i am hoping some one makes this too. the 701 has so much more low end hit then the 750

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Here are a few pics ,its still in the rough at present,I was more worried about getting it ridable than looks,it will be slowly coming along in the looks dept. http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/39215

 

[Vumad]

good luck with school , go riding after school, we ride after work a great releif

I'm in the last week of this semester. Then I have a month off... but I start my new job driving the ambulance as an EMT.

I'll have a bit of time soon. The hull is a hold up. I can pay Tom to install the engine (as the new pipe needs to be finagled in and tuned) and his sponsons but I can't do anything until the nose is done. I have a great deal of faith at the moment in the benefit of reshaping the hull.

 

[Motorheads5]

i will take it if its not to hard for me to get in and if it is a good up grade.

wadman I did a blaster limited chamber on a small pin and no gas tank mod's and it fuggin ripp's however I had to build a custom 90 deg. s/s elbow

 

[x2skier]

Iceracer posted a nice step by step thread on pwctoday for installing the limited chamber. I'll try and locate it......here you go: http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=162136

We just installed one on my friend's 750 and had to:
1. cut the lord mount off the stock exhaust manifold
2. clearance (dent with a hammer) the chamber near the exhaust manifold
3. add a 3/8" water nipple to the stinger to keep the hoses form melting
4. installed a 4" ID x 3" long silicone coupler with T-bolt clamps for chamber to headpipe connection.
5. drilled 1.5" hole through both baffle plates in the stock waterbox. Doing the 1 big hole versus several smaller increases the noise considerably over stock, but does sound good to me.

We were able to use the stock 90 degree elbows and shorten the hoses but is a VERY tight and ugly fit. Getting a pre formed radiator hose with a 90 degree bend in it and then cut it to lenghth would be a better setup.

Major difference over the POS Westcoast pipe he was running. We're now putting in an SXR prop to take full advantage of the power.

 

[X2guy]

i am hoping some one makes this too. the 701 has so much more low end hit then the 750

Maybe in stock form but I think a modded kawi motor is the way to go. Kawis already have the stroke the yamis are looking for...I've only ridden my race ported stroker 785cc yami but I think my 800kawi is just as good and cost much less to build than a stroker. My X2 rips my arms off

 

[shawn_NJ]

Maybe in stock form but I think a modded kawi motor is the way to go. Kawis already have the stroke the yamis are looking for...I've only ridden my race ported stroker 785cc yami but I think my 800kawi is just as good and cost much less to build than a stroker. My X2 rips my arms off

For topend power, I agree with you. But bottom and mid....Yamaha wins hands down. My little limited setup 701, blows my freestyle ported 800 Kawi away on low-mid. The kawi does pull harder up top (alot harder). And thats just a 701 with a pipe. I rode my friends team scream 4mil 803cc(?)....no kawi I have ever ridden has come CLOSE to the low/mid torque power! I HAVE to have one.

 

[Motorheads5]

I have wondered alot about the claim to torque the 701 has. I am not in any way a veteran in the pwc era however stroke and bore along with port height's are what the two stroke are all about and I personally alway's had kawi dirt and street bikes they were the dominator's lol they were also the kx-250 and kz-900's
the crab sez the 701 is the bad boy that man is someone that you need to listen to however I still am the diehard kawi fan.
send me a yami to ride for free for one year and I will give you my honest opinion haha

 

[Crab]

I have wondered alot about the claim to torque the 701 has. I am not in any way a veteran in the pwc era however stroke and bore along with port height's are what the two stroke are all about and I personally alway's had kawi dirt and street bikes they were the dominator's lol they were also the kx-250 and kz-900's
the crab sez the 701 is the bad boy that man is someone that you need to listen to however I still am the diehard kawi fan.
send me a yami to ride for free for one year and I will give you my honest opinion haha

Just go ride OZ's 701, then you will understand.

 

[wadman]

the 701 has mad torque. shawn_NJ's threw me right off the back and i own a moded 800 x2.

 

[Motorheads5]

I am buying another boat from the crabster and am trying to decide what to put in it we'll see I have nothing against yamaha at all. I might have to go that way.
a buddy of mine is toying with a 3 cyl. 40 h.p. four stroke tohatsu outboard motor in a js 550 hull right now and it is cuter than hell.
I'll try and get some pic's there is going to be alot of fab involved in dry sumping it and building the exhaust manifold.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I am buying another boat from the crabster and am trying to decide what to put in it we'll see I have nothing against yamaha at all. I might have to go that way.
a buddy of mine is toying with a 3 cyl. 40 h.p. four stroke tohatsu outboard motor in a js 550 hull right now and it is cuter than hell.
I'll try and get some pic's there is going to be alot of fab involved in dry sumping it and building the exhaust manifold.

You getting Crabs X2?

 

[Motorheads5]

You getting Crabs X2?

not the red one I am buying a x-2 hull he was thinking of building up this winter and decided not to.

 

[cattledog]

i wonder if any of the japanese x2 guys , have a bedplate that would allow a 701 in old x2 hull?

 

[Motorheads5]

i wonder if any of the japanese x2 guys , have a bedplate that would allow a 701 in old x2 hull?

I don't know the 701 motor has a different type of bed plate that is for sure.

 

[Scraggly]

i wonder if any of the japanese x2 guys , have a bedplate that would allow a 701 in old x2 hull?

ive been thinking about this. why the need for a bed plate? (for us)
why not grind the bottom of the hull figure out any alignment and or issues. and glass in 2 10mm thick aluminum details one per side. tapped for sj mounts and spacing. once you put a 701 in there you are not going to go back.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

ive been thinking about this. why the need for a bed plate? (for us)
why not grind the bottom of the hull figure out any alignment and or issues. and glass in 2 10mm thick aluminum details one per side. tapped for sj mounts and spacing. once you put a 701 in there you are not going to go back.

Yeah it sucks that John won't send me a blank bedplate so I can whittle on it and make a 701 fit!