Would You Buy An Aftermarket X2 Hull?

X2guy

X2guy

Location
Barrie, ON
Legdragger said:
I heard this rumor from a reliable source too!
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Problem is Pete...will you be able to afford to buy a new one every year or 2? You seem to go through them like crazy.
I do however vote you to buy the first one and bash it around. If you dont bust it up I should be ok to buy one.
 
Legdragger

Legdragger

Bringing it back
Location
New Hampshire
X2guy said:
Problem is Pete...will you be able to afford to buy a new one every year or 2? You seem to go through them like crazy.
I do however vote you to buy the first one and bash it around. If you dont bust it up I should be ok to buy one.
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Theoretically it would be stronger than stock. I could ride a stock hull in surf anyway but it would be nice for flatwater with a burly 900cc + motor running on race gas and total loss. Total loss would keep you out of salt water even if you wanted to ride it.

Getting rid of the double concave bottem would make it land so much less harsh. It is just the front half of the bottem deck that has it.
 
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dbrutherford

dbrutherford

Parts Whore
Location
Fairmont, WV
Jawbreaker said:
Check out the back sides of the X2 hull from shin....Looks as if they were changed to help BR's, kinda like some of the jap SJ hulls.
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That looks like stock X2 hulls to me. My two have that little edge on them. There is no way I am doing a BR though without a lot less weight, a lot more power, or a lot bigger wave.

DBR
 
Idok

Idok

F1pro
Location
Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
betrezra said:
"Yup! I would buy one. I figured out a long time ago how much "fun factor" is worth! when people ask me why I have such an expensive motor in a "thousand dollar ski" (my TJ built 750 stroker in my X2), I have to chuckle b/c every time I step off the ski, I find myself giggling like a kid. What's that worth?! People with that attitude will never experience that kind of fun!!!!"

Well Said.

I work with some guys who don't spend a dime they save every penny.... have no hobbies.. just work to hide from their wives ;)
..... and they think I'm nutz for playing with 10-20yrs old jetskiis.... BUT I agree there is no replacement for the Smile I get when I hit the throttle!! :Banane13:
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might as well be dead!
 
snowxr

snowxr

V watch your daughters V
Location
Waterford, MI
crab said:
But, which style hull?:wall:
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I heard this directly from THE source ( 24-7 )
They will be heavily customised versions of the old x-2.
I don't think I could afford to buy and devote any MORE time to another x-2, but I am excited to see someone building something new and different here in the U.S.
 
Legdragger

Legdragger

Bringing it back
Location
New Hampshire
This is my wish list for a modded hull whether it is old or new style:

1) 85 pounds and strong enough to ride surf on (maybe)
2) 2" shorter in the rear.
3) Moved back motor 3-5 inches (better yet give me a couple driveshaft options and multiple motor mount locations and I can figure out where I like it)
I say this because a comparable 650 sx driveshaft is 6" shorter than the X2.

4) 750 pump shoe installed. Just to make it so standard props fit.

5) A superjet style bottem rather than the double concave bottem so it doesn't land so hard if you come down flat or have to ride through chop.

6) A warranty if the hull falls apart and I am out thousands of dollars with not much to show for it.
 
dbrutherford

dbrutherford

Parts Whore
Location
Fairmont, WV
I will add a few points...

- Scupper already installed
- Rear exhaust already installed (through hull silencer?)
- Rear of hull at a 90 degree angle instead of the sloping down (this is a pretty much given if you do the two above mods, Japanese hulls are like this)
- Custom center battery box/location like Pete's old ski
- Mounts in the tray for multiple foot strap locations (I want inserts glassed in so I can bolt up the Dakines and ride)
- Hull brace so you can run duals eaily (noneed for the factory upright supports)
- Trim cable tube (not necessarily the stock trim cable...)
- Tubbies molded in the hull
- Front exhaust
- Custom gas tank so you can run a big pipe
- Steering trim piece
- Low profile hood to match steering
- Round nose instead of the sharp lines (just like that one Shin hull)

- Room for an 1100???

I am sure there are more but I am off ot buy my lottery ticket for tonight!
 
blaw140

blaw140

blaw140
Location
Tahoe City, CA
Maekawa eng hull

Hav u actually seen a maekawa engineering x2 hull? Do u hav pics!? If not describe it, I've been trying to figur out wut the hell these japs r doin to these hulls to do flatwater flips with superstock sxr setups.
 
swapmeet

swapmeet

Brotastic
Location
Arlington TX
blaw140 said:
Hav u actually seen a maekawa engineering x2 hull? Do u hav pics!? If not describe it, I've been trying to figur out wut the hell these japs r doin to these hulls to do flatwater flips with superstock sxr setups.
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I've never wanted to sell someone a vowel more in my life than when I read this.
 
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