Freestyle Zeskis XFS

[zeski25]

good looking out, i did not check them

Chris, Be sure to check the bolts that hold the motor mount rails down, pull them and loctite. Buddy had his come loose last night at Tricky's. Maybe 20 minutes riding time tops on this ski. Got to pull motor today and go through them.

 

[zeski25]

what do you guys think of the tank/battery combo? Works perfect in conjunction with the power box also stoked!

 

[Big Kahuna]

Chris pulled his motor last night, I went out and pulled the rails. 2 holes on the exhaust side are stripped out, think we can get longer bolts to grab farther down Those bolts that come with them are very short.

 

[zeski25]

damn hope everything works out.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Bolted back down. Chris, I would swap those bolts out with longer ones. At least m8x1.25 x 20-22mm. You need at least 4-6 more threads on the bolts.

 

[waterfreak]

I think that whole adjustable bracket is a bunch of crap. When would you ever want to move the motor forward when the further back is the best position possible for freestyle.
Here's what I noticed when I put mine together. You have to remove the bracket to put the motor mounts on. Yes, the bolts are way too short and they also used lock tight on them even though they have to be removed for installation ...WTF!

anyway, great build Cris ! can't wait to try it out

 

[Big Kahuna]

You do not have to remove the bracket to install the mounts, actually you cannot unless you only bolt one side of the mounts. We installed the mounts with the rail bolted down. Chris (Buddy) is not building a one trick pony XFS. He is running the supplied spacers on the crank side and shaft side. Tricky felt the motor was too far back on his first build with his XFS.

 

[zeski25]

yeeeeheeeeew the 900 is in! I even got some special black novis instead of silver. This thing looks so bit-chin. Tomorrow I will start and run it, I still have some more little things I want to do to make it mine but here's a quick pick. Finished it tonight at 1230!

 

[2ride]

Very very nice... How are you mounting your electrical?

 

[Moto360]

Very very nice... How are you mounting your electrical?

Yeah I also want to see how that electrical is mounted to the side of the hull.

 

[Proformance1]

Wow every one always comments on my clean builds, but yours make mine look like junk and yours is no trailer queen. Super clean!!

 

[mkivbren]

Does that tank thru bolt the bulkhead? Anyone try mounting one in a q8?

 

[ridetrp]

Does that tank thru bolt the bulkhead? Anyone try mounting one in a q8?

yes on the tank, not sure on the q8 i feel like one of the eme guys that had an aerial 8 was selling a bulkhead tank im guessing it didnt fit