"St.Augustine surf slayer" new pics,i finally tufed it!

[butti]

picked up this fx1 from beachjunkey in daytona.this will be my spring 09 ride!


here are a couple pics of the beginings of my wide tray and footholds tell me what you think!

i got the 140mm kawi pump mocked up in there also.


i am REALLY looking forward to riding this ski this year:Banane09:

[yamaslut]

sweet.... make sure you glass the hell out of those wings..

[madscientist]

the last pic looks like a sick fixed conversion possibility would work out well

[butti]

the last pic looks like a sick fixed conversion possibility would work out well


this ski is going to have a fixed pole setup similar to the sj in the old visser freeride video

[WaveDemon]

a fixed steering fx1 is bad ass

[beachjunkey]

Lookin good! :cool2:

[tnj4life]

Nice work. Never seen holds quite like that.

[yamaslut]

dude... the album in your avatar is sick... August Burns Red are brutal!!!

[FL-cracker]

Damn Butti, this gona be a bad beotch!

X2 on ABR....

[tnj4life]

dude... the album in your avatar is sick... August Burns Red are brutal!!!

Haha, I love Hardcore/Metalcore, my wife hates it. I have thier messengers cd, but not that one. If I had something besides dialup i would get you guys a vid of them. "Your Little Suburbia is in Ruins" is a great song/vid, the lead singer makes some funny faces. I dont drink coffee in the mornings, just pop in ABR and crank it up, the double bass is nice to hear when you first wake up. Its great music to listen to b4 going jetskiing. They pretty much set the standard on metalcore. Have you heard of Seventh Star? I think they're from Florida.

[deblaster]

Cool deck and foot holds.

[felix5oh]

thats gonna rock dude.

[tnj4life]

This build is gonna be nice, like a lightweight hard hitting x2. Nice wide stance,that things gonna be wild. Motor mods?

[Idok]

This build is gonna be nice, like a lightweight hard hitting x2. Nice wide stance,that things gonna be wild. Motor mods?


except without all the crappiness of an X2!

[PancakePete]

nice ! that is some serious holds.

[#ZERO]

I just wonder how hard they would be to turf with pointy wings.

Personally I'd cut them on a more forward angle at the top so your shins don't get banged up on landings and so your legs can bend further.

[Idok]

I just wonder how hard they would be to turf with pointy wings.

Personally I'd cut them on a more forward angle at the top so your shins don't get banged up on landings and so your legs can bend further.


that was my .02 as well, but john LOVES these style of enclosed holds.....

he actually trimmed them down a hair last night and it made them look a little more forgiving..



no turf job is difficult with heat :smokin:

[butti]

a little progress


glassed up the tray,footholds and pump

installed drain into pump cavity

finished kaw driveline


also did a halfassed carbon reenforcing job inside (according to idok):nana:

[special fx]

Cool !

[Idok]

notice there are no pix of that!




I guess a complete carbon job would detract from your fancy paintjob and topnotch glassing skillz

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(now, its 2 on 1!)

[butti]

notice there are no pix of that!




I guess a complete carbon job would detract from your fancy paintjob and topnotch glassing skillz

:nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana:

(now, its 2 on 1!)


no pics of the inside,its shamefull in there

[shawn_NJ]

Fixed steer FX....your my hero!

[butti]

This build is gonna be nice, like a lightweight hard hitting x2. Nice wide stance,that things gonna be wild. Motor mods?



standard issue surf motor
61x/61x 84mm forged pistons 180psi
wetjet intake/48mm carb
b-pipe/mod chamber

[ADDict]

This is going to be SICK!! Nice work. I can't wait to have a fixed steer yamaha. I LOVE those gunwhales/holds, looks killer.

[crab]

So you run smaller id. bearings in the SJ housing, and different seals?

[butti]

So you run smaller id. bearings in the SJ housing, and different seals?



i press fit the whole core of a kawi mid bearing into a yamaha housing.one or both parts need to be machined to make it work.

if someone were to find the right bearings and seals to pull it off witout machine work they would a :-):-):-):-)ing hero to many im sure!

[Algonquin]

i press fit the whole core of a kawi mid bearing into a yamaha housing.one or both parts need to be machined to make it work.

if someone were to find the right bearings and seals to pull it off witout machine work they would a :-):-):-):-)ing hero to many im sure!



Its been done.

[butti]

Its been done.



care to share the part #'s ? or is it a secret:shrug:

[Algonquin]

No secret.

It was in my build thread.

Seals I'm using Timken 100115977. Size 20x52x7. They are double lip seals with a spring on one lip. I can't find the number for the bearing but it was similar to one found in McMaster-Carr. #5972K56. Its double sealed and can spin up to 9000 rpm.

Bearings have the same slip fit on the driveshaft as the stock kawi, and same press fit in the yam housing as stock yam bearings.

Only problem is neither is stainless. I just looked at the spring on the seal and it is rusting. Bearings still seem fine.

I've only put about 20 hours on this setup 4 hours of which in the salt.

[WAB]

I missed this bofore somehow.
Awsome project! I love it
I had the site bookmarked that showed the visser pole support setup. You gonna weld up an alum support for the pole similar to that?

[butti]

I missed this bofore somehow.
Awsome project! I love it
I had the site bookmarked that showed the visser pole support setup. You gonna weld up an alum support for the pole similar to that?



post the link,i havnt actually seen that ski in a long time.im not sure how im gonna do this one yet.i have been kicking around a lot of ideas.i want to keep it convertable so it can be ridden as a pole ski sometimes

[Bonzia Bob]

Sweet, looking good.

[yamaslut]

when do you want to turf that thing???

[WAB]

post the link,i havnt actually seen that ski in a long time.

Crap, link is dead now. It was: http://www.jetsport.de/gallery_africa.htm
http://www.jetsport.de/index.html works, but the old pics of that ski are gone.

It was welded to the bottom of an alum pole and strapped down.

[butti]

when do you want to turf that thing???


hopefully before the auggie ride.i had to order a bunch of parts this week and bought most of the paint last week so now im tapped.

[butti]

shes in primer!

i have hok candy purple for the bottom and the pole.i was planning to do the topdeck and hood white..but i just stumbled on some black leftover from the "rusty" build that would prolly look great with the sweet tart purple.

option three is silver as its the basecoat for the candy purple so i already have that too

now im totally confused:banghead:

[butti]

any feedback? i want to put color on the top tonite,if i can make up my mind

[madscientist]

silver and purple will be much more visible on the water

[WaveDemon]

black and purple is much tougher than silver and purple.

[motosurfer]

these are the colors im working with

[WaveDemon]

good. silver is too neutral to go with purple by it's self.

[Flash-FX]

This is a cool thread (something different).

Is this the concept?

[madscientist]

purple and silver

[madscientist]

w/ white center down the bottom

[Idok]

This is a cool thread (something different).

Is this the concept?


similar concept...but with a pole that is in a fixed position

[Robert]

Damn you Butti. I saw this thread this morning. I was preping my ski for paint and ended up cutting the sides off after checking out the work you guys have been doing.

http://www.x-h2o.com/showthread.php?t=52590

[butti]

Damn you Butti. I saw this thread this morning. I was preping my ski for paint and ended up cutting the sides off after checking out the work you guys have been doing.

http://www.x-h2o.com/showthread.php?t=52590



haha i know the feeling,there are a few other builds on here that inspired mine

[X2guy]

What Kawi shaft did you use...and does it work as is. May be doing this swap soon.

[mtedder]

Should look like this.........

[butti]

What Kawi shaft did you use...and does it work as is. May be doing this swap soon.


900/1100zxi driveshaft works with no modification(thanks flash!)

the only thing that needs modified is the int.bearing and some glasswork in the pump mounting area


im not much of a kawi fan but i will add that this driveline setup seems bulletproof to me

[X2guy]

Thanks butti.
Yeah the kawi driveline is super simple.

[butti]

here are some new pics.the tray is glassed up and the caker foothold is done.i had to add onto both sides to make it wide enough for my spacious tray:biggrin:


the motor is built,now theres just a handfull of parts i need to finish this thing.

i went with the purple and white like stock and it will have a stock looking fx1 logo on the sides

[PancakePete]

very nice work.

[butti]

here are some other random pics

[Idok]

these pix do not do justice to the HOK candy purple......



btw....that is one sweet piece of carb action you got there!

:)

[yamaslut]

looks good

[butti]

these pix do not do justice to the HOK candy purple......



btw....that is one sweet piece of carb action you got there!

:)



dont be jealous.pound for pound its the most expensive part on the boat:aargh4:

[butti]

almost done! here are a few more pics. all thats left is turf,ride plate and a few little things under the hood but she runs and check out the superjet gas tank in there!

[yamaslut]

almost done! here are a few more pics. all thats left is turf,ride plate and a few little things under the hood but she runs and check out the superjet gas tank in there!

looks good!!!!

[WaveDemon]

wow. Nice job butti.

[GDFL]

very nice work man. need some action shots soon

[butti]

no action shots but i did get it turfed!

[WaveDemon]

that is crazy and awesome.