finz08
fx--1
- Location
- Bakersfield CA
Do i need one for the surf?
kill switch lanyard
- Thread starter finz08
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RoTAxGreNade
X-
- Location
- Port St. Loozer
Not really - It's actually a hinderance to most... Those precious seconds that it takes to plug it in can make the difference of you getting swallowed and wadded up.
I prefer to set my idle low enough so it chugs for a few seconds and dies.
I prefer to set my idle low enough so it chugs for a few seconds and dies.
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Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
X2- Personally I hate them. I zip tie mine up. But technically I think its the law? The lanyard law stemed from a collision at some races held in Mission Bay about 15 yrs ago. On the race course a ski collided with another puncturing the fiberglass on the side which lodged into the throttle on the carb holding it wide open. The rider was thrown from the ski which was headed for, and ended up in the crowd up on the beach. I can't remember if any one was injured. If he had been wearing a lanyard the whole thing would have been prevented so the lanyard law was the result.
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masterblaster
X-H2
they suck for surf,just more time wasted getting going again,before you get smashed.set idle for a few secs,zip tie it and your good
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
youll be sorry when your throttle springs breaks, and have no lanyard. its happened to me (with lanyard), your ski will be off to asia.
RoTAxGreNade
X-
- Location
- Port St. Loozer
That is a thought that is always in the back of my mind especially when doing flatwater tricks - I did a monkey jump once and the throttle bushing was a little loose and wedged under the grip. Luckily the nose plowed underwater until it filled up with water and half sunk.... about 100 feet away.
In reality I wouldn't be too concerned in the surf as you are going relatively slow and can dismount/ tip the ski while hanging on to the bars to unload the pump - It's kinda beat into us surf riders to never let go or throw away a ski anyways.
Even if it did get away a wave will more than likely ruin the ski's vacation trip to asia... or the Bahamas
In reality I wouldn't be too concerned in the surf as you are going relatively slow and can dismount/ tip the ski while hanging on to the bars to unload the pump - It's kinda beat into us surf riders to never let go or throw away a ski anyways.
Even if it did get away a wave will more than likely ruin the ski's vacation trip to asia... or the Bahamas
Rickster
Matakana Menace
- Location
- Bay of Plenty, NZ
- Location
- amarillo ,tx
i ride mine in the lakes with the lanyard hooked up to the switch and not me. Its a nusance imo, cant realy use one when your doing hood tricks and such.
Soul Man
X
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL
Red button not much use if you are seperated from the ski.
Red button (on SJ's) is set up in such a way that if the button fails (corrosion in button, corrosion or loose at the black/white connectors) it will not shut off the motor. Granted in this situation, if I recall correctly pulling the lanyard won't kill it either...
I don't zip tie, but I do have a lanyard key zip tied to my bars. That way I can plug it in, but also easily unplug it and put my real lanyard in. FOr the last 2 years or more I haven't used it, and just always put my lanyard on. For surf and flatwater.
When I fall, I grab my lanyard key in my hand as I'm swimming for the ski and it takes 1/2 second to plug it in.
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
- Location
- Rentz, GA
I feel the same way about lanyards as i do safety glasses, steeltoes, hardhats and helmets. They are all a pain to use but sure are nice to have when it counts.
I can think of at least 3 occassions where each of the above mentioned items have saved me from having a very bad day, including the lanyard. :bigok:
I can think of at least 3 occassions where each of the above mentioned items have saved me from having a very bad day, including the lanyard. :bigok:
chriselmore_1
high on resin
- Location
- san jose ca
nothin like scramblein to get your lanyard plugged in while an 8foot face is climbing on you, gettin it plugged in too late, get smashed and held under, swamp your boat and get washed up into the rocks and crack your hull, and have a wave slam your hull into your knee against a rock...
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
- Location
- Rentz, GA
I've been there too, got tumbled by a 6 footer and my lanyard got caught up in my helmetcam in the mess. Got tumbled twice more trying to get the lanyard untaggled and plugged back in.
I still wear it though.
I run mine the same way... it's negligence enough to run without the lanyard period but at least I can swap in or out with relative ease as I carry my real lanyard on my ski.
Plus I like to be able to pull the key when I leave the ski sitting out in parking lots, etc. cause you never know who will screw with it. Why have it zip tied up where a simple press of the start button will fire her up?
I've come out of stores before and seen moms with their kids propped up on my old couches back in the day. Learned the hard way not to have bilge switches exposed for anyone just to be able to flick on. :Flush:
masterblaster
X-H2
not to say that nothing bad will ever happen if your zip tied,but the odds are far less bad things will happen in the surf,doing it this way.Its just a matter of time till you get swamped with a lanyard..........for sure
- Location
- Huntington Beach, Ca
if you are ever about to get worked by a wave you could always just lift the lanyard plug thing with your fingers and ride to the outside or to shore... I have done it numerous times in some sizeable surf.
masterblaster
X-H2
thats the last thing I wana sweat being able to do in good size surf,but props to you for pulling that off
Rickster
Matakana Menace
- Location
- Bay of Plenty, NZ
My comment was in relationship to the carb spring breaking. If your on the ski and the spring breaks, then a simple push of the button will kill it.
Whether you use a lanyard or have the idle turned way down, it's down to personal preference not safety in the surf. IMO Personally, I want to know the ski will start at a push of the button if a 4m wave is bearing down on me.
Tkmww
Tanner M.
- Location
- Jacksonville, Fl
I ride with mine plugged in.
1. If I get seperated from my ski and it is upside down I don't want water getting in...which it does....and hydro lock my ski.
2. The odd chance that the throttle gets stuck and goes flying into the beach, a person, or ocean.
As far as the taking time to plug it in while a wave is coming at you. Have an emergency plugin already by the start stop. Take an old lanyard, secure it to your handlebars so it is very close to the switch. That way when you get back to the ski, it is only and inch from being plugged in. You plug it in, get moving, then take the lanyard that is on you and push from the opposite end to swap plugins. The ski keeps running and you are now attached to the kill switch again. It has saved me a few times in the surf. I have also done the fingertip thing...not easy but has worked.
Whoops...just saw that soul man said the same thing.
1. If I get seperated from my ski and it is upside down I don't want water getting in...which it does....and hydro lock my ski.
2. The odd chance that the throttle gets stuck and goes flying into the beach, a person, or ocean.
As far as the taking time to plug it in while a wave is coming at you. Have an emergency plugin already by the start stop. Take an old lanyard, secure it to your handlebars so it is very close to the switch. That way when you get back to the ski, it is only and inch from being plugged in. You plug it in, get moving, then take the lanyard that is on you and push from the opposite end to swap plugins. The ski keeps running and you are now attached to the kill switch again. It has saved me a few times in the surf. I have also done the fingertip thing...not easy but has worked.
Whoops...just saw that soul man said the same thing.
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ridethelip
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"nothin like scramblein to get your lanyard plugged in while an 8foot face is climbing on you, gettin it plugged in too late" chiselmore_1
I run the lanyard and if I get caught inside and I know I can't get it running before I will be taking the next sizeable one on the head I just push the ski parallel to shore and let it go over the falls away from me.I ride a beach break so I can get away with that.Some people lower idle and zip tie.I want it to idle for my style of riding and engine off when lanyard gets yanked when I eat crap so it does not pull water into engine.
I run the lanyard and if I get caught inside and I know I can't get it running before I will be taking the next sizeable one on the head I just push the ski parallel to shore and let it go over the falls away from me.I ride a beach break so I can get away with that.Some people lower idle and zip tie.I want it to idle for my style of riding and engine off when lanyard gets yanked when I eat crap so it does not pull water into engine.
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