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I just pulled it apart, last year I remember reading someone had a similar issue and it was the reeds. Hopefully I can swap em out and start riding again. It's been too long since I've ridden the 550

I think I found the problem..

Giggity

IIRC, from just over idle cruising around, if you went WOT it felt slow to accelerate and would flatten out in mid to high throttle.

oh it will! I'm just really good at taking on more projects than I can handle ;)

I've been working on cars every night this week, and I'm flying out for a wedding this weekend.... It's going to be a while, but I will for sure post updates.

This looks good! Sub'd

lol, any specific findings after they're fixed or are they still allergic?

Thanks for the help man! I'll run some tests and get back. Should be able to jump on diagnosing Sunday afternoon.

It would fall on it's face after 5 seconds in the water. It's completely stock, so I set the screws at stock settings and half turn adjustments either way weren't affecting the outcome. @BRANDO6X Can you add anything to this thread?

here's one for sale now, with a powered lift needs bunks installed on the bottom, but I bet it would work great http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/boa/5034871296.html h

That would make sense, but I really hope that's not it, since it's sat all winter :l I planned on doing a top end, so I'll know when I pull it apart.

Ran it 2 seasons and in August last year it wouldn't start after putting in a bilge. It ran for a bit that day after some praying and then died and wouldn't turn over again. I cleaned out the start switch and connections and put in a new CDI because the wires were pretty faded and probably...

Haha, yeah, I've been slacking. but now it's moving along pretty well, so I figured I would document it.

Here's a pic of how much the rocker moved up from the bond rail. You can see the measurements on the side of the top deck. Those numbers were just above a piece of tape that I used to guestemate how much material to remove. then I copied the numbers on the opposite side. I marked and measured...

I sanded over the weekend for several hours and removed the ribs on the inside of the engine bay before I add carbon inside to reinforce and of coarse look sweet :) It's pretty poopty with all the crap going everywhere when you're sanding. I'd grind away for a good 5 minutes and then vacuum...

Yeah, I was really unsure if it would all line up, but I figured if it didn't I'd add a couple more layers of reinforcement to each side on top of the filler.

Test fitting the tank with a shortened fill tube that will fill between the pole and hood. I then cut the hood along the natural styling line about midway up the side and removed the hood guts. Here's a better picture of the rocker with gorilla tape holding the shims in there when I move...

lol, what's with the auto-correct? I guess 5hit is a bad word? I'll try not to use it I guess, but really?!

About 3 months passed and it's "holy-poop-its-already-May-I-better-get-my-ass-in-gear" time. I knew I was rockering, but really had no idea how I wanted to go about it. Obviously, the first thing you do when rockering is cut the top off, right? And I did that. ha Honestly, with the...