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The more I disassemble my recently purchased SJ, the more stuff I find that looks off... It's a 94 with 61x/61x and a factory b-pipe. I've ridden a few times as have a few of my friends and we haven't had any real problems with it. However, the cooling appears backwards. Right now the...

Well I bought this ski in early fall for $1100. It is a 94 and it has a factory b-pipe, aluminum handlepole, and a westcoast head. Here is what it looks like with some slight modifications to make it look semi-presentable. It had a cracked tray which I had to do a temp repair on so I could ride...

I always thought I was testing the compression on my engine properly until one day I decided to play with the fittings provided... I used to just attach the hose to my engine and crank away with the throttle pinned. That would give me 195psi. Then I added the long reach fitting because it fit...

Seems like it'd be easy enough. Every time I get the back end out of the water to start the fountain, I can hold it for half a second or so and then once the I give it enough gas to have a decent looking arch...the ski rockets under the water between my legs. Do you have to get the nose down...

Just a thought... It seems like it could be fairly easy to just set the height on the bit properly and carefully route out a channel around each of the cylinders and install your own custom o-rings. My main reason for asking is that I've probably pulled the head on my ski at least 20 times...

I know a bunch of people have used the blue yoga mat from walmart as padding for their ski. So to help steer people away from it, I thought I would post my experience with it. I used one layer in the front and two layers in the back. It was fairly soft but I pulled it up to add more padding to...

Ok so today I managed to shave a huge chunk of skin off my shin for the third time due to slipping out of the footholds in a jump. Surely there's something I can do to stay in these things without risking breaking an ankle. Currently I have the REV enclosures that will hold my feet in laterally...

Just as the title says... I know I'm flirting with the line here but I mostly do freestyle and run WOT only for split seconds and then go back to quarter throttle or so. I just got a reading off my new head with 195psi. But keep in mind this is off a Harbor Freight compression tester so I've...

I've been looking at the WCF top decks and must say I'm pretty impressed. However, I wouldn't be a very good consumer if I didn't ask who else makes a top deck. I've heard WDK "used to" make one and XFT "used to" make one. So basically the only company I've seen that makes a top deck is WCF. Is...

I've finally been able to work out my kinks long enough to test the porting job I did using the templates from Racelogic. Now the tricky part of this job was that Racelogic only sells port templates for the big pin motors or 96+ and this is a 92 small pin motor. In addition, Racelogic says that...

Ok so I just bought this head from someone off of here and wasn't informed of any pitting. Granted I got it pretty cheap but either way, I was under the impression it was basically fine. The domes were black as night but I've cleaned up as best I could. I'm willing to ignore the details of...

I managed to fall off today and the ski just took off in a straight line. A little bit later, it hit someone's dock and then shut off. Luckily it was only idling and even more luckily, it didn't hit anyway or any boats. When I got to the ski, I tested the lanyard and it shut the ski off just...

Every now and then I go searching on ebay and craigslist for FX-1's to see if one is local. Well last night I happened to notice someone selling a SJ for pretty cheap. Yeah it's not an FX-1 but thought I'd check it out anyway. Here's what it is. It is a 94 and has a Westcoast head...

It worked great 3 weeks ago. It kinda worked last night and I figured I just had a dead battery so I charged it and today it hasn't worked yet. I pulled it apart and cleaned everything up as it was really disgusting. The brushes still have loads of life, the commutator is in good shape, and...

I'm probably just being paranoid but wanted to be on the safe side. I know you are supposed to break in the engine in the water. Is it ok to start the engine for a few seconds in my garage before taking it to the lake for break in? I'm basically just hoping to fire it up and ensure it runs...

Ok so exactly how are you supposed to install pistons in a two stroke engine? I understand the concept when the piston is off the crank but not so much when the pistons are still on the crank. I can't install the rings using a ring compressor from the bottom because when I ported the cylinder...

I just got the Race Logic porting templates for my 750sx. RL only sells sxi and sxr templates and judging by what's written on the template ("750/800"), I'm guessing they are the same anyway. I actually have a couple questions... First, the bottom template for the cylinder looks like it wants...

I managed to find a new 750 WSM steering cable for $46... Are these cables any good or am I better off looking for a good used cable? Also, I shouldn't them but anyone know where I can get the cable ends from?

I'm hoping to do some porting work with the sport port templates soon and knew I would eventually need new rings for that job. Well when my head gasket blew out, I figured this would be the perfect time to go ahead and order "a new set" of rings...that way I'd save on shipping. Got...

I was out earlier today and was noticing that it seems like more steam is coming out of the pisser than usual. It normally would spit out a little steam after shutting the engine off but now it seems to spit out about 2-3 times the normal amount. Is there any definate way to tell if it's the...