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Exactly that Rotax 600 weighs about 90lbs , I am also seeing some 85 HP figures posted for it. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=how+much+does+a+rotax+600+engine+weigh&mid=7430644EC8788CB209EE7430644EC8788CB209EE&FORM=VIRE

Yes physical dimensions of the engines are the same. Seadoo gets a lot of flack but they do wholly own Rotax which does nothing but design and manufacture engines , so if they need a new engine they can get it , even at that the engines are still used in multiple platforms and they were...

Maybe but that article also says KTM might have the answer, problem is KTM just went bellyup. https://www.cyclenews.com/2024/12/article/ktm-enters-self-administration-debts-of-over-3-billion/

It's USPS , so yeah Pony express lol, it finally hit Montgomery last night , let's see how long it sits there , if it's here by Friday I will be amazed.

Kawasaki and Yamaha both like to reuse old technology to death whenever possible , the engine they use is based on the ZX14R motorcycle engine , just as the older Yamaha M1 four strokes were based on the R1 motorcycle engines , that basic Kawasaki engine design has not changed much except for...

Home Depot Husky 290 piece tool set , that is a really good deal here at $80.00 off list price . https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Mechanics-Tool-Set-290-Piece-H290MTS/312945780

Another test fit this morning and it is looking really good , I had to take the spreader out to get it back together which IMO is a good thing , it means I hit my mark. Gaps look pretty good and consistent , I can't see me adding any more glass at this point, you can see in those first two pics...

Kawasaki does things differently for sure , when I went to Kawasaki technical school at the Atlanta warehouse , Walter told us that most of the employees in the warehouse are women , they don't know a bolt from an air filter all they know is to pick a part from row 13 bin 152 . They don't want...

Another new player in the power tool market Flex https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=who+makes+flex+power+tools&mid=5FAB7818E8D39F8385915FAB7818E8D39F838591&FORM=VIRE

The nice thing about my builds is that I screw up just like everyone else does , what I don't do is gloss over it and pretend it never happened, instead I will show you how to fix it . On the layup on the bottom rail there was a section that turned loose from the hull, maybe a two inch spot ...

I laid up two layers on both sides and pulled a tie down strap across it , we will see what happens tomorrow.. I will go back and clean up those epoxy drips in a few minutes , right now it's lunchtime.

This last order from Ebay was shipped from Kentucky on Dec 9th , since then it has made it to Cincinnati Ohio , how did they ship this , pony express , this is ridiculous !

Throwing up a couple of pics so you understand why all this is even necessary , one is the min thickness , the other is the max thickness of the top hull at the bond rail , that measurement is in MM's.

Time to give the top deck some love , first I had to remove the remainder of the green glue of death , only two things in the world make that glue let go , impact and heat , I will be using both here . I use a propane torch, a heat gun will work but a torch is a lot faster , heat a small...

Honestly a lot of people including me have flat decked their X2's or otherwise removed the seat on their skis anyway , I see this as more along the lines of a fixed steer Superjet , I do think it would be cool if someone cam out with a seat kit for this though. It's probably way cheaper than...

I removed the spreaders and blocks then took some measurements ,it sprang back about 1/4" in the middle and 3/4" at the back, I will leave the middle spreader bar in when I join the two halves back together , at the rear the firewall-engine cradle should hold it apart just fine ,so no biggie...

At this point I am just happy they still make stand up skis at all .

I put all the blocks in before it kicked , it's still slightly tacky but kicked enough that I could put the level on it, at the moment it's straight , lets hope it stays that way . I had a feeling the whole time that this hull was racked somehow but I never figured it would be racked in two...

Well I got out the 4 ft level and it confirmed my suspicions, the right side rail is bowed down in the middle , you should know by now that I just roll with the punches so I just kept on rolling. I prepped the right side and laid it up , it was turbo speed compared to yesterday and it laid up...

Just out of curiosity and to make sure I am not totally screwing this up I set the top back on the ski , it looks like I will be pretty close and most likely not have to force the top in at all, it depends on the springback I get when I remove the spreaders so I will know for sure in a few days...