- Location
- Hermosa Beach, CA
So I made the switch from a SXR to a SJ last year around June. Bought a nice and gently used 1996 SJ hull off a member here. Needless to say I was excited. I have been gathering parts for the past year since I bought a bare hull. The ski is setup for trim and the hood modded for a dry pipe as it was an old race ski. I just want to ride ASAP, so it will be stock under the hood for now with some handling mods.
Under the hood:
-650 crank in 61x cases and a fresh 61x top end
-Stock exhaust for now...is there anyway to dry it out like my sxr stock pipe?
-Milled stock head
-61x stator and flywheel
-Undecided on carb setup, need input on running a single on the 61x motor or run duals
-factory pipe waterbox
-ebox from the VXR, still need a 701 cdi.
-bilge pump with mounting bracket
-couch mounts
Pump area/midshaft:
-jetmaniac is taking my VXR driveshaft and midshaft and making them compatible with my sj as well as rebuilding both the pump and midshaft
-144mm pump
-'08 big hub stock impeller from a SJ
-Worx SJ ride plate
-protec intake grate
Hull:
-reinforced the tray and going to reinforce the inside of the hull too
-Footholds already done
-pancake Pete done
-tubbies done
-straight bars
-beach house sponsons..will the tubbies and beach house rear sponsons be too much?
-billet gas cap
-UMI pole bracket
-UMI sealed bearing turnplate
-Jettrim "Bitch*n Stitchin" chinpad
Once I get this stuff back from Jetmaniac, I am going to install the complete pump and midshaft and work my way into the motor. The waterbox is already installed as well.
I really just need odds n ends parts to finish the build. Things I can think of would be:
-701 cdi
-Long exhaust hose, bought one from someone local and ended up being a squarenose hose that was cut and was not wide enough in diameter to fit my exhaust outlet. I will probably just buy a rad dudes house this time, lesson learned
-turf and underpadding
-gaskets for my motor
-carb setup
- small things like fuel and cooling lines, primer lines, grips, battery etc.
In no rush to finish the build as it is still a snow/rainy mix everyday here in Grand Rapids, plus I got an X2 for free I can ride in the meantime. Thanks and looking for some input!

Under the hood:
-650 crank in 61x cases and a fresh 61x top end
-Stock exhaust for now...is there anyway to dry it out like my sxr stock pipe?
-Milled stock head
-61x stator and flywheel
-Undecided on carb setup, need input on running a single on the 61x motor or run duals
-factory pipe waterbox
-ebox from the VXR, still need a 701 cdi.
-bilge pump with mounting bracket
-couch mounts
Pump area/midshaft:
-jetmaniac is taking my VXR driveshaft and midshaft and making them compatible with my sj as well as rebuilding both the pump and midshaft
-144mm pump
-'08 big hub stock impeller from a SJ
-Worx SJ ride plate
-protec intake grate
Hull:
-reinforced the tray and going to reinforce the inside of the hull too
-Footholds already done
-pancake Pete done
-tubbies done
-straight bars
-beach house sponsons..will the tubbies and beach house rear sponsons be too much?
-billet gas cap
-UMI pole bracket
-UMI sealed bearing turnplate
-Jettrim "Bitch*n Stitchin" chinpad
Once I get this stuff back from Jetmaniac, I am going to install the complete pump and midshaft and work my way into the motor. The waterbox is already installed as well.
I really just need odds n ends parts to finish the build. Things I can think of would be:
-701 cdi
-Long exhaust hose, bought one from someone local and ended up being a squarenose hose that was cut and was not wide enough in diameter to fit my exhaust outlet. I will probably just buy a rad dudes house this time, lesson learned
-turf and underpadding
-gaskets for my motor
-carb setup
- small things like fuel and cooling lines, primer lines, grips, battery etc.
In no rush to finish the build as it is still a snow/rainy mix everyday here in Grand Rapids, plus I got an X2 for free I can ride in the meantime. Thanks and looking for some input!



