1st Ride of the Season here in MI.

[B-Roy]

Finished up my SJ today finally, after working on it all winter.

2005 Yamaha SJ.

UMI Steering, Intake Grate/ Ride Plate, Skat Prop, WCF holds, new turf, b pipe, and carbs jetted to 135 75.

Ran it today in the river, dodging the ice flows :biggthumpup:

Ran real good, no hesitations, Id say almost perfect.

It did stall a couple times, but I believe this is because I only had about an inch and a half of fuel:cat40: It stalled twice, once when I turned hard, and once when I jumped and the nose when vertical. So tomorrow I will fill up and give in try # 2.

But Im very happy with it, and cant wait til' summer is actually here.

THANK GOD for that dry suit I bought last week, the thing works like a dream. going to the dive shop tomorrow to find some dry gloves.

Heres a short video notice the ice:haha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqYupMvYEgI

 

[750SX]

dude your nuts.
How long were you out for?

 

[The other Alex]

Man you're crazy. That water is freezing even in the summer time...
I noticed you signed up for lakestclair.net too, I've been on there for a few years also, I'm Laguna.

 

[Gainera2582]

Hes got a dry suit on so it aint that bad. If I wasn't sick this week, Id be out there as well. I should be in the water around the start of april!!!!!!

 

[meatball]

ya know what works awesome (best I found) for gloves??? Simple, rubber dishgloves. I used to sail in icy water, so we had to be ready to capsize in whitecaps with ice in the water, and finish the race. I tried sailing one day in nothing but hands in 40 degree water and it wasnt long before I couldnt feel my hands (they turned completely blue from the spray) and couldnt even hold onto the sheet anymore. Two dishwashing gloves (I wore two on each hand) and some gill sailing gloves on top made that problem nonexistant. Since they are so impermeable to water, the same goes as far as heat, worked about 100x better then 50 dollar "waterproof" sailing gloves with insulation.

 

[The other Alex]

Hes got a dry suit on so it aint that bad. If I wasn't sick this week, Id be out there as well. I should be in the water around the start of april!!!!!!

...yeah, I should be in around the beginning of October :sneaky:
Nah, hopefully mid-April, Im going to start working on Jessika when I get home.

 

[meatball]

hehe, end of march. It decided to snow/hail again. I was hoping to launch this week...

 

[feartheride]

Be careful and make sure you warm it up good so you don,t sieze the motor with the cold water

 

[B-Roy]

it warmed up on the trailer for about 5 minutes.

 

[meatball]

so, you let the engine warm up out of the water, and then let the cold water touch the cylinders and instantly cool the 160 + degree cylinder walls with 32 degree water? Not cool.

I'll give you benefit of doubt and assume the trailer was in the water.

 

[B-Roy]

Yes I let it sit on the trailer running, so it could get eleventytwohundred degrees:biggthumpup: :haha:

 

[steve802cc]

I dragged my ski down to Ipperwash beach on Tues. I might have been a little optimistic.
The ice still goes way out.
Steve

 

[B-Roy]

Sorry buddy, come to the st clair river and brapp it up!

 

[djkorn1]

Yeah, I don't even know how you'd get your ski past those giant piles of sandy ice...

I dragged my ski down to Ipperwash beach on Tues. I might have been a little optimistic.
The ice still goes way out.
Steve

 

[yankeeboy]

nice, your crazy with that ice there. I was planning on mid march, but i got sick, and it just snowed about a foot or so last night. :banghead:

 

[Dirtybird]

I wish I was out there! Awesome!

 

[SuperjetSteve]

awesome man!!!!!!!

 

[tor*p*do]

sweet! I have been out twice and I plan to ride again tomorrow
Supposed to be mid 50s here in NC:frown:

But I have my shorty, gloves, boots and a hood.

We dont get ice flows to dodge, however :bigeyes:

 

[steve802cc]

Yeah, I don't even know how you'd get your ski past those giant piles of sandy ice...

It wouldn't help even if I could. If you look real close you can see the ice way out in the lake. It may look like water in between but it's all ice, about a mile wide.:17:
Steve

 

[kawasakit2me]

sick/dedicated