Me & Phill (and family, friends) went for a weekend camping trip to Lake Coeur D'Alene this weekend. And what a nice weekend it was!!!
The kids had a blast, the wives were reasonably happy, and the riding was excellent!
Nice clean water, about 75-80 degrees, and no mechanical problems worth mentioning.
Phill & crew came over to my house Friday night at 8, with lots of work to do. We had to modifiy my trailer to fit four skis instead of just two. My engine needed to be reassembled from the ground up, new crank and honed cylinder & rings and all. Tequila greased the way, and at 1 am we were done.
The campground we stayed at didn't have a boat ramp, but a boat dock (that you had to walk to). We put all four skis in about three miles away, and rode them over.
We basically had the whole bay to ourselves. Not just good skiing, but also swimming for the kids & dogs.
As mentioned, the riding was great. One of our riders (David) learned to stand up most of the time finally. Another learned to sub. Phill learned something, not sure what. Maybe to buy quality coupler clamps so you don't have to tighten your B-Pipe coupler every 20 minutes? :biggthumpup:
I worked on my stabs and roll attempts. I suck, but I am getting better.
I am not getting enough air, but I do get inverted now and do the human-scoop-grate thing. I did a number of real good ones of boat wakes. The show was good enough for people in their boats to cheer me on. :smile:
My engine is running great, and the topend oughta be broke in now.
On a sidenote, my fully charged Jetworks battery brought me about six or so hours of hard riding, with lots of starts and full time dual bilge pumps. At the end of that, the battery was done, though. Enough to blow out the ski on the trailer, and that was it.
The kids had a blast, the wives were reasonably happy, and the riding was excellent!
Nice clean water, about 75-80 degrees, and no mechanical problems worth mentioning.
Phill & crew came over to my house Friday night at 8, with lots of work to do. We had to modifiy my trailer to fit four skis instead of just two. My engine needed to be reassembled from the ground up, new crank and honed cylinder & rings and all. Tequila greased the way, and at 1 am we were done.
The campground we stayed at didn't have a boat ramp, but a boat dock (that you had to walk to). We put all four skis in about three miles away, and rode them over.
We basically had the whole bay to ourselves. Not just good skiing, but also swimming for the kids & dogs.
As mentioned, the riding was great. One of our riders (David) learned to stand up most of the time finally. Another learned to sub. Phill learned something, not sure what. Maybe to buy quality coupler clamps so you don't have to tighten your B-Pipe coupler every 20 minutes? :biggthumpup:
I worked on my stabs and roll attempts. I suck, but I am getting better.
I am not getting enough air, but I do get inverted now and do the human-scoop-grate thing. I did a number of real good ones of boat wakes. The show was good enough for people in their boats to cheer me on. :smile:
My engine is running great, and the topend oughta be broke in now.
On a sidenote, my fully charged Jetworks battery brought me about six or so hours of hard riding, with lots of starts and full time dual bilge pumps. At the end of that, the battery was done, though. Enough to blow out the ski on the trailer, and that was it.
