KaosFreestyle
White on White
- Location
- Mequon, WI
This is my 1st time installing footholds and working with materials like this. I have learned quite a bit just from the left foot to the right foot. Its obvious in the pictures alone.
So this winter after 5 years of having fun on my jetski. I decided it was time to cut it open and put some footholds in it. I will prolly ride this 1 more summer, if that long before I get a RN. So I figured why not test my skills on a Kawasaki 650sx.
Built a stand so it can sit in my garage :laugh:
Started with working out the left foot.
I then cutout the right foot, but cant find the pics for it.
You can see because its a Kawasaki and these are obviously not built around the 650 platform, so they are not a perfect fit.
Left foot was screwed in. It was the 1st one I did and also my first try at using epoxy resin to glue them in.
After it dried up I tested the left foot out and was actually pretty happy with it no matter how bad it looks because of the screws. I actually lifted up on it while it was strapped to the stand and it seemed very secure to the tray.
Because I had to go back to school and stuff kept coming up it was a pretty good while until I was able to glue in the right foot. Plus with the weather dropping to freezing temps I didn't want to go out in the garage. So I talked to my father and well, my mom wasn't home at the time.
My Room
I think the right foot came out much better. Plus I switched to rivets which seemed to work light years better because it pulled the binding to the wall.
Ohh and those wondering why my father would let me do this in the house.
His project
What he did with our basement.
I know some are prolly thinking it and Im contemplating almost pulling the left foot and redoing it with rivets because the screws absolutely did not work. Though Im also tempted to see how foaming goes and then using the mat because of its heavier duty to try and shape and secure the holds really good into the jetski. I bought more than enough to prolly use the mat instead of regular glass for the entire holds.
So this winter after 5 years of having fun on my jetski. I decided it was time to cut it open and put some footholds in it. I will prolly ride this 1 more summer, if that long before I get a RN. So I figured why not test my skills on a Kawasaki 650sx.
Built a stand so it can sit in my garage :laugh:
Started with working out the left foot.
I then cutout the right foot, but cant find the pics for it.
You can see because its a Kawasaki and these are obviously not built around the 650 platform, so they are not a perfect fit.
Left foot was screwed in. It was the 1st one I did and also my first try at using epoxy resin to glue them in.
After it dried up I tested the left foot out and was actually pretty happy with it no matter how bad it looks because of the screws. I actually lifted up on it while it was strapped to the stand and it seemed very secure to the tray.
Because I had to go back to school and stuff kept coming up it was a pretty good while until I was able to glue in the right foot. Plus with the weather dropping to freezing temps I didn't want to go out in the garage. So I talked to my father and well, my mom wasn't home at the time.
My Room
I think the right foot came out much better. Plus I switched to rivets which seemed to work light years better because it pulled the binding to the wall.
Ohh and those wondering why my father would let me do this in the house.
His project
What he did with our basement.
I know some are prolly thinking it and Im contemplating almost pulling the left foot and redoing it with rivets because the screws absolutely did not work. Though Im also tempted to see how foaming goes and then using the mat because of its heavier duty to try and shape and secure the holds really good into the jetski. I bought more than enough to prolly use the mat instead of regular glass for the entire holds.
