I finally got a superjet!

[suva]

nice mixing bucket for the epoxy!
those are delicious...


way to be on the ball with this thing, all this work would have taken me a couple weeks (i must be lazier)

The only thing I like about Christmas is the food.... and don't feel bad about being lazy, I waited two weeks before I even touched this thing.

 

[suva]

Okay... With Matt_E's help, I ported my stock cylinder, replaced the rusty old outer bearings, removed the choke plate and plumbed the carb for a primer (I made more work for myself by getting a KEIHIN primer kit:banghead and assembled my engine. I also got reinforcing done on one side, but my camera broke so pics will have to wait.

 

[Matt_E]

Good to hear! Hey, when did you come by yesterday? I was home all day, I must have been on the couch sleeping.

All I know is I found my dremel stuff in the garage. :haha:

How'd you like my work stand for the square hull?

 

[suva]

I came by about 7, I could hear your kids inside but no one came to the door so I figured you were napping. After doing one side on my ski today I decided I want to redo the foam on the other side, so I'm gonna have to get mine back from you sometime. Your work stand for the square looks great, I'm gonna have to figure out something like that for doing my handlepole mount reinforcing. Should be easy 'cause I have a couple exra skis too.

 

[Phill]

I came by about 7, I could hear your kids inside but no one came to the door so I figured you were napping.

That's never happened before:bigeyes:

 

[suva]

I'm pretty much done reinforcing now, I did the nose like Mike Serlin's and totally screwed up the handle pole bracket reinfocement.... I also got my hood liner removed. It only took about 20 minutes with a heat gun, air chisel, and my ridiculously strong upper body.:haha: I promise to get some pics by this weekend (of the ski, not my torso)

 

[Matt_E]

I think I speak for countless millions when I say: Thank you.

 

[suva]

I think I speak for countless millions when I say: Thank you.

I think you misunderstood Matt, I said i'm NOT posting pictures of myself, only the ski...

 

[Matt_E]

Oh.

 

[suva]

Here's some pics. I drilled & tapped new holes on my steering plate so I can run straight bars. At the end of the bars they are about 4" further forward than the 4* bars that the ski came with. I had to cut a couple chunks out of the handlepole pad to allow full steering movement.

 

[Matt_E]

Hey! I think I need you to do that for me...if it ain't too time consuming!

Be aware that you might run into issues with the start/stop switch assembly hitting the pole.

 

[suva]

Hey! I think I need you to do that for me...if it ain't too time consuming!

Be aware that you might run into issues with the start/stop switch assembly hitting the pole.

I think we can do that... I'll just make sure I make really wide bars. Speaking of which, how wide are freestyle bars normally?

 

[Matt_E]

I'll measure my straight bars on my Roundnose.

 

[suva]

I'll measure my straight bars on my Roundnose.

Cool, I found those to be pretty comfortable.

 

[suva]

Started on hoodliner... I used some liquid nails and epoxy to glue in a thin sheet of stormplex. I plan to glass over it.

 

[suva]

Glassed over vents, fuel fill hole, and fuel fill door latch hole. Using tape to compress and hold down the cloth worked great:biggthumpup:
I only wish I would have discovered it sooner:17:

 

[Snackem]

Nice progress. Keep up the good work. I can't wait to ride that thing this spring. I may even let you take a trip on a new 750 powered X2:biggthumpup: :biggthumpup: :biggthumpup:

 

[suva]

I did my internal fuel fill mod and smoothed out the bottom till it was "good enough". I just used fiberglass resin jelly, and sealed up the tank with Yamabond 5

 

[suva]

I cut the tray sides because I didn't have enough work to do already.
This is the color I decided to paint it too. Wonder which project it's left over from???

 

[Matt_E]

Get busy....