FX-1 My Newest Obsession...1995 FX-1

nightrider05

nightrider05

Location
St.Louis Missouri
Recently picked up a FX-1 after wanting one for quite some time now. I was a bit worried since everyone always said how hard they are to ride...the odd thing is that I can ride this ski in chop way better than I can my superjet. I am in love with it already and am considering selling off at least one of my Superjets now.

Mods: FX-1 Bpipe, AC Racing pole, Billet Lowered Pole mount(not sure which brand?),Riva head, modded stock hood(shaved fire extinguisher and handholds installed), footholds, 24/7 scupper(getting combined with a verisplug max soon), protec intake grate, protec ride plate, solas impeller and aftermarket bars.

It is getting a Kraze WPP intake manifold w/ 46mm carb pretty soon and will have the pump mod sooner than later. Definitely need some more hookup with this machine. Have a spare 62t/61x motor laying around so it may get that this winter.

Rails need returfed...last owner pulled turf off rails and left the glue behind.

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special fx

special fx

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Location
Brigantine, NJ
They're impossible to ride......sell that POS as soon as possible!

I've never understood why our "extreme" sport needs easy to ride boats, and the FX is a fantastic handling ski once you master it.

Welcome to the FX addiction!

I like that pole bracket. Does it allow for the stock pole latch?
 
nightrider05

nightrider05

Location
St.Louis Missouri
special fx said:
They're impossible to ride......sell that POS as soon as possible!

I've never understood why our "extreme" sport needs easy to ride boats, and the FX is a fantastic handling ski once you master it.

Welcome to the FX addiction!

I like that pole bracket. Does it allow for the stock pole latch?
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You wouldn't believe the amount of people that said they were impossible to ride. However as mentioned I can ride it better than my SJ and there was no learning curve at all..I jumped on and went. I love how it handles in chop too..very easy to throw around as well. Can't wait to get more power to the water!

The pole bracket had a couple threaded holes and the previous owner made a bracket to allow stock front hood latch. It looks very good and works great. It didn't have a pole spring on it so I installed an aftermarket SJ pole spring and had to do some minor trimming on it to make it fit. Also installed a Watcon hood seal since they had pieces of hydroturf glued in place....
 
Hogggman

Hogggman

Stock Sucks
Location
White Lake MI
If you can ride a stand up you should be able to ride any stand up I don't see why a fx1 is supposedly so hard to ride. It might be a different ride but by no means impossible. I think everyone should learn to ride on a 550 if you can ride that you can ride anything. Sorry old man rant over. Nice ski it makes me miss mine
 
butti

butti

lone wolf
Location
F-XTC
Well seasoned riders jump on my fx,ride for 3 min,fall over in the turns and give it back shaking their head asking how in the hell i ride that thing...


I love it. it slices through the chop and turns like a surf board. When i ride a sj everything feels like its happening in slow motion.
 
motoman96

motoman96

Banned
Location
Lodi Cali
I never thought mine was hard to ride, just never knew when it was gonna decide to eject me, usually at high speed. Loved mine, and miss it at times. Enjoy, I think they're fun skis. Just unpredictable
 
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lcgordon

Location
Denver, CO
i think your ski just needs a AM cdi and it will be great my old sj had the same problem and when the msd enhancer went out and i went the cheap way and put a stock one back in it bouced off the limiter all the time so i put in a new msd and it fixed it. I think thats what yours needs but other than that i loved your ski man it was so much fun to ride
 
swapmeet

swapmeet

Brotastic
Location
Arlington TX
I started out on a 440, then a FX1, and now have a RN. I've enjoyed each one more than the last. When I get back on FX1's now, I don't care for them. I think if the bond rail was wider it would make a world of improvement. But thats just me.

Good looking ski! I like that pole bracket a lot. Tom21 has the fiberglass drop in pump swap whopper doober.... that might be a good direction.
 
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