650/X-2 my Winter build.

so here recently ive been having some bad luck with my skis. the last time out my dad and brother collided on my 2 (2 of 3 so glad it wasnt on my sj) and ended up doing some damage to my 650sx and my sit down. 20130915_130556.jpgthey hit so hard it broke all 4 engine mounts and the drive shaft is currently sitting under the engine i dont have any pictures of the sit down but it was a small whole in the side that will be easy to fix. but i came to the assumption that it would be easier to do a hull swap than fiber glass that hole up. so after a few days of trying to find a hull my uncle comes up to me and says that there might be one of my dads old race hulls from 20 years ago buried in the back of the racecar shop. so i started digging and low and behold i find this:20130929_120631.jpg20130929_120641.jpg20130929_120648.jpg20130929_125929.jpg
so i know its early still down in here for a winter build but screw it might as well start early. so after attacking it with the pressure washer (which is a great way to remove 20 year old turf lmao) .this is the way she currently sits. 20130929_125943.jpg20130929_130012.jpg20130929_130028.jpg20130929_130038.jpgbut have no paper work on it so going to have to do i vin swap from the old hull.

so im thinking complete internal swap from the old hull to this including the pole. some waffle pattern purple and blue turf, and maybe some foot holds (anyone recommend a good pair that fit on the hull with minor modification?) and some reinforcement as well as maybe shorten it a lil if im up to the fiberglass work.
 
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SkiPro

Trim down for what!?!?!?
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E-Town, Ok
Oucch!! Atleast everyone is okaaay! Diggin that new hull though. Eme Foot holds, I put some in my 650sx. Their Big, and super cheap. $85, But they do take a lil modification to fit perfect. If your crafty you can make it happen no problems.
 
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iangdesign

Cats, lots of cats!
Location
United States
Your dad used to race and he collided with your bro? Haha too funny. Glad everyone is ok. That's a nasty hole in the 650 and digging the paint job on your dad's old ski!
 
me and my dad were racing around a 2 islands at the far end of the lake that makes a figure 8 (we wernt doing the figure 8 just around the outter edge of the 2 islands) and we were unaware that my brother had came over on the couch and was going the opposite direction and they just happened to catch each other on one of the blind corners cause my brother had cut through the center of the 2 islands and they were both hugging the inside of the corner, my dad had no idea my brother was coming half throttle around the corner simply because its hard to hear another ski coming over a wide open 650sx. so it wasnt his fault at all i was right behind my dad when it happened and barely dodged them as well on my sj , and it would have been alot worse if my dad hadnt reacted the way he did making the 650 hit the side of the couch rather than head on head.

p.s just in case i sound really defensive no i dont think your bashing my dad lol but im just trying to describe the scenario in good detail

oh and this is all that happened to the couch lol just shows how fragile the 650 hull is if not reinforced 20130915_130538.jpg
 
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