never seen a octane in person...

Gainera2582

Gainera2582

Power and Agility
Location
Lake Saint Clair, Michigan
Stable for rough water chop and a decent race boat if you've got skill, but it is hard to turn due to the flat bottom hull design(even harder than a superjet).

I would get one if they were cheaper as a second boat, but till that point, Ill keep riding my superjet.
 
grunty13

grunty13

Location
marquette MI
ya that was my thought too. to have as a auxilary but dang the few i have seen for sale are the price of a brand new sj... cant see spending that on something i dont necesarily need when i got my SJ alread
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
My gf took it after I got a SJ from Taylor. I wanna do tricks and the Octane was a little big for me.
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The machine was too big for you, so now your girlfriend is riding it?

Do I read that correctly?

Why do you tell people these things? It's probably best you lie.
 
Matt_E

Matt_E

steals hub caps from cars
Site Supporter
Location
at peace
I've ridden RMBC's Octane in the surf at Pismo.

While it was far from a stock Octane, I really liked it. Much more so than an SXR I tried.
 
Prem1x

Prem1x

Tinkering obsessed
Location
Austin, TX
I've seen lots of 'em. They make good freeride platforms. A little heavy for flatwater tricks. A little not-so-turnable for racing. But I like mine. Only thing I would do to it now would be to ad more off-idle snap. Crank and flywheel are too heavy.
 
GinoNewOrleans

GinoNewOrleans

Proud REPUBLICAN
Location
New Orleans
funny

Vumad said:
The machine was too big for you, so now your girlfriend is riding it?

Do I read that correctly?

Why do you tell people these things? It's probably best you lie.
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She likes it b/c it is very stable. She is not looking to do freestyle like I am, so that ski is just right for her. I am trying to get her to race it, now that she is getting better on it.
 
sjetrider

sjetrider

615 Freeriders are addicted to T1 madness.
Location
in the 615 (Nashville)
Prem1x said:
I've seen lots of 'em. They make good freeride platforms. A little heavy for flatwater tricks. A little not-so-turnable for racing. But I like mine. Only thing I would do to it now would be to ad more off-idle snap. Crank and flywheel are too heavy.
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I hear T/L works wonders on them. I think they would make an awesome surf boat if you upgraded to T/L as the OEM electrics seem really volnerable to saltwater (even more so than T/L.
 
RMBC Freeride

RMBC Freeride

Vintage
Site Supporter
Location
Pueblo, CO
Matt_E said:
I've ridden RMBC's Octane in the surf at Pismo.

While it was far from a stock Octane, I really liked it. Much more so than an SXR I tried.
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Thanks, Funny thing is I found out it was taking on water... one-way was stuck open. Now it runs even better!!!

Prem1x said:
I've seen lots of 'em. They make good freeride platforms. A little heavy for flatwater tricks. A little not-so-turnable for racing. But I like mine. Only thing I would do to it now would be to ad more off-idle snap. Crank and flywheel are too heavy.
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I've seen an Octane... or two... In my garage :sneaky:. Seems one of them will not have either of those problems you mention... but how???? :09: hmmm? :bigeyes:

sjetrider said:
I hear T/L works wonders on them. I think they would make an awesome surf boat if you upgraded to T/L as the OEM electrics seem really volnerable to saltwater (even more so than T/L.
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Working on that.... got a T/L setup for each one... one of them will hopefully be up and running by the weekend! :fingersx:
 
Prem1x

Prem1x

Tinkering obsessed
Location
Austin, TX
No luck on the aluminum flywheel, eh? I'm not a big fan for rec-riding with TL.
 
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