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Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
I have been looking for a stand up for about 4 months now and @Burton has been a huge help and helping me find one on craigslist and telling me what to look for etc. I finally ended up finding a pair in Redding. A '91 SJ SN with custom paint and 701cc engine 61x, an '85 Kawa 550 and trailer. Before taking them out I went through them best I could with my limited knowledge and the help of the interwebs and forums. ( I have some basic small engine knowledge repairing chainsaws at my old job)
I put in new batteries, spark plugs, new spark plug boots, (and verified spark), cleaned out the gas tanks, fuel filters, checked compression(150 in both), checked all of the bolts tightened all of the hose clamps, installed a lanyard kill switch on the 550, greased the zerks, wd40 all the cables etc. And installed a trailer hitch on my civic so could tow them.
Wasn't able to get the kawa started at my house so I poured some gas down the carb and it kicked over for just a second, poured down some more gas and still couldn't start it, figured I flooded it. So no big deal I would just drive there and try it again. Went to the gas station and while I was putting gas in the 550 the damn threads for the gas cap broke into pieces when I pulled out the gas nozzle!
uch:
Ok no big deal I still have the SJ and I started it a few days ago and let it idle for about 10 seconds so I know it runs. Get to the Afterbay, launch the ski, prime it, go to start it, and nothing...:sad2:uch:
So I pulled out the plugs and dried them off, put them back in, gave it full throttle and after about 20 seconds or so it finally kicked over so I jumped on and just kept giving it throttle! After that it would idle and everything was good.
Now onto the ridding! Started off on my belly and got onto my knees pretty easily. Found that the faster you are going the easier it is. After a few turns on the knees I decided to try standing, pretty hard but not to bad and b00m I am cruising standing up! Yay! :Banane09: and than it was time to turn and down I went. Holy f*$K b@llz! that water was freezing cold! Road for about 30 minutes total and got to where I could turn alright but not as well as I could on my knees. Also I was having purposing issues so am going to need to work on that. So it was awesome, I ordered a new filler for the 550, and was able to get it started once I got back home. Now I can't wait to get back out there and learn how to ride this thing well enough to pull off some tricks.
I put in new batteries, spark plugs, new spark plug boots, (and verified spark), cleaned out the gas tanks, fuel filters, checked compression(150 in both), checked all of the bolts tightened all of the hose clamps, installed a lanyard kill switch on the 550, greased the zerks, wd40 all the cables etc. And installed a trailer hitch on my civic so could tow them.
Wasn't able to get the kawa started at my house so I poured some gas down the carb and it kicked over for just a second, poured down some more gas and still couldn't start it, figured I flooded it. So no big deal I would just drive there and try it again. Went to the gas station and while I was putting gas in the 550 the damn threads for the gas cap broke into pieces when I pulled out the gas nozzle!
uch:
Ok no big deal I still have the SJ and I started it a few days ago and let it idle for about 10 seconds so I know it runs. Get to the Afterbay, launch the ski, prime it, go to start it, and nothing...:sad2:
uch:So I pulled out the plugs and dried them off, put them back in, gave it full throttle and after about 20 seconds or so it finally kicked over so I jumped on and just kept giving it throttle! After that it would idle and everything was good.
Now onto the ridding! Started off on my belly and got onto my knees pretty easily. Found that the faster you are going the easier it is. After a few turns on the knees I decided to try standing, pretty hard but not to bad and b00m I am cruising standing up! Yay! :Banane09: and than it was time to turn and down I went. Holy f*$K b@llz! that water was freezing cold! Road for about 30 minutes total and got to where I could turn alright but not as well as I could on my knees. Also I was having purposing issues so am going to need to work on that. So it was awesome, I ordered a new filler for the 550, and was able to get it started once I got back home. Now I can't wait to get back out there and learn how to ride this thing well enough to pull off some tricks.
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