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[Kevin Leclair]

If you are new introduce yourself here!

Kevin

[Jenny]

Hi my name is jenny and i love riding, tubing, or just being out in the water. I like riding jet boats especially. In my opinion, i think they have the smoothest ride, and the most power at take off. If you notice my avatar it is the same boat as Kevin's, so i don't actually own a boat. That is "2 Quick" hence the name !! ha ha


Happy Boating
Jenny

[Kevin Leclair]

Sounds like a blast!

Kevin

[Bob86ZZ4]

Hay Kevin, I'm from Minnesota so I don't get to enjoy my '96 Speedster nearly enough. I put an hour meter in mine a bit after I bought it new and I think I only have about 120 hrs. on it. I also am rather fond of my heavily modified Corvette so that does cut into my boating time a little. I love to waterski behind my Speedster. I have two boys, ages 12 and 15. The older one has his watercraft license so he is great about taking all the little neices and nephews out tubing and skiing and spinning around. I won't let him do any subs yet tho. I do like this web site and I know there havn't been a lot of posts to it yet but I hope you keep it up. As more people find out about it I think it will become very popular. I like the software/program you are using for this site much better than that other popular jet boat forum.

[Kevin Leclair]

Hey! Sounds cool. Thanks for the compliments on the site and I am glad that you like it, I plan on keeping the site up! Let me know if you can think of anything that I could do to the site to make it better to try to get some more members over here.

Kevin

[smorgan]

Hey! Sounds cool. Thanks for the compliments on the site and I am glad that you like it, I plan on keeping the site up! Let me know if you can think of anything that I could do to the site to make it better to try to get some more members over here.

Kevin

HI all,., My name is Sean, I was big into "doo"s (& hung on Dave's board) but about a year and a half ago I sold my 96 Challenger. I got a doo waverunner for a while but that didnt fill the void. I work full time in Emergency Medical Services, so I work 12 hrs a day but only Mon, Tues & Wen. so I have plenty of time to play. I live in SEPA, Im into snowmobiling & currently have an 03 MXZX 440 race sled. A lifted F350 Superduty & other misc toys, quads etc. Next to join the stable looks to be a 2000 Speedster. Ill know if this is the one the weekend of the 13th.....Some of the toys can be seen here http://community.web.../user/skidoomxz .
Sean

[ludgero]

Hi everyone,

My name is Ludgero (nickname Gerald). I have had Doo waverunners for about 6 years now and after today I will be the proud owner of my first Doo Speedster. I have been in a Yamaha jet boat before but never a Doo, so I hope my Doo experience is remains a great one. I am so excited I can't wait. Oh, one more thing, I love the site. It is really great to have a place to go to and talk about the one thing I enjoy most. Thanks Kevin for keeping up the site.

Gerald

[Bob86ZZ4]

Hi Sean and Gerald. Welcome to the gang. You guys that get to use your jets all year round are very lucky. I now have a Corvette, a Speedster, and two small motorcycles resting in the garage untill the snow is gone.

[ludgero]

Hi Sean and Gerald. Welcome to the gang. You guys that get to use your jets all year round are very lucky. I now have a Corvette, a Speedster, and two small motorcycles resting in the garage untill the snow is gone.

I feel your pain. I have an NSX and a CBR600 sitting for the past 4 months but today is a nice day so I might just have to take one of them out.

[Bob86ZZ4]

Cool, I like the looks of those NSX's. I have built up my car quite a bit and take it to a road race coarse several times a year for lapping days. The track is Brainerd International Raceway. It's a 3 mile lap with 10 turns. There is a long straightaway from the pits because they also use this area for the drag races. The straight is almost a mile long from turn 10 to turn 1. Anyhow, last summer during a practice day there was a guy there with an NSX that he had never taken on the track. About halfway through the day he tried to shift from 5th to 6th gear going into turn 1 and missed and either hit 4th or 2nd gear. The back end spun around on him and he went sailing into the ditch spinning all the way. He was very lucky it didn't flip over on him. He did a fair amount of body damage and under damage buy managed to get it running and drove it home. When he got the engine running he had a check engine light so I hooked up my scan tool and pulled the codes and there were some about the vtec system and maf system out of range or something. I think when the engine shoots up to about 10,000 rpm with no push on the gas pedal the pcm sees a problem. Poor guy. I never did run near him because he was in the novice run group and I'm in the experienced group. Do you ever track your NSX? Or autocross? Take a look at some of the mods I've done to my Vette: http://www.corvettef...net/c5/bob86zz4

[ludgero]

Cool, I like the looks of those NSX's.  I have built up my car quite a bit and take it to a road race coarse several times a year for lapping days.  The track is Brainerd International Raceway.  It's a 3 mile lap with 10 turns.  There is a long straightaway from the pits because they also use this area for the drag races.  The straight is almost a mile long from turn 10 to turn 1.  Anyhow, last summer during a practice day there was a guy there with an NSX that he had never taken on the track.  About halfway through the day he tried to shift from 5th to 6th gear going into turn 1 and missed and either hit 4th or 2nd gear.  The back end spun around on him and he went sailing into the ditch spinning all the way.  He was very lucky it didn't flip over on him.  He did a fair amount of body damage and under damage buy managed to get it running and drove it home.  When he got the engine running he had a check engine light so I hooked up my scan tool and pulled the codes and there were some about the vtec system and maf system out of range or something.  I think when the engine shoots up to about 10,000 rpm with no push on the gas pedal the pcm sees a problem.  Poor guy.  I never did run near him because he was in the novice run group and I'm in the experienced group.  Do you ever track your NSX?  Or autocross?  Take a look at some of the mods I've done to my Vette:  www.corvetteforum.net/c5/bob86zz4

Wow. It seems as if that vette keeps you real busy. Nice job. Do you do all the work yourself? Was the NSX completely stock? I am still in the process of modifiying my NSX but I am more of a show car type guy than a racer. I used to do a lot of racing but I stopped when I had a very very close call against a ZR-1 vette. Let's just say that I am happy I am here today. When you are young, stupid, and have a need for speed it doesn't take much to push you to the extreme. But, don't get me wrong, I still enjoy a race here and there. I should have a site up soon with my NSX and the modifications done. Just to give you an idea of what I have done: cold-air intake, modified ecu, SS headers, Random Technology Cats, RM racing exhaust, bilstein shocks, eibach pro springs, Work wheels, sway bars, strut bars, chasis re-enforcement bar in front, body kit, aerodynamic modified hood and mirrors, etc.. The list goes on but it should be up soon. I am currently in the process of opening up a speed shop. The web site is www.modamotorsports.com. The logo has a picture of my car before the Work wheels (rims) so it looks a lot better now.

[cAn'T sWim]

NSX is a very good car and a complete package for the $$$. My buddy had one and I must say that after riding an R1 for 2 years this is the only car that can bring tingles to my skin when going into the corners!

I was thinking about getting a sports car but will probably get a chopper instead. The whole OCC thing has given me the fever!!

Chopper Pic

I think this will be my next toy!

[ludgero]

NSX is a very good car and a complete package for the $$$. My buddy had one and I must say that after riding an R1 for 2 years this is the only car that can bring tingles to my skin when going into the corners!

I was thinking about getting a sports car but get a chopper instead. The whole OCC thing has given me the fever!!

Chopper Pic

I think this willbe my next toy!

Choppers are awesome. I would love to get one but I think that would be one toy too many. That is a really nice picture and I have to agree as far as the NSX goes. There is no other car that can make me feel that adrenaline rush on a turn.

[poprbear]

Hi everyone my name is John, I just bought a 1999 Speedster with twin 110 hp rotax engines. I have not pick it up yet I am waiting for the owner to get the title. I have never been on a jet boat so I know nothing about them, I'm hoping everone here will be able to help me along with the DOO's and don'ts of jet boating. I live on Long Island in New York so I can't use the boat yet any way. I'm 53 years old married with 5 kids and 1 and a half grandchildren ( the second due in June). Children range in age from 32 to 13. So I don't know how much time they will alot me for using the boat. Looking forward to this Summer. I also have a Windrider Trimaran Sailboat which I really enjoy. Depending on the wind it can be a really wild exciting ride or a very relaxing sail.

Thats about it for now.

[Bob86ZZ4]

Hay John, sounds like a good selection there, a trimaran and a jet boat. I had my boat on Lake Superior a few years ago and it was just about the most fun I've ever had on it. The big waves are the best! I would expect you can get some good waves off Long Island too. My best buddy lives in Mamarinac. I think that's on Long Island, isn't it? Welcome to the forum.

[poprbear]

Bob, I don't know if Marmarinac is on the western end (Nassau County) of Long Island but I know it is not on the eastern end (Suffolk County) where I live. I have never heard of that town. As for waterways I am in the middle of the island, the Long Island Sound to my north and yes it can get pretty wavey when the winds start to blow. On my south side we have The Great South Bay very large bay but shallow can get real nasty in the wind. Once in the bay if you want to you can go out through the inlet and into the Atlantic Ocean. I have alot of choices on water for either power or sail. I just received an e-mail from the guy I'm buying the boat from he has the title and I am picking the boat up on Wednesday at 4pm. Then we wait for the weather and water to warm up. Hopefully I can learn alittle about the boat by then.

Thanks,

John

[tiggerman]

Hi everyone! I'm Michael and own a 1997 Speedster w/ twin 85's. I've been looking for a good board to hang out at and looks like I finally found it!

[Bob86ZZ4]

John, ya, I think Mamarinac is closer to the city. My buddy rides the train in to Penn Station every day for work. At least I think that's where he rides it too. Then he takes his folding bike out and rides to his office. Good luck getting the boat picked up.

Michael, yep, you found it. I like this site because it has the best forum software. There is another jet boat site that I just hate the formats of. Not easy to use. '97 Speedster, 14', twin 720's. Great choice. Is this your first jet boat? You will love it. If you plan on using it for skiing much you may want to consider installing the ski pylon option if you don't already have one. It is a little pull up pipe that comes up just behind the middle seat, next to the hatch release. It makes it much better for slalom. The skier won't pull the boat around so much with the rope attached here. I put one on my boat. Easy install. Easier to handle the rope too, getting it in and out of the boat and such.

[tiggerman]

Hi Bob... This is my first jet boat- I got it for a steal with ski rope clogging up both pumps and damaged wear rings. Impellers were in great shape though. Got my first experience with the pumps that way! My boat already had the pylon installed and it does make for easier steering and easy rope handling. All I had to do was add a larger mirror for skiers (Alabama requires a mirror with 78 sq. in. surface) and I was set! Thinking seriously about HydroTurf now. It has Aquamat on the rear platform and around the rope locker on the rear hatch- it's coming off around the edges and is a bit weathered, so I'm going to replace it with HydroTurf. I saw the post by Kevin on his HydroTurf and it has me sold.
One last upgrade I want to do is your shifter mod. Looks simple enough- and if it makes shifting easier I'm all for it.
It's finally beginning to warm up here in the South.....

[Bob86ZZ4]

Oh ya, that shifter mod is the best. It shifts much better after converting. I ordered my hydroturf last fall and got it when the weather was getting too cold so my kit is just sitting in the boat in the garage at the lake. Waiting for warm weather so I can install it. I'm guessing you spotted that post I had with pictures and such of the shifter conversion.