Originally Posted By: Stan
Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein
I literally dont know what protective equipment one should wear going a buck fifty plus in a boat ....


It is a Lifeline flotation and impact life vest, and a helmet, Ted. And, tho' it's not protective equipment, it's equipment nonetheless ................ a BIG set of "you know whats". That's not always enough for protection, however. Friend of ours from Biloxi blew over, racing his Allison, last April. Lost a leg, nearly lost the other. Still building race engines in his shop, however. Just tested a prototype 3.5 stroker Merc that went 516 hp. at only 18 degrees timing. It's probably gonna be good for 600 in race tune.

Good luck with your new bike. Nothing quite like the feel of that much horsepower between your legs.

Best, SRH

P.S. In the spirit of the thread, it was burning lead free fuel. grin


Yea, I took in a few videos of those boats, running fast, and a few of them getting out of control at speed, and all hell breaking loose. Looked like a lot of small pieces of stuff were left. Made my bad habit of running cloverleafs, at speed, after midnight, burning up foot pegs, look pretty tame.

The 1200 FJ was about 130 horse in stock trim, piped and jetted gets you around 150. It is one of the nicest handling and well planted bikes at speed, deceptive in the way it lets you find out where your skill set is no longer up to what the bike is capable of.

Hell of a machine.

Best,
Ted

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The stone wouldnt stand a chance against a 30 year old FJ.