Thanks man ! I agree... success. Now onto bigger and better things, haha. (more tinkering). I was worried that, to the average person, the last clip would seem slow... camera angles and whatnot, but yeah, it rips. While I had the camera set up like that I did a few acceleration runs away from the camera from almost a dead stop, and to me, that's even more impressive... Next video.
Nice 👍 I am glad you had a successful ride. It sounded great on that run across the lake to find your sunglasses. Also congratulations on selling the mini 👍
I know that I replied to this, but my comment is nowhere to be found. It did sound pretty good skipping across the top of that chop. I feel like the footage made it seem way less exciting than it was. The waves were pretty aggressive and it was pretty gnarly skipping over them, haha. Near the end, at one point I was just letting off the throttle and got airborne for a few seconds. Probably should have used a different camera angle. The Mini being gone is kinda sad, but also a huge relief not to have it taunting me like "yeah, you're never going to finish me, are you LOOSER" lol... It's nice to have the extra space !
Thanks!! I agree... It sounds gnarly when it's skipping across the top of the waves... The footage doesn't really do it justice on how intense it is skipping over the tops of waves on a ski pulling that hard that weighs so little.
Pretty cool ride, love the speed of the x-2 does , looks like heaps of fun, wish I was there, , it is winter over here. Can't wait until summer, Cheer's mate
Epic run!!! Always nice to have a blast validating a build or new parts and also spend time with friends without having to be towed back in!!!! Great video Joel also great work recently with the whole rebuilding of the 1100. I know that was unexpected but you handled it like anyone who knows the risks of the game would. You are making me want to drop an 1100 in my X2 so badly hahahahahahahah
It's a pretty rare occasion that I don't have any major issues... or at least it seems that way, haha. Thanks for the comment !! I was sure that I responded to this days ago, but can't see my reply 🤷♂️. This isn't the hardest swap every, but a 750 or 800 are probably the more wise choice 😂 if you can consider that wise... The 1100 isn't actually that bad as it does bolt up to a 650, 750, 800 bedplate. You have to mod a few things to get it to fit in there, but it's not too bad. The thing that really does it for me is the sound of this engine !! That triple sound is music. I know that I'm going to enjoy the Krash, but I'll miss that triple sound !
@@bmxbarron Right on ! Working... yes... that's a thing. I've been wanting to do a 148 pump swap since before I swapped in the 1100, but there's always something else to do, and how that jacob gave me a MAG pump, I will likely be using that on the second X2 ... Mine currently has a 750 pump. It feels really inefficient at full speed... there's a lot of vibration and noise. Probably cavitation. Maybe I will get to it someday.
@@adrianwall9130 HAHA !! If you let me work on your ski, you would get it back in 3 to 5 years, a whole bunch of stuff would be chopped off, and it would work really good sometimes... and other times it wouldn't work at all... I think that is the truth, lol. Cheers mate !
Oh, you learn something new every day. I had never heard of them and someone recommended that I check them out last year. I love a good twin, but it's hard to beat the sound of a triple !!
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips We have a few Royal's in our neck of the woods. 30 min drive. Ontario. I don't think anything on the internet sounds as SWEET as your 1100. lol. Facts.
loctite on the exhaust bolts! lol same issue for me, i was able to get out on the superjet today but decided to not bring my camera and just have a fun family day, and i forgot to put a hole in my upper exhaust gasket so i didnt have water flow and burned up a coupler... uhhgggg
Well SHIT.... could have been a lot worse tho eh ? Imagine doing that, after driving 1.5 hour to the lake... and then having to drive back 1.5 pondering your choices in life 🤣 ... That's not actually what I started out saying... what I was going to is if that also starves the engine of coolant ? Either way, you'll have it up and running in no time 🤟
Ha ha, top secret Lake! 😂 I wonder if anyone can comment and say where it is! 😊 That thing sounds so amazing. Freaking arm Ripper! And how many times did you catch me biffing it for no reason, other than I'm on a SJ550! 😜
I was actually wondering that... who is going to geo locate the area now, just because I said it was secret, lol. It is an experience for sure... It so much fun for me to watch other people ride it... I was telling your son, it makes it all worthwhile. The whole time I'm smiling and gitty. It's a foolish contraption. I was also noticing the biffing into the water and thought "anyone who rode / rides a 550 will get it, and it's impossible to explain to anyone who hasn't... It's like riding a unicycle... regardless of how good you get at it, now and then you will just biff for no apparent reason, lol.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips I gotta say, I think I was riding extra hard that day just to even attempt to slightly keep up with that raging monster you ride! 😜 Which, I'm not good enough to ride that hard! Lol! I get that same giddy smile on my face to watch someone try to ride either of my stand ups. And when they succeed, I'm jumping for joy like a proud father when they do.
@@dustinwild You know... at some point I'd like to build just a reasonable raging monster, that is fun but not necessarily always trying to pull your arms off... and maybe a little quieter. Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't always want to stand out as much as I do when riding the 1100. I was thinking the other day that I should get my ass in gear, build up the 750 that I have and then con you into a 750 swap 🤣. Good... someone who can understand my "proud dad" moments, haha. Proud of the ski and the people... it's like letting your child play with your pet lion...
LOL... just a little work ? I have an X2 that also needs work... well, actually, I have two that need work, one that ALWAYS needs work and another that needs work and is collecting dust at the moment.
I was sure that I replied to this.... Sorry. It's not a good feeling when things go really bad, but, it's also an opportunity to make things better. The X2 is a project that is all about evolution and improvement... More to come.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips I totally get that. I purchased a disassembled SuperJet in June. Its kind of a vintage surf build that came with a 760 and a wet jet exhaust in need of conversion. It’s been quite an adventure getting it assembled.
I'd really suggest using anti seize over locktite. I've seen post after post that "I've locktite'd my bolts X amount of times and they still come loose". I've been using anti seize since I started 6 years ago and have no had one bolt come loose. I use it on almost all bolts for the skis since I feel like it helps with corrosion as well.
Yeah, I use anti seize on almost everything on my engine and exhaust... The only place where I have used loctite is on the rear chamber support bolt. This worked well for me all last season, but it makes it a pain in the ass to remove the bolt, so I decided to put it in dry this time, and it worked loose.
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I call that a success! And damn that last clip shows that it RIPS!!!
Thanks man ! I agree... success. Now onto bigger and better things, haha. (more tinkering).
I was worried that, to the average person, the last clip would seem slow... camera angles and whatnot, but yeah, it rips. While I had the camera set up like that I did a few acceleration runs away from the camera from almost a dead stop, and to me, that's even more impressive... Next video.
Nice 👍 I am glad you had a successful ride. It sounded great on that run across the lake to find your sunglasses. Also congratulations on selling the mini 👍
I know that I replied to this, but my comment is nowhere to be found.
It did sound pretty good skipping across the top of that chop. I feel like the footage made it seem way less exciting than it was. The waves were pretty aggressive and it was pretty gnarly skipping over them, haha. Near the end, at one point I was just letting off the throttle and got airborne for a few seconds. Probably should have used a different camera angle.
The Mini being gone is kinda sad, but also a huge relief not to have it taunting me like "yeah, you're never going to finish me, are you LOOSER" lol... It's nice to have the extra space !
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips I will say having an old project gone that you’re never going to finish feels pretty good.
That thing sounds awesome!
Can’t wait to see more wide open throttle runs!
Thanks!! I agree... It sounds gnarly when it's skipping across the top of the waves... The footage doesn't really do it justice on how intense it is skipping over the tops of waves on a ski pulling that hard that weighs so little.
Thank you joel
I have the motivation to finish my daughters other x2 !
Right on ! Get er done 🤟
Pretty cool ride, love the speed of the x-2 does , looks like heaps of fun, wish I was there, , it is winter over here. Can't wait until summer, Cheer's mate
Haha.... yeah, it's nice here for another month or so and then it will start get nasty... Summer will be there soon for you !
Epic run!!! Always nice to have a blast validating a build or new parts and also spend time with friends without having to be towed back in!!!! Great video Joel also great work recently with the whole rebuilding of the 1100. I know that was unexpected but you handled it like anyone who knows the risks of the game would. You are making me want to drop an 1100 in my X2 so badly hahahahahahahah
It's a pretty rare occasion that I don't have any major issues... or at least it seems that way, haha. Thanks for the comment !! I was sure that I responded to this days ago, but can't see my reply 🤷♂️.
This isn't the hardest swap every, but a 750 or 800 are probably the more wise choice 😂 if you can consider that wise... The 1100 isn't actually that bad as it does bolt up to a 650, 750, 800 bedplate. You have to mod a few things to get it to fit in there, but it's not too bad.
The thing that really does it for me is the sound of this engine !! That triple sound is music. I know that I'm going to enjoy the Krash, but I'll miss that triple sound !
Good video. Glad to see it out and ripping.
@@jamesgustin4195 New, longer video out on Sunday... Making lots of noise on the beast !
glad to see it on the water again
🤟 She rips and screams ! Too much fun. What have you been up to ?
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips working . Not a whole lot, I have a couple cool new projects. I'm almost ready to do my 148mm pump swap on the x2
@@bmxbarron Right on ! Working... yes... that's a thing.
I've been wanting to do a 148 pump swap since before I swapped in the 1100, but there's always something else to do, and how that jacob gave me a MAG pump, I will likely be using that on the second X2 ... Mine currently has a 750 pump. It feels really inefficient at full speed... there's a lot of vibration and noise. Probably cavitation. Maybe I will get to it someday.
Hi Joel, it looks like it is running really good, I would let you work on my ski any day, you are the master of modification , cheers mate
@@adrianwall9130 HAHA !! If you let me work on your ski, you would get it back in 3 to 5 years, a whole bunch of stuff would be chopped off, and it would work really good sometimes... and other times it wouldn't work at all... I think that is the truth, lol.
Cheers mate !
Royal is like the Walmart for Dirtbike gear! Great place when in a bind. We are there, weekly... X2 sounds nasty!
Oh, you learn something new every day. I had never heard of them and someone recommended that I check them out last year. I love a good twin, but it's hard to beat the sound of a triple !!
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips We have a few Royal's in our neck of the woods. 30 min drive. Ontario. I don't think anything on the internet sounds as SWEET as your 1100. lol. Facts.
@@StefanMailey Thanks ! I do enjoy the sound. I think the water box that I made for it worked out pretty well.
loctite on the exhaust bolts! lol same issue for me, i was able to get out on the superjet today but decided to not bring my camera and just have a fun family day, and i forgot to put a hole in my upper exhaust gasket so i didnt have water flow and burned up a coupler... uhhgggg
Well SHIT.... could have been a lot worse tho eh ? Imagine doing that, after driving 1.5 hour to the lake... and then having to drive back 1.5 pondering your choices in life 🤣 ...
That's not actually what I started out saying... what I was going to is if that also starves the engine of coolant ? Either way, you'll have it up and running in no time 🤟
It has dual outlets on the head, one goes to the head pipe the other goes out a pisser and both pissers had good flow
@@Trevorkloida Oh, right on... no worries then.
Ha ha, top secret Lake! 😂 I wonder if anyone can comment and say where it is! 😊
That thing sounds so amazing. Freaking arm Ripper!
And how many times did you catch me biffing it for no reason, other than I'm on a SJ550! 😜
I was actually wondering that... who is going to geo locate the area now, just because I said it was secret, lol.
It is an experience for sure... It so much fun for me to watch other people ride it... I was telling your son, it makes it all worthwhile. The whole time I'm smiling and gitty. It's a foolish contraption.
I was also noticing the biffing into the water and thought "anyone who rode / rides a 550 will get it, and it's impossible to explain to anyone who hasn't... It's like riding a unicycle... regardless of how good you get at it, now and then you will just biff for no apparent reason, lol.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips I gotta say, I think I was riding extra hard that day just to even attempt to slightly keep up with that raging monster you ride! 😜 Which, I'm not good enough to ride that hard! Lol!
I get that same giddy smile on my face to watch someone try to ride either of my stand ups. And when they succeed, I'm jumping for joy like a proud father when they do.
@@dustinwild You know... at some point I'd like to build just a reasonable raging monster, that is fun but not necessarily always trying to pull your arms off... and maybe a little quieter. Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't always want to stand out as much as I do when riding the 1100.
I was thinking the other day that I should get my ass in gear, build up the 750 that I have and then con you into a 750 swap 🤣.
Good... someone who can understand my "proud dad" moments, haha. Proud of the ski and the people... it's like letting your child play with your pet lion...
Ha ha, you wouldn't have to con me very hard! Lol! There's a hull and a bunch of parts just east of here... Hmmmm...
I looked at my x2 the other day. Needs work.
LOL... just a little work ? I have an X2 that also needs work... well, actually, I have two that need work, one that ALWAYS needs work and another that needs work and is collecting dust at the moment.
Glad you were able to finally get out there! Way to push through those issues!
I was sure that I replied to this.... Sorry. It's not a good feeling when things go really bad, but, it's also an opportunity to make things better. The X2 is a project that is all about evolution and improvement... More to come.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips I totally get that. I purchased a disassembled SuperJet in June. Its kind of a vintage surf build that came with a 760 and a wet jet exhaust in need of conversion. It’s been quite an adventure getting it assembled.
I'd really suggest using anti seize over locktite. I've seen post after post that "I've locktite'd my bolts X amount of times and they still come loose". I've been using anti seize since I started 6 years ago and have no had one bolt come loose. I use it on almost all bolts for the skis since I feel like it helps with corrosion as well.
Yeah, I use anti seize on almost everything on my engine and exhaust... The only place where I have used loctite is on the rear chamber support bolt. This worked well for me all last season, but it makes it a pain in the ass to remove the bolt, so I decided to put it in dry this time, and it worked loose.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips sad the mini is gone 😔
@@240sxxxvids It is, but also a huge relief no to have it sitting in the corner teasing me about never finishing it.