650sx turf

Before I had got my new turf put on it was painful to ride on and i hated it so much. However, the guys at jet trim really did a good job on it it is everything I wanted. I can ride on this all day and my shins are not that sore plus with all the fins and raises they put on the turf makes me way more balanced on the ski i absolutely love my ski now.

650sx (5)

Dual cooling is a necessity for any high performance motor in a ski. It helps keep the motor cooler since higher compression puts out more heat. Since i want to put a high compression head on my ski later on i started to get it prepped for dual cooling. you have to tap a second hole in the pump out let then run another water line in through the hull i will post a diagram. Then you will have to tap another line into the exhaust manifold. After that you just need to run a line from the head to the pisser or out of the ski. First is stock water lines then dual water lines.

X2(6)

Got some painting done just not the whole body of the x2. I had painted the exterior parts the ride plate, hood clips handle bars, and bumpers. These are super easy parts to paint seeing how they were all straight so I just lightly sanded them with the 320 I have to dull up the previous paint. Then just laid them out and sprayed two coats of the purple paint and let me tell you they came out more amazing then I thought.

657 GTX

This is my dads ski that I had to rebuild. It is a older ski and it honestly not worth the rebuild, but we decided to rebuild it anyway. we had a huge loss of compression it was only putting out 80 psi per cylinder. Now it is critical to have a good compression 120-150 is a good range. Therefore, I obviously needed to do a top end rebuild; my dad bought all the parts and I tore it apart. The pistons in there were so chewed up.Plus this motors top end was a pain to get out and even worse to get back together. I will never rebuild one of these skis; however with some dumb luck i got it all back together and got it fired up.

X2(5)

Finally, getting some work done on this gas cap area towards the front. The guy who owned this ski before me made a huge mess of it. There are two holes by the front one is for the gas cap the other is for the oil cap. What most people do is take out that oil or pre-mix mechanism out and pre-mix the oil into the gas. It is just more of an insurance that the ski has proper oil so you don't blow the motor. The mechanism that comes stock is known to fail a lot; that is why they are taken out. Anyway instead of patching the hole the guy cut out a licence plate, painted over it, and then silicone it to the ski. I know pretty ghetto; so i ripped it off then did it the right way with some fiberglass resin and bondo filler.

X2(4)

Here we go again some more endless body work. For those of you who do body work you will under stand. I had sprayed the body with primer; however do not do what i did. It was suppose to be a quick dry primer; i did not wait long enough and the primer gunked up when i tried to sand it. This had caused bumps in the body that i had just sanded smooth. This was very aggravating after all that work i did i had to start over. However, i did find some low spots that needed some work. After a little more work i used some 500 sand paper and got that hull very smooth. Now i have to do some work up by the gas cap and i am ready for paint.

X2(3)

Did some more body work on the good old X2. It is pretty close to being done; just a few more spots on the body that need to be smoothed out. You want to use a good 120 sand paper on the fiberglass to get off all the old paint. Then you want to use bondo filler on all the low spots then sand those smooth. If you want a really good shine on the new paint that is going on your jet ski it is best to use a really high sand paper between 320-500. Also before you paint it is good to spray down a primer to be able to see how close the body is to being straight then you are good to paint.

650 sx repair

One of many problems with jet skis in general is the fact that they have a fiberglass body or hull. This makes it very easy to get a hole in the body if it hits anything. On my 650 i have no idea what happened, but i got a quarter size hole in the bottom. I have not done any body work on fiberglass before; i have on cars but this was new too me. If you go online you can buy some fiber glass resin with fiberglass fiber. You want to clean the area as instructed and mix the hardener with the resin then apply a light coat. After that you then should apply the fibers to patch the hole. Then get a paint brush and dab it till it is fully covered. Repeat these steps a few times and sand then paint the spot for a nice finish product.

650 sx (4)

Hey guys totally decided to rebuild my whole motor in my 650. Well if  I am going to be completely honest it wasn't really a decision my motor did this weird clunk and stopped working. So i ripped it all apart and noticed the pistons were all scrapped up. i bought a new piston and ring set then had my cylinder jugs bored out 1mm over to match the new pistons and slid it in. Plus i had painted it the finish product turned out really good i am so happy with it. I will go over all the how to's and prep i did to the motor. Anyway these a re a few photos.

X2 (2)

After riding my new jet ski i  had noticed i had got a lot of bang for my buck. It was a lot faster than i though There was a nice high compression head and a 46 mm carb on it which gave it a lot of pull. however, there was a few things that needed some minor issues fixed. One was the steering was off it was nearly impossible to turn left and that there was a small exhaust leak easy fixes. once i got it home i decided to pull the motor and start working on that good awful paint scheme.

X2 (1)

i have always wanted a kawasaki 650 x2. They are to me just so cool after a friend of mine let me ride his i have wanted one of my own. Howeverm they are just so expensive. I couldn't find one for any less then $1,200 which was a little out of my price range. Finally, after a long 6 month search i got a good deal off of a buddy of mine. It only cost me $800 dollars and it came with a lot of aftermarket parts. The only thing it really needed was some tlc and some new paint.

650 sx(3)

I had finally found a mod that i really wanted, but was way to expensive for my budget. On my 650 i used to run my stock carb which was a kein 38 mm carb. However, now i run a dual carb set up and i had changed brands to mikuni carbs.

I got a really good deal on these bad boys. Usually online they run around $350-$450 for the whole set up which is a bit much seeing how my jet ski was $600. Lucky a guys was getting rid of some for $150 i rushed to go and get that deal.

I had them installed within the hour. I took it out the next day and let me tell you the difference it had made. i had gained so much bottom end on the motor it would take off way faster and jump out of the water a lot higher.

650 sx (2)

Once i had finally got that new motor from my friend i rode it for about a year. It ran good; only thing that i had an issue with was the battery nothing to major. After that year though i had decided to do some upgrading to make a little more horse power. My friend had tagged me in this post where a guy was selling a hull that had dual exhaust ran out of the back instead of the stupid one on the side.

This hull had an aftermarket stain less steel aluminium prop and a ride plate it was a hell of a deal for $100. so i had picked that up and did a simple motor swap; only four bolt and i ripped it right out within 30 minutes.
That prop, ride plate, and better exhaust made a hell of a difference believe it or not. Such an easy way to make your jet ski ride a lot nicer for a very cheap cost!

650sx(1)

Hey guys this is my stock 1987 650sx. I know it is not much to look at, but this thing is my baby. When i first got this thing i knew absolutely nothing about jet skis. OH BOY was i an idiot for buying it. When i first got my 650 it ran for one whole test ride. After that it never would turn over.

Turns out the guy i bought it from ripped me off. There was a good 10 teeth missing from the fly wheel and the crankshaft was completely rusted out. Lucky i got a god deal off a friend and i put a whole new motor in that hull. However, this was just the begging of a whole new make over for my baby!

enter ivy

Hello everyone this is a page for any type of watercraft help. I mainly specialize in 1980-2000 jet ski help, performance, tips, and tricks. I will try to do my best to keep up with this page as much as possible I would also appreciate any feed back or tips of your own you have for me.

I will also show you some of my jet ski's as well as some of my cool projects i have going on as well as issues i run into. Plus several solutions to those problems. Thanks guys please feel free to show me some of your ski's and any problems you need help with!