SL900..First Impressions
Rob Zielinsky
Ok, finaly I can stop babbling about my mysterious SL900. I finaly have
it in my garage and took it out last Sunday.
The wheather was less than ideal, about 10 degrees celsius and very
overcast. I didn't care. I have been waiting and itching since
November 22 to get on this thing. So I yanked on my dry suit and went
for haul around the lake.
I putted around for about the first hour not exceeding half throttle and
never nailed it from a stand still. After the first hour, my fingers
and feet completely numb, I started to see what this thing could do.
Still not pushing it to the limits, this craft was incredible. Mid
range acceleration is very very intense. From about a 1/4 throttle to
about 3/4 throttle you have to hang on for life. Now I know why they
put that hump in the seat this year. Otherwise you would be in the
water behind this thing.
The only other craft I have run this thing beside is an SL750. My buddy
who was the only one as nuts as me to go out that day. I know it's not
much of a comparison but it was as if the 750 was standing still. And
I wasn't even running full throttle nor did it ever go beyond 3/4
throttle. This machine is nuts.
I added the R&D intake before I had a chance to ride it with the stock
one. But this thing turns on a dime and handles like it's on rails.
I love this thing. :)
Christopher Paull
In article <3194D2...@sympatico.ca>, Rob Zielinsky <as...@sympatico.ca>
writes:
|> I putted around for about the first hour not exceeding half throttle and
|> |> never nailed it from a stand still. After the first hour, my fingers
|> |> and feet completely numb, I started to see what this thing could do.
|>
|> Still not pushing it to the limits, this craft was incredible. Mid
|> range acceleration is very very intense. From about a 1/4 throttle to
|> about 3/4 throttle you have to hang on for life. Now I know why they
|> put that hump in the seat this year. Otherwise you would be in the
|> water behind this thing.
I had the oppurtunity to see and SL900 at the races this weekend.
I don't know the state of modifications, but It seems that Polaris
still has trouble with accleration.
The SL900 did very poorly... I believe last place although it did
seem to have good top speed in the back stretch. It came off
the line slowly, and whatever top speed it had was not enough to
make up any ground on the race course...
The handling did not look too bad but it did not look like anything
special either.
I was impressed with a ZXi1100 which did very well, and seemed to
corner quite well also...
In the Mod 1200 class, a SeaDoo won, followed by a WR1100, and then
a ZXi1100...
On a side note: my buddy raced his 1996 GTX this weekend. This pwc
is stock except for sponsons... Although he did not have enough
acceleration to be very competitive off the line,
He did beat limited Polaris SLX...
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Victor Mux
On 13 May 1996 16:49:53 GMT, cpaull@sea_doo.mti.sgi.com (Christopher
Paull) wrote:
I guess you didn't see 2 Polaris SL-900 come in 1st and 2nd in the
Expert 1200 Class. Avery on his tour full blown mod could not keep
up. The Polaris that came in 2nd place was bone stock riden by Mat
Saba #21. The Seado XP-800s were in last place. I guess you just
failed to see this race.
Rob Zielinsky
Christopher Paull wrote:
>
> I had the oppurtunity to see and SL900 at the races this weekend.
>
> I don't know the state of modifications, but It seems that Polaris
> still has trouble with accleration.
>
> The SL900 did very poorly... I believe last place although it did
> seem to have good top speed in the back stretch. It came off
> the line slowly, and whatever top speed it had was not enough to
> make up any ground on the race course...
>
> The handling did not look too bad but it did not look like anything
> special either.
>
> I was impressed with a ZXi1100 which did very well, and seemed to
> corner quite well also...
>
> In the Mod 1200 class, a SeaDoo won, followed by a WR1100, and then
> a ZXi1100...
>
> On a side note: my buddy raced his 1996 GTX this weekend. This pwc
> is stock except for sponsons... Although he did not have enough
> acceleration to be very competitive off the line,
> He did beat limited Polaris SLX...
Sorry, I was wrong my SL900 IS a piece of shit. You're right. What was
I thinking. GEEEZZZ!
Chris Paull
In article <3198C8...@sympatico.ca>, Rob Zielinsky <as...@sympatico.ca>
writes:
[snip]
|> > In the Mod 1200 class, a SeaDoo won, followed by a WR1100, and then
|> > a ZXi1100...
|> >
|> > On a side note: my buddy raced his 1996 GTX this weekend. This pwc
|> > is stock except for sponsons... Although he did not have enough
|> > acceleration to be very competitive off the line,
|> > He did beat limited Polaris SLX...
|>
|>
|> Sorry, I was wrong my SL900 IS a piece of shit. You're right. What was
|> |> I thinking. GEEEZZZ!
Gee Rob,
Are we a little sensitive or what? I just reported on what I
saw at the races... Just because I have seen some evidence that
the SL900 does not have the "awesome" acceleration you describe, your
still allowed to like your Polaris and have as much fun on it as you can.
In fact, I think that the Polaris would make a great offshore PWC, but
from what I've seen it's not that great on the closed course, especially
in limited form.
Others such as Victor Mux have had different experiences, that's fine too.
There is no need to take these comments personally... As I did not attack
you or your craft. I only reported on what I saw at the races...
Relax Dude, and go riding...
Dave Worley
Rob Zielinsky wrote:
>
> Christopher Paull wrote:
> >
> > I had the oppurtunity to see and SL900 at the races this weekend.
> >
> > I don't know the state of modifications, but It seems that Polaris
> > still has trouble with accleration.
> >
> > The SL900 did very poorly... I believe last place although it did
> > seem to have good top speed in the back stretch. It came off
> > the line slowly, and whatever top speed it had was not enough to
> > make up any ground on the race course...
> >
> > The handling did not look too bad but it did not look like anything
> > special either.
> >
> > I was impressed with a ZXi1100 which did very well, and seemed to
> > corner quite well also...
> >
> > a ZXi1100...
> >
> > On a side note: my buddy raced his 1996 GTX this weekend. This pwc
> > is stock except for sponsons... Although he did not have enough
> > acceleration to be very competitive off the line,
> > He did beat limited Polaris SLX...
>
> Sorry, I was wrong my SL900 IS a piece of shit. You're right. What was
> I thinking. GEEEZZZ!
Rob, (are you impellor from IRC?)
The SL900 I saw at one of the races finished mid pack against some well
equiped Kaw's and Sea-Doo's, I believe it was bone stock as well, not
bad for a first showing. I'm sure I will be seing some high finishes by
the new Polaris craft at our regional races once LCP gets their mods
ready.
RacerX
Mike Calhoun
If anyone is interested in improving the accelleration of the SL900 try
disabling the accellerator pump on the #1 carb. It squirts raw gas into
all three carbs very time you squeeze the throttle.
Rob Zielinsky
>
> I guess you didn't see 2 Polaris SL-900 come in 1st and 2nd in the
> Expert 1200 Class. Avery on his tour full blown mod could not keep
> up. The Polaris that came in 2nd place was bone stock riden by Mat
> Saba #21. The Seado XP-800s were in last place. I guess you just
> failed to see this race.
Thanks for the back-up Victor. At least some one knows what they are
talking about.
Dave Worley
Actually The race I was referring to was in Lake Charles when we talked.
I didnt make it to last weekends race in Killeen.
RacerX
I2567
I guess my SL9 is shit also. Damn, always me!!! I go out and beat XP's,
I keep up with and sometimes even beat the 1100's even though i have 180cc
less motor. And now I find out that it is junk, I guess I'll just GIVE it
away, Any body want an SL9 free?
Ed
96 SLX
96 SL900
Chris Paull
I wrote this article, Sorry the original did not have
a name associated with it, but my news reader was down, and I did was
using a guest account on another machine to read news.
Chris Paull -- cpa...@mti.sgi.com --
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PHONE: (415)-933-4424 VOICE: "Yo, Chris!" -- Standard Disclaimer --
"Mere words do not suffice, to understand you must experience."
In article <4nisv1$6...@murrow.corp.sgi.com>, gu...@downtown.mfg.sgi.com
(Guest Account) writes:
|> In article <319B1C...@sympatico.ca>, Rob Zielinsky
|> <as...@sympatico.ca>
|> writes:
|> |> >
|> |> > I guess you didn't see 2 Polaris SL-900 come in 1st and 2nd in the
|> |> > Expert 1200 Class. Avery on his tour full blown mod could not
|> keep
|> |> > up. The Polaris that came in 2nd place was bone stock riden by
|> Mat
|> |> > Saba #21. The Seado XP-800s were in last place. I guess you just
|> |> > failed to see this race.
|> |>
|> |> Thanks for the back-up Victor. At least some one knows what they are
|> |> |> talking about.
|>
|> Victor is right, I did not see this race... It must not have been at
|> Calero
|> Reserviour, the 2nd round of the Northern California Water Craft Tour.
|>
|> Rob & Victor -- Stop whining, I did not slam Polaris, I just
|> responded to the statements of "awesome acceleration" with some
|> local race results which seem to show otherwise.
|>
|> Victor -- If you have some other results, feel free to post them. I am
|> |> not against Polaris doing well, or trying to hide any information.
|> The
|> FACT of the matter is that locally, Polaris is not doing very well.
|>
|> Here are the overall Runabout results as best as I know them
|> (top 5 in each class): [From the Northern CA WaterCraft Tour Round #2)
|>
|> Novice 785 LTD:
|> 1 Galo Diaz De Tuesta, SeaDoo
|> 2 Frank Silveria, SeaDoo
|> 3 John Gondini, SeaDoo
|> 4 Peter Dejager, SeaDoo
|> 5 Brian Anders, Yamaha
|>
|> Novice 785 Modified:
|> 1 Brian Davidson, SeaDoo
|> 2 Wayne Prouty, Jr., SeaDoo
|> 3 Galo Diaz De Tuesta, SeaDoo
|> 4 James Pierce, SeaDoo
|> 5 Frank Silveria, SeaDoo
|>
|> Novice 1200 LTD:
|> 1 Jeff Jallo, K/SD (Kawasaki or SeaDoo)
|> 2 Tiffani Pappageorge, Yamaha
|> 3 James Griffith, Jr., Kawasaki
|>
|> Novice 1200 Modified:
|> 1 Greg Paulos, Yamaha
|> 2 Walt Ferrin, Yamaha
|> 3 Jeff Jallo, K/SD (Kawasaki or SeaDoo)
|> 4 James Griffith, Jr., Kawasaki
|> 5 Tiffani Pappageorge, Yamaha
|>
|> Novice Women:
|> 1 Gay Davidson, SeaDoo
|> 2 Melanie Larson, SeaDoo
|> 3 Sally Hernandez, SeaDoo
|> 4 Helen Rhone, SeaDoo
|> 5 Joanne Wicker, SeaDoo
|>
|> Veterans:
|> 1 Brian Anders, Yamaha
|> 2 Bob Nunes, SeaDoo
|> 3 James Pierce, SeaDoo
|> 4 Carlos Lago, SeaDoo
|> 5 Ken Wilson, SeaDoo
|>
|> Expert 785 LTD:
|> 1 Todd Lozon, SeaDoo
|> 2 Kevin Carter, SeaDoo
|> 3 Frankie Mejia, SeaDoo
|> 4 Kurt Knollenberg, Jr., SeaDoo
|> 5 Mike Boggs, SeaDoo
|>
|> Expert 785 Mod 1:
|> 1 Paul Pistone, Yamaha
|> 2 Kevin Carter, SeaDoo
|> 3 Mike Boggs, SeaDoo
|> 4 Dr. Gary Warren, Kawasaki
|> 5 Phil Carter, SeaDoo
|> Expert 785 Mod 2:
|> 1 Joseph Amorim, Yamaha
|> 2 Dr. Gary Warren, Kawasaki
|> 3 Steve La Roza, SeaDoo
|> 4 Gus Evangelista, SeaDoo
|> 5 David Hitchinson, SeaDoo
|>
|> Expert 1200 LTD:
|> 1 Garrett Hubbard, ??? (I think this was a Yamaha)
|> 2 Gus Evangelista, SeaDoo
|> 3 Scott Frazier, SeaDoo
|> 4 Derek Watkins, Polaris
|>
|> Expert 1200 Mod:
|> 1 Mike Laughlin, SeaDoo
|> 2 Kurt Knollenberg, Jr., SeaDoo
|> 3 William Davis, Yamaha
|> 4 Paul Pistone, Yamaha
|> 5 Roger Hubbard, Yamaha
|>
|> Pro.Am Women:
|> 1 Vickie Anders, Yamaha
|> 2 Dawna Boggs, SeaDoo
|> 3 Sandy Faye, Yamaha
|> 4 Jody Mejia, SeaDoo
|> 5 Saren Wilson, SeaDoo
|>
|> Anyway -- I didn't see Polaris do very well... and the race results
|> back this up. If you have other race results that show otherwise,
|> please post them. If you know of any mistakes I have made in this
|> posting, feel free to let me know.
|>
|> I also have a copy of the Southern CA Round 2 results, and as far
|> as I can tell, there were NO polaris in the top 5 of any runabout
|> class...
Guest Account
James Crone
Garrett and Roger Hubbard are on Kawasaki 1100ZXi
watercraft! They are customers of mine.................
James Crone
Performance Engineering
"Your ZXi Triple Connection"
817-321-5865
Chris Paull
In article <4njnf6$19...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, FSX...@prodigy.com
(James Crone) writes:
|> Garrett and Roger Hubbard are on Kawasaki 1100ZXi
|> watercraft! They are customers of mine.................
Nice running boats James!!!
They seemed pretty quick, and cornered pretty well too!!
|>
|> James Crone
|> Performance Engineering
|> "Your ZXi Triple Connection"
|> 817-321-5865
|>
Gregg Cohn
FSX...@prodigy.com (James Crone) wrote:
>
> Garrett and Roger Hubbard are on Kawasaki 1100ZXi
> watercraft! They are customers of mine.................
>
Gregg "hey Chris, what about beginner class results?" Cohn
grc...@cats.ucsc.edu
SSSUZANNE
I would just like to say that my Jet Ski is the fastest, quickest, best
cornering, best looking, most reliable ski to ever see the face of the
earth. There, now I sound just like the rest of you whining bitches. I
won't even bother to tell you what I ride, because I don't wan't to make
any of you anymore insecure than you already are. You would all probably
be much happier if you looked at your PWC as a sport rather than an
extension of your penis.
Chadek AO
In article <4oku2i$3...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, sssu...@aol.com
(SSSUZANNE) writes:
>be much happier if you looked at your PWC as a sport rather than an
>extension of your *****
Sounds like a bad case of ***** envy.
Dan DePardo
sssu...@aol.com (SSSUZANNE) wrote:
>I would just like to say that my Jet Ski is the fastest, quickest, best
>cornering, best looking, most reliable ski to ever see the face of the
>earth.
Uh, cool. I guess.
There, now I sound just like the rest of you whining bitches.
Ouch. Apparently I've experienced a gender change without my
knowledge. I haven't seen the post you were responding to yet,
but it obviously tripped your trigger. :-o
I
>won't even bother to tell you what I ride, because I don't wan't to make
>any of you anymore insecure than you already are.
I'm pretty damn secure in my insecurities. (Or am I secure because
of my investments in securities?) I forget. Short term memory loss
claims another victim.
You would all probably
>be much happier if you looked at your PWC as a sport rather than an
>extension of your penis.
Ow. (another painful "headshot"), whoa, now I'm very curious about
what put your panties in such a bunch! I dunno, I'm not particularly
in favor of extensions, since I suspect my overall sensitivity would
'prolly be dramatically reduced. ;-D
*(politically incorrect comment edited to in accordance with FCC
regulation 69-5150)* :-)
Actually, I consider *PWC racing* a sport, but I view riding one for
personal pleasure a recreational activity. In any case, despite my
wise-guy comments, I'm aware of the attitude you're referring to,
and I don't particularly like it either. The reality of "mine is
better than yours" is that in general, humans are very competitive
animals, and we *will* argue, fight, and even kill each other over
virtually *anything*. Some people call the "mine is better" thing
"bench racing", a fairly common motorsport related activity.
Everything "said" here is an opinion. I agree with some of them, and
vehemently disagree with others, but everyone has a right to their
view. (Even the clueless goofy ones)
Anyway, please watch it with overly general statements like "the rest
of you", "You would all", etc. It tend to doubt that *anything*
applies to *all* of us here, other than an interest in PWC.
Dan "I feel my gender being bashed again, and boy is it sore" DePardo
BURN1234
You need a life ass wipe