FXHO 1800 Speeds and Mods Database

[steve-uk]

The VXR / VXS thread is a great idea so thought would start one for the FXHO 1800 in the same format

Speed @ RPM:
Year/Model:
Name/Weight:
Air Temp:
Altitude:
Fuel Level:
Mods:

[jp1300r]

Speed@RPM:63.7MPH GPS @ 7600-7700, its hard to read
Year/Model:2012/FXHO
Name/Weight:JP/175lbs
Air Temp:@90*
Altitude:0' Sea Level
Fuel Level:1/2 tank
Mods:Totally Stock

[The Rooster]

Speed@RPM: 65.2 @7700 ???
Year/Model: 2013 FX-HO
Name/Weight: The Rooster/ 215 lbs
Air Temp: 88
Altitude: Sea level
Fuel level: 4-bars/ 1/2 tank
Mods: DIY intake, Riva engine breather up-grade, Riva Ribbon delete, Tommy Jordan free flow exhaust.

[samy-gti]

Speed @ RPM: 116km/h 8.000
Year/Model: 2011 fx ho
Name/Weight: Samy 105kg
Air Temp: 38*C
Altitude: sea nivel
Fuel Level:3/4
Mods: power filter, riva exaust, ecu alientech, macc racing sponsons, solas 12/18, R&D plate

[steve-uk]

Speed @ RPM: 63.04mph
Year/Model: 2011 fx ho
Name/Weight: steve- 90kg
Air Temp: 22*C
Altitude: sea level
Fuel Level:3/4
Mods:ribbon delete,solas 13/22, R&D pan filter upgrade

[Spi200]

Speed @ RPM: 62.3mph GPS (70mph speedo) @ approx 7750 rpm (on the limiter)
Year/Model: 2012 FX HO
Name/Weight: Dave - 92kgs
Air Temp: 18C
Altitude: Sea Level on salt water lake
Fuel Level: Half tank
Mods: Ribbon Delete, Riva pod filter and R and D crankcase filter\bypass
Hours: 83hrs on the clock
Where: Lake Maquairie NSW Australia
When: Yesterday.

[Spi200]

Samy-gti has that thing running well. Here is the speed in mph

Speed @ RPM: 116km/h 8.000 (72mph)
Year/Model: 2011 fx ho
Name/Weight: Samy 105kg
Air Temp: 38*C
Altitude: sea nivel
Fuel Level:3/4
Mods: power filter, riva exaust, ecu alientech, macc racing sponsons, solas 12/18, R&D plate

Very impresive indeed, I might look an R & D Plate now as I did not know they made one for this model.
Next time out I am going to get my mate who is a bit lighter than me to go out with the GPS for some longer high speed runs. He regularly see better speeds on the speedo than I do and I was only doing some very short runs with the GPS so it might not be reporting the absolute top speed achieved as it only polls every 5 seconds - if that is the case then I doubt I would have been at top speed for that long. I will get him to do some runs of 30secs or more and see what it reports back. In the Summer I mgiht look at an ECU flash and will report back, its middle of winter here so not doing much ridding.
Thanks for pinning the tread to the top of the forum - Excellent.

Dave

[Spi200]

OK

My mate thought he could do better than me so we took the Ski out today in cool but still conditions. Mark consistently had speeds a mph or two more than me so here is his results. We think we can see a little better with a lighter fuel load. Mark did a long ride with 7 other ski's at the start of the morning and was keeping up with Scott on his 2013 SHO (absolutely stock ski 33hrs on it) everyone was on full tanks and his GPS showed 62mph max for the morning ride. The results below were later in the day with a little less fuel on board.


Speed @ RPM: 64.0mph GPS (72mph speedo) @ approx 7750 rpm (on the limiter)
Year/Model: 2012 FX HO
Name/Weight: Mark - 76kg (167lbs)
Air Temp: 17C (63f)
Altitude: Sea Level on salt water tidal river.
Fuel Level: Half tank
Mods: Ribbon Delete, Riva pod filter and R and D crankcase filter\bypass
Hours: 86hrs on the clock
Where: Hawkesbury river NSW Australia
When: Today

Will post more results when the weather warms up a bit, really keen to have the ECU flashed but will have to save my $$$ first.


Regards

Dave

[Spi200]

All

A top spring day out on the water today. I took out a guy who wanted to see what the FX HO could do so we went on a nice ride around the Hawkesbury river and on the way back we found some real smooth water so I turned on the GPS to see what speed we could do with two up on board. Here is the results

Speed @ RPM: 61.0mph GPS (67mph speedo) @ approx 7750 rpm (on the limiter)
Year/Model: 2012 FX HO
Name/Weight: Dave 92kgs and Paul 75kgs- for a total of 167kgs (368lbs)
Air Temp: 24C (75f)
Altitude: Sea Level on salt water tidal river.
Fuel Level: 3/4 tank
Mods: Ribbon Delete, Riva pod filter and R and D crankcase filter\bypass
Hours: 94hrs on the clock
Where: Hawkesbury river NSW Australia
When: Today Sat 22nd Sept.

Regards

Dave

[Spi200]

The next day I put my Ski in for its 100hrs service as it comming up to some good riding weather. They call me and say the prop has some damage (which I knew) and that it should be replaced. OK I though, I have had nearly 100 hrs of fun lets get a new prop fitted. Unfortunately, they called back a couple of hours later and said the prop won't come off the shaft so will have to order a new one under warranty - No problem right. Wrong no prop shafts in the country (Aus) so they ahve to get one from Japan - Going to be off the water for 10 days at best, hopefully it won't be any longer than that.
I knew my prop had a few dings in it after pickjing up a stick or two in the fresh water lake last xmas, hopefully the prop will stop the cavitation I get at the start, maybe even another mph or 2 - In the first week or two we had the ski I was on the back with a mate and I saw 72mph on the speedo and have not seen these speeds with two up since.
Will get it back next week and see how we go.
Rgs
Dave
2012 Black FX HO

[Spi200]

OK, after 2 weeks waiting on a new prop and wear ring I am back on the water. My dealer has always sung the praise on the Yamaha props and he races his Ski here in my city so I recon he knows more than I do so just had him fit the OEM prop and wear ring. I knew my old prop had a few dings on it but did not realize it would have been much of a problem, but what a difference it made. The Ski was just so responsive that you really have to hang on, it was just like getting on a ski the first time. I saw speeds on the speedo (71mph with 2 persons)that I have not seen since it was about 10hrs old.
By the time I got the GPS out at our first stop down the river (35miles) I had missed the best of the conditions but I was still keen to see what the ski could do up the river and into the wind. Was still a full 3 mph improvement over a couple of weeks ago in less than ideal conditions.

Speed @ RPM: 64.0mph GPS (71 mph speedo) @ approx 7750 rpm (on the limiter)
Year/Model: 2012 FX HO
Name/Weight: Dave 92kgs and Kath 75kgs- for a total of 167kgs (368lbs)
Air Temp: 23C (73f)
Altitude: Sea Level on salty\fresh water tidal river.
Fuel Level: 1/2 tank
Mods: Ribbon Delete, Riva pod filter and R and D crankcase filter\bypass, new OEM prop and wear ring fitted.
Hours: 97hrs on the clock
Where: Upper Hawkesbury river NSW Australia
When: Today Sat 10th Oct.
Conditions: UP river into moderate wind with a light wind chop, water fresher than further down the river on last run.
Trim: Neutral

On these numbers I am expecting to see 67mph or better with just one of board in good conditions, bring on summer!!!


Dave
Black FX HO 2012

[The Rooster]

Way to go Dave. That's impressive, especially w/ two people. My speedo reads 72 when I'm @ 64 and 73 when I can hit 65. Have you done anything on the exhaust side, such as the Tommy Jordan mod? It's rare when I can duplicate the 65 mph run. Usually stuck somewhere in the 64 + range. Good luck chasing 67 mph !!!

[Spi200]

Way to go Dave. That's impressive, especially w/ two people. My speedo reads 72 when I'm @ 64 and 73 when I can hit 65. Have you done anything on the exhaust side, such as the Tommy Jordan mod? It's rare when I can duplicate the 65 mph run. Usually stuck somewhere in the 64 + range. Good luck chasing 67 mph !!!

Rooster

Thanks for all the bumps you have made to the thread, it keeps it high up on the list.
Done nothing to the exhuast at all, I keep hearing that it make no performance improvements unless running a Super charger with mods and don't want the drone I hear about also.
I was running some Caltex 98 yesterday which is about the best fuel we can get here in Aus and the ski had just had new plugs and an oil change at the 100 hr service. One of the other guys thought my ski had a different pitch to the sound but I could not tell riding it. Certainly very responsive and no more cavitation so pretty happy. Won't be back on the water for a couple of weeks, but in ideal conditions and a light rider I think we could see 67mph without too much problem. My son is just 50kgs and loves going fast so might have to get him on the job to achieve it.
Would love to get the ECU flashed but $$$ are a bit short at the moment.

Rgs

Dave
Black FX HO 2012

[Spi200]

Got out on the water on Saturday afternoon with 2 friends but the GPS battery was about dead so only had it on for 5 mins at most. Only got a top speed of 63mph on the GPS but did not get a nice long run at it, there were a bunch of water skiers in the river so had to back it off.
We did however ride for 20 miles down the river and the ski is definately quicker now. My mate on his 2012 VRX (1800) used to just ride away from me, but not anymore - if I go superman style then we are dead even and he just creeps away if I sit up in the wind. The other rider was a 2013 FXSHO and had a passenger, again there was nothing in it. We had a race down the river for as far as the eye could see (that was clear of skiers) and I finished 10 yards behind both of them - the VXR and SHO were neck and neck all afternoon.
I did see a newest high speed on the speedo or 76mph so this is up from my previous best of 72 - just need a nice long run for the GPS to accurately get a top speed. Little blasts for 400 yards does not cut it.

Weather permitting I will be back out on the water next Sunday and will post if we get anything better than 64 mph on the GPS.

Regards

Dave
Black FX HO 2012

[Spi200]

New top speed today.

Speed @ RPM: 65.0mph GPS (73mph speedo) @ approx 7550 rpm
Year/Model: 2012 FX HO
Name/Weight: Dave 92kgs and Mark 75kgs- for a total of 167kgs (368lbs)
Air Temp: 24C (75f) Approx
Altitude: Sea Level on salt water tidal river.
Fuel Level: 1/2 tank
Mods: Ribbon Delete, Riva pod filter and R and D crankcase filter\bypass
Hours: 100.7hrs on the clock
Where: Hawkesbury river NSW Australia - near Mooney Mooney bridge.
When: Today Sat 27nd Oct.

Mark was driving and I was on the back, we swapped over but could not better the speed even with his weight right over the rear deck just hanging onto the back on the seat. Trim was set to +1 down (nose up) and would like to try so other settings. We went up the Mooney Mooney creek to find some smooth water and to get out of the wind. That dam fast up a creek!

Regards

Dave