Testing New RIVA Ride Plate this Weekend

[Parrothead74]

about 45 minutes, not too bad. Yeah its gonna be nice on lake lanier around 8am in the morning with a cool temp of 60 degrees. Glass water is the best. I hate chop. LOL!! I'm gonna do 4 runs. first two with a full tank of gas then later in the day do it with less than half a tank. I'll try neutral and then trim it up one notch and see what results I get.

[Parrothead74]

Not sure if you live near lanier but, come out and bring your FX HO and ride tomorrow. do you have a pic of your FX?

[Parrothead74]

yes it is, should reach 78 degrees by 3pm. that will be nice, especially with low humidity.

[Parrothead74]

Well today I took out My yamaha VXR to test the new RIVA Ride Plate. Unfortunately Lake Lanier had the worst Winds and Chop I have ever seen in awhile. My testing conditions were NOT good at all. However with that said, I was able to test the ride plate in the Chop and it was so much smoother and much more Planted to the water then my previous stock plate. It handled the chop much better and also improved my cornering performance. Now for the Top speed test. The water had alot of chop and way to much wind Gust for me to get any good runs in. The best run I could get with 12-18 mph gust facing me was 65 mph. With my wife riding with me on the back I would do 64 mph. My ski ran 66 mph in calm conditions before, however I tested it with a full tank of gas and this was the best I could get in the horrible conditions I was in. While out on lanier I ran into a Guy with a 2016 FX SVHO that was stock. I asked if he would like to race a few times and explained to him the Mods I had on my ski. My wife was able to record this video of us racing 3 times. The first race was from a 10 mph roll and the other two races were from a dead stop. He won all three races, but I was trying to see if I could atleast keep up with him. The first race he beat me by two ski lengths, but the last two races, I was about a ski and a half away from him. I was very happy with my VXR's results because I was able to beat the SVHO out of the hole by a ski length on the last two races from a stand still. After racing we both talked about the ski's and he just happens to be a Greenhulk forum member . Over all it was a bad day to be on the lake, and I will go back out when there is no wind and the lake is like Glass to re-test the Ride Plate. I feel if the conditions were perfect the VXR would have hit 67 mph. Here are some pics below and the video of the race. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/Ma34YGV62v8

[not2fast]

https://youtu.be/Ma34YGV62v8

Video sums it up my experience lining up my old VXR next to my SVHO.

[Parrothead74]

Video sums it up my experience lining up my old VXR next to my SVHO.

Little by little i get a little closer with every Mod. It makes those SVHO owners alittle nervous to see a VXR getting real close.

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[K447]

... SVHO owners a little nervous to see a VXR getting real close.

Those SVHO may not all stay stock. Stage 1 tune and intake mods generally boost supercharged FX speeds noticeably.

[Parrothead74]

Those SVHO may not all stay stock. Stage 1 tune and intake mods generally boost supercharged FX speeds noticeably.

Very true, but I only race stock SVHOs. Lol

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[Parrothead74]

Those SVHO may not all stay stock. Stage 1 tune and intake mods generally boost supercharged FX speeds noticeably.

Plus if it's a stock SVHO and were doing a WOT race for 80 miles, he's pulling into the gas station while I win the race.[emoji1]

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