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solo1189
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 6:23 pm Posts: 29
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 My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
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Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:02 pm |
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Woodiebuster
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Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:00 pm Posts: 6060 Location: Choudrant, La
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
Where is your throttle lever?
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Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:18 pm |
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solo1189
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 6:23 pm Posts: 29
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
umm yea about that...havent commited to putting a hand throttle on it yet... just been using the lever on the motor.
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Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:30 pm |
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mississippiduckboy
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Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:35 pm Posts: 1072
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
About to say, arn't those motors controlled by lever on motor.
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Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:10 am |
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scotts98rt
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Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 11:21 pm Posts: 60
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
Looks good, I got my throttle lever from meijer for 7.00.
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Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:14 am |
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fishon!!
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Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:52 pm Posts: 339 Location: Capital Shity, LA
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
throttle is extremely easy to put on those! thats WAAAYY too dangerous to run it with the lever on the motor!
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Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:38 pm |
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Powerstroke9773
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Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:01 pm Posts: 164 Location: Nixonton, North Carolina
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
looks good man what kinda boat you gunna run it on ?
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Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:45 pm |
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solo1189
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 6:23 pm Posts: 29
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
right now shes on a 12ft plastic jon boat.... she runs pretty fast no gps speed yet but she scoots right along..
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Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:55 pm |
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solo1189
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 6:23 pm Posts: 29
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
can you give me some details, on how you did your throttle...some pics would help
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Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:57 pm |
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sftull
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Joined: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:33 pm Posts: 601 Location: Rock Hill, SC
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
looks good man. I'm about 60% finished with the exact same thing.
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Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:01 am |
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scotts98rt
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Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 11:21 pm Posts: 60
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
just finished mine last night as well, going to fire it up when I get home tonight.
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Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:11 am |
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scotts98rt
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Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 11:21 pm Posts: 60
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
Hey solo where did you get the grip for the handle from? As I'm haveing trouble getting one locally to fit over the 1in handle.
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Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:10 pm |
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solo1189
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 6:23 pm Posts: 29
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
i had some grips laying around the shop. they are from dirtbike handlebars, they come for 7/8 or 1" bars
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:26 pm |
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scotts98rt
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Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 11:21 pm Posts: 60
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
I need the 1 in. apparently they are rare as hens teeth.But I found some on the web.
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:44 pm |
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restlesswoodie
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Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 22
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
I'm looking at building the same setup. Did you build it from plans or on your own? I'm trying to get a few more ideas for the frame setup and connections to the motor.
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Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:57 am |
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solo1189
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 6:23 pm Posts: 29
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 Re: My 6.5 longtail just finished her tonight!
took a set of plans and changed a few things to suit my application.
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Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:21 pm |
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