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It is amazing how the performance of a watercraft can be changed with a reprogrammed ECU. We had the exclusive opportunity to test two different ECU mappings for the brand new Yamaha FZR SVHO. A map for Offshore racing and another one for Close Course racing. The later increased the overall performance a lot more and the top speed of the craft reached 84.6mph in Pro Stock set up. Need to say more?

Chris Hagest owner of ProwatercraftRacing gave us the unique opportunity to test ride his wife’s SX-R which was recently completed and it is equipped with all brand new ProwatercraftRacing performance and body parts. The particular craft was set with the front and rear sponsons as well as a prototype ride plate and brand new handlepole and nose piece and the Jettrim ergo mat kit. A complete story of the craft will be published regarding its performance and evaluation of the aftermarket parts.

Sea-Doo Spark 60hp edition barely touches the mark of 42mph of top speed. It is an Entry Level watercraft however many pwc users out there will seek for better performance. R&D has been working extensively and quietly on this boat and invited us to test its overall performance. Therefore, we tested the R&D Spark kit which consists of: Intake grate, Sponsons, trim tabs, air filter kit and a reprogrammed ECU. Its top speed went up to 60mph and the overall handling was exceptional. The compete test and parts evaluation will be published on a story in the Tests section soon. Stay tuned.

Canadian multi National and World Champion Mike Klippenstein he will race at Mark Hahn a Yamaha WaveRunner. The deal was made last year and the Canadian champion was shown up at Body beach with his watercraft testing a few parts. He is pictured with Bill Chapin and Glenn Dickinson from R&D working out a few details regarding the ECU mapping, nozzle setting, and prop details. Klipper is famous not only for his multiple wins but also for the fact that always he is races fast crafts.

R&D offers many different ECU maps for Kawasaki, Sea-Doo and Yamaha watercrafts for recreational use, Offshore racing kits, Pro Stock kits and various Racing stages. Many teams and riders prefer to use their precise and accurate mapping settings for their watercrafts depending on the Stage of tunning they have. Bill Chapin of R&D was pictured at Body Beach while he was reprogramming Andrey Iakovlev’s Kawasaki 300X ECU. The Russian athlete has a 300X updated with 310X parts and he runs an R&D turbo kit.

88Motorsport are launching the 88 Insurance program for Jet Skis on next week in Stockholm Boat Show. The insurance company is biggest in Sweden insuring jetskis and now they are going to have their own which will be 50 % cheaper than closest competitors insurance. A week later it will be launched in Finland too.

Pro Ski Open and GP Ski world champion in the World Finals of IJSBA 2013, Chris MacClugage will race in the stand up class at the Mark Hahn race teamed up with the Gewecke brothers. They will race a stock SX-R with a wet pipe on it We wish them Good Luck.