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9th Annual Hot Products Mark Hahn 300, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 2/23/2013 R&D Sponsored Watercraft Win Top Honors in 4-Stroke Stock & 4-Stroke Stock N/A: 1st Mike Klippenstein/Mark Queen-Sea-Doo ’12 RXP-X 260, 2nd Tera Laho/Oliver Pole-Yamaha ’12 FZR, 3rd Christophe Girello/Tony Beck-Yamaha ’12 SHO . This years Mark Hahn 300 was a long grueling race testing the performance and reliability of each watercraft to the maximum. After four hours and fifty one minutes of wide open competition, R&D watercraft equipped with R&D Reprogrammed ECU’s, and R&D Handling Products took all three platforms on the Podium. The 4-Stroke Stock N/A class was also won with R&D Performance by Russian Team, Denis Belikov/Mikhail Karpov-Yamaha ’12 FX HO. Our Congratulations to all competitors. Supercharged or naturally aspirated, when performance and reliability count trust the Pros at R&D. For more info on R&D Performance Parts and Kits, go to www.rd-performance.com

Surf's up! Bikini-clad Rihanna roars around on the back of a jet-ski driven by pro surfer Makua Rothman as she continues to celebrate her 25th birthday. She has been spotted in the arms of her boyfriend Chris Brown for the last couple of days as she celebrates her 25th birthday. But Rihanna came up for air and spent part of her big day in the company of another man on Wednesday. The Diamonds In The Sky star showed off her bikini body as she indulged in her favourite pastime of jet-skiing with pro surfer Makua Rothman. However, riding no life jacket is very dangerous whether you are a star or no and those photos are not giving the best example to rest of the pwc riders or enthusiasts. Photo courtesy: dailymail.co.uk

Sales of personal watercraft haven’t slowed in 2013, grabbing another percentage point of sales growth during the first month of the year among Bellwether states, according to the latest data from Info-Link Technologies. Year-over-year, sales increased another 1 percentage point in January, following a 10 percent decline in sales among the Bellwether states a year ago. Data for all boating states, for which data is available through September, showed sales following the Bellwether average, and increasing 5 percent year-over-year. Sales of all powerboats continued to grow through January, though the pace dipped slightly. Sales growth among Bellwether states was up around 12 percent year-over-year during January, only a fraction of a percent below November and December, and roughly even with the growth rate during October 2012. Sales of all powerboats among all boating states sat just below the Bellwether average, hitting near 10 percent year-over-year growth during the month of September 2012. Data from Info-Link Technologies is based off of new U.S. boat registrations. Data for Bellwether states is derived from states representation roughly half of the U.S. boat market, geographically dispersed. Full graphs of the data can be found here: Info-Link Technologies Bellwether Report. Source:powersportsbusiness.com

The R&D Supercharger Clutch Spring Upgrade Kit will directly replace the O.E.M. clutch spring washers with a new high quality spring washer that is .002” thicker than the O.E.M. spring washer. The R&D Spring Washer Kit will upgrade the slip torque tension of the O.E.M. clutch by an added 2 pounds over stock. The O.E.M. torque slippage settings on the Sea-Doo clutch system is on the low side for hard core recreational riding and performance gains can be noticed with the R&D upgraded tension specification. Upgrading the Clutch Springs is an inexpensive way keep those boost numbers up! The R&D Kit replaces and upgrades all 2008+ superchargers and Sea-Doo shaft kit upgrades. Available from R&D with Pt. # 613-95011 at the Retail $29.95

Weberpower billet aluminum throttle lever works awesome on the Hydrospace watercraft, and works equally well on Kawasaki & Yamaha watercraft or other models that utilize a "finger style"" throttle lever. An adjustable stop eliminates the free-play on different applications. The slim design and rounded bottom saves the kneecaps from damage. They offer full stainless hardware and delrin pivot bushings for smooth operation. Available in Black and Clear anodized finish. The most common style is compatible with Weberpower’s throttle cable which has a 10 mm cable adjustment thread diameter. Also available is 6mm x1.00 cable diameter used on the Yamaha Superjet. Available from Weberpower.com at $87.75."

2008-2013 215/255/260 Rotax Engines, The R&D High Performance Racing Adjustable Clutch Washer Kit has been developed to offer precision calibration and tuning to the superchargers clutch system. Proper clutch torque slippage tuning will extend clutch life, and insure maximum boost pressures can be reached. The Adjustable Clutch Kit offers three Clutch Washers and two spring washers both in two different thicknesses that can be “performance specification” installed along with a strategic spring washer “stack” assembly specification to accommodate 8-18 Ft Pounds of torque or 96-216 inch pounds of torque. The wide range of adjustability will accommodate any manufacturers suggested clutch setting specification form old school 215 stock (7 P.S.I. ) to 28 pounds of all out racing boost. R&D Clutch Washers are CNC machined from a billet high strength Steel Super Alloy, Heat Treated, and precision ground to final spec. The R&D clutch washers are designed to be able to properly slip and wear over time without failing under the stresses of the Sea-Doo superchargers high RPM's (42,000) and high heat. The R&D kit will directly replace and out perform all existing aftermarket kits. Improve performance and protect your investment with the R&D Racing Adjustable Clutch washer kit. Kit arrives complete with a specific setup chart diagram displaying how to set the clutch up to achieve a specific torque slip setting. Kit also has a torque chart that displays a Foot Pound to Inch Pound conversion ranging from 6 to 20 pounds. Pt. # 613-95008 $224.95

R&D offers a custom high performance fuel pressure regulator system designed to “bolt on” to the RXP-X/RXT-X 260. The R&D Regulator Kit comes completely assembled with all fuel lines, connectors, and fittings in place and ready to install. The R&D Kit also includes the necessary “Port Plug” to easily block off the stock in tank pressure regulator, and custom “plug on” return line fitting. The R&D regulator bracket will allow the regulator to be installed under the top deck cleanly and out of the way, yet allow fuel pressure tuning access easily accessible. Base fuel pressure is adjustable from 50 to 75 PSI with high pressure spring (installed), and can also be set up as a Rising Rate System (60-75). The R&D system is very easy to install, and all hardware can be removed and easily put back to stock at any time. Fuel rail and tank return line fittings are O.E.M. push on “snap lock” fitting connectors which will make the R&D Regulator System easy and hassle free to install. Pt. # 803-81000 RXP-X $349.95, Pt. # 803-81001 RXT-X $349.95