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Rumors say that personal watercraft manufacturers plan to make substantial changes and crucial updates for the upcoming season. Horsepower will be increased to 300hp basically from Kawasaki and Sea Doo. Green Team will release a 2000cc power plant whilst Sea Doo will add one more cylinder to the three-cylinder motor. Yamaha plans to release a more powerful version of the FZR. Additionally, rumors speak about an electric power pwc hitting the market in 2011. Stay tuned...

PART # 612-93008: R&D’s Racing Cam Gear kit allows a huge boost in overall horsepower to be gained by custom tuning the camshafts LCA (lobe separation angle) set up. Tuning the LCA with R&D Pro Tune Cam Gears can add 200-300 RPM’s, increased boost pressure, and 2-3mph to your existing engine package. Adjusting the camshafts LCA is a very simple “BOLT IN” modification with the R&D Pro Tune Adjustable Cam Gear Kit. Understanding the LCA concept principle is fairly easy. A wide LCA like found in the SHO and FZR will generally result in decreased valve overlap, later intake events, earlier exhaust events, and high intake manifold pressures which produce great idle, smooth accelerating with mild low and top end power. Wide LCA’s are great for school buses and soccer mom vans. However, if strong mid range pull and top end horsepower is what you’re looking for, then a narrower LCA will need to be generated. The R&D Pro Tune Cam Gear Kit allows the LCA (lobe separation) to be adjusted narrower which will generate increased valve overlap, earlier intake events, and later exhaust events. Resulting in snappier throttle response, increased mid range and top end power and more boost. Why spend big money on optional camshaft kits (i.e. 1800 N.A. cams) that have proven to offer too narrow of LCA compromising idle tune? Buy the R&D Pro Tune Cam Gears designed specifically to improve overall power at a fraction of the cost and provide an optimum overall tune. The R&D Cam Gear Kit offers four possible LCA combinations that allow the cams to be tuned depending on the type of riding or racing and type of fuel. In fact, R&D has built a specific engine designated for degreeing, checking and proving camshaft specifications. Depend on the Pro’s at R&D to deliver all your horsepower needs. Aggressive throttle response, increased overall horsepower, Increased rpm performance (+200-300 RPM Gain), Boost Pressure Increase (+1 pound), 15-25 Horsepower Increase, Precision CNC Billet/Ground Cam Gears (lighter than stock), R&D R1, R2, and R3 ECU Compatible Works well with R&D Cam Regrind and Valve Spring Kit upgrades Easy installation, Bolt on Higher Horsepower Upgrade. NOTE: R&D has determined that the O.E.M LCA is a WIDE 120 degrees stock, with an intake cam lobe center of 122.5 degrees. Considering the LCA timing facts, using the R&D Pro Tune Cam Gears to tune the cams will generate huge performance power gains. R&D has found in testing that a 2.5 degree LCA change will act similar to a 1 pound boost addition. Tests have proven that an R&D C1 or C3 compressor wheel and a 7 degree LCA change can have the same performance advantages as a 15 pound compressor wheel. Call R&D for constant power upgrade information as we are constantly at work looking for more. Available from R&D - Retail $199.95.

Trinity Composites has released a Fuel Delete Nose Piece for the SX-R. This nose was sculpted to accent the aggressive lines of the SXR. White blocking fuel cap for the hardcore freeriders. It costs $199.99 and adds a personal touch to the aesthetics of your SX-R.

Tested recently in Japan in the circuit of Suzuka, the new Kawasaki ZX-10R made its first public appearance due to the upcoming race of Suzuka 8 Hour. Rumors talk about 190+ horsepower on a 198kg bike. The new bike scopes also to make its debut to a World Superbike race this year. Would anyone think off that Kawasaki may lend some of its technology to the future Ultra Jet Ski?

Twenty pounds of boost now available. R&D’s leading the way in performance with the new C20X Racing Monster Compressor Wheel Kit for the Yamaha SHO, FZ, and FZR. The C20X delivers arm stretching power like you have never experienced. The C20X pumps out 18 pounds of boost @ 8500-8700 rpm and 20 pounds of boost @ 9000 rpm with a 17.5-18.5 pound per minute airflow gain through its high flow 8 blade wheel design featuring oversized inducer and exducer wheel diameters. R&D’s large inducer and exducer wheel diameters along with an aggressive blade design are the key to improving CFM airflow volume throughout the RPM range. The oversized inducer and exducer diameters increase the size of the supercharger by enhancing air pumping volume and efficiency. After all, its airflow volume gains that increase horsepower. The C20X Racing Monster wheel requires the R&D High Performance Pro Series Intercooler Kit, R&D 1000cc Fuel Injectors, R&D Rising Rate Fuel Pressure Regulator Kit, and an aftermarket ECU (MoTeC or ViPEC) upgrade to allow proper engine tuning. R&D also suggests upgrading to R&D Forged Racing Rods and Performance Pistons. The new R&D C20X is for Racing use only and requires 110 octane racing fuel. Boost rated to 18 plus at 8500-8700 and 20 pounds at 9000. The new R&D C20X series compressor wheels offer the highest levels of airflow and horsepower gains available for the 1.8 Yamaha engine. Aftermarket ignition systems and a C20X Monster properly tuned can achieve up to 400 Horsepower. The new C20X will require a shop service to bore out your compressor front housing to except the larger C20X compressor wheel. For those customers that have previously purchased the C5-11 and already have the shop service to the compressor front housing, just order the C20X wheel kit and change out the wheel. No other supercharger compressor wheel kit has stolen more holeshots and won more National and Offshore Titles than the R&D Monster Wheel Kits. If 20 pounds of boost is truly what you’re looking for, well look no further and just give us a call. The new C20X has been tested against all other existing wheels on the market and is guaranteed to blow them away. Features: Aggressive throttle response, increased horsepower, Increased boost pressure ( +12 P.S.I. over stock @ 8700 rpm), Increased airflow ( 17.5-18.5 pound per minute gain), 150-175 horsepower increase, Aftermarket ECU REQUIRED (MOTEC M400/ViPEC), Aftermarket R&D Fuel Injectors REQUIRED, Aftermarket R&D RRFPR REQUIRED, Precision balanced (turbo specs .012-.027 gram inches), Utilizes O.E.M. fuel injectors w/R&D RRFPR,R2 and Powershot, VP C12 octane RACE gas friendly, Easy installation. Pt. # 612-25006 C20X Monster Wheel and Exducer Kit only…Retail $724.95, Pt. # 612-25007 C20X Monster Wheel and Exducer Kit w/machining service to your front housing… Retail $799.95. Call R&D for availability and further details.

Rapper Vanilla Ice (real name Robert Van Vinkle) best known for his world wide success “Ice, Ice baby” was recently spotted along with Dustin Farthing playing around with their watercrafts. Vanilla Ice is a personal watercraft enthusiast and he was involved into it since the early nineties.

This is a brand new device that it has been designed and manufactured in Belgium. We have met the designer Eric De Vuyst in order to find out some more information about this brand new device that promises to protect your watercraft or race craft and informed you immediately if it moving without your will in other words when someone tries to steal it. The particular device has very compact dimensions, is lightweight and it has a built in battery that does not have to been charged for 5 year. The good thing is that it waterproof and can be installed easily on a watercraft, motorbike, car or agricultural vehicle, etc. We are expecting to get some more technical details and information related to this product that will be very soon released to the European market in a very logical and low price. The model illustrated is not the upcoming one that will be released soon on the market. Stay tuned...