Who are you going to have drive it for you :leaving:
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Who are you going to have drive it for you :leaving:
Actually Chris ran it up to a shade over 120 Sunday. He said he was runnin' about 110 and saw some SeaDoos across the river and didn't want to take any chances. When I hit the GPS recall it was showing a tad over 120. He said it still had throttle left. It's just a Sunday cruiser for me. ;-)
Honestly I like it more every time I get in it. I'm still not crazy about it leaning the wrong way in curves at slow speeds, but have pretty much gotten usta' that too. Jorge said it might have a little porpoise in it around 70 if I remember, but I haven't seen it at any speed. It is absolutely the finest riding boat I've ever been in and until now I'd have said that about the 25 Talons. It's so great to ride right through stuff at 60 or 70 MPH that our 22' Pachanga would have had us bouncin' 2' off the seats in, and not even hardly feel it in this boat.
The other thing I like about it is the democraps that live across the cove from us have been bitchin' and whinin' on Facebook about it, and that's a good thing too.
Gorgeous boat!! Gota love the F14 wind screens to! Im glad your so stoked on the boat! Nothing better than a smooth transaction and something new and different. The lines on her are outstanding very nice!! Congratulations. She looks like 130 just sitting there!! :cheers: http://www.screamandfly.com/attachme...6&d=1493782414
I ran it again a good bit this weekend, in spite of all the crazies on the lake. It's such a different feel and so much more complex than the smaller stuff, even the dual outboard 25 Talon. The Talon feels like a little boat that I can just throw around now in comparison. I really like it, but the ole' gal, not so much. It's going to take some convincin' before she gets comfortable in it.
She'll be comfortable with it once you break that 134,6 with it :D:leaving:
Stern drives are more complex. There is no comparison with all of the electronics, weight, and mechanical parts added into the equation. I have had a bunch of both now and the outboard stuff is just so easy and so much less expensive compared to big power inboards with transmissions and all of the extra parts. The addiction to inboards is the sound, power, and ability to stay in the water and hooked up due to the weight difference. If you run a lot of rough water inboards are the answer.
Joe
The lake here is relatively small and the water relatively calm except for the wakeboats. I think the Eliminator will probably get smaller with more seat time and becoming more accustomed to the low speed lean. We've also got a 25 Talon with a single 454 that's my son's. The dual outboard boat just feels more nimble than the single sterndrive Talon. I suspect at least one of the Talons will be for sale almost immediately. I'm getting a little pressure to sell the Eliminator, but I'm pretty much in love with it right now. We'll see if that fades some as the uniqueness of it wears off some.
Weighing probably a third what the Eliminator does, and with the Eliminator having 1.2? (I think he said 1.25 gears now) and those BIG 33 pitch wheels the Talon definately has an acceleration edge. The Eliminator seems to blubber a little gettin' on top until if fans a little, and the Talon just blows the blades off (32 3 blade cleavers), breaks over and is gone. BIG difference zero to 60 or 80. And after all the STV's in the past I thought the Talon was kinda' slow gettin' rollin'. How things change.
Norris, if you are thinking of selling the Eliminator give me a call. I have a friend that has been looking at getting one of them