100mph plus Hydrostream viper fly by!

[realspeed714]

Look at all this shenanigans

[Scream And Fly]

Isn't that the guy that got banned? Now he's ressurected himself as realspeed714. Must be a lot of fun. He said he was gonna break the top end record.

Yes i lifted the ban on the account. Anybody here that knows me will understand that I always try to work out issues people may have on the site. A permanent ban is always an absolute last resort for me. I always do my best to find out what created any issues or disagreements and just work through them. In most cases, the issue is either a misunderstanding or just something minor. I try to give everyone a fair shot.

Greg

[realspeed714]

I come on here to try to show what I'm doing and all I get is safety and how stupid we are if I want to wear a lifejacket I will I understand the dangers .Most of the time I'm in a bathing suit heading from beach to beach with my 100+ viper it is used as a boat not a trailer queen like most of you guys. So if u have a do the core or where's your life jacket comment please I ask you nicely keep it to yourself

[Scream And Fly]

Can't anyone on this ****ing website have something positive to say????

Mike, I saw your video and I can completely understand the viewpoints people are making here about there being concern for safety. I realize that not everybody expresses these concerns in a way you will agree with, but nobody wants to see you get hurt or even worse, killed.

There is no doubt that your Viper is impressive. You've done a great job with it, and that is all the more reason to take the extra steps required for safety. A lot of veterans here on Scream And Fly, such as Rob (Hot Shot Merc) have a lot of experience driving very fast boats, but even more importantly and tragically, have seen people lose their lives from the pursuit of speed. Nobody wants to see that happen to you Mike.

Nobody here will deny that your Viper is very fast and you put a lot of work into it to achieve that. We would like to see you set an example for others, that's all. When you own a boat as fast as yours, you have a responsibility not only to yourself, but to others that might be influenced by you.

like I said, nobody wants to see you or others get hurt.

Greg

[dumbnfun2]

Y'all need to realize ur not gonna get ur point across bashing someone .... So let me try and translate lots of our guys hav seen there best bros die .... I was lucky enough to hav a bunch of old mean farts help me along the way when I first got into streams .... Then tunnels totally different animal .... Hey wear safety gear don't wear safety gear I personally don't wear my jacket when I'm just cruisin but when I'm pushing it no one else is in the boat and I wear jacket and helmet I grew up on street bikes so I already knew over a certain mph its nice to have a full helmet wind noise is down can see ... It's nice .... I've always been able to put down a better number with gear on its always good for a few mph but enough of me bla bla ... Lets all try and communicate better and realize were all nuts and wouldn't b here if we weren't a lil crazy to begin with .... Fkn A.....

[dumbnfun2]

Dammit Greg u were typin faster I guess

[skeeter91]

i usually just read these,and stay on the porch,BUT:if youwanta go out there and run balls out,go for it,looks like a f'n rush!that boat is bad azz,one of these days ,im gonna get me one of them hydro's.im already too old to run like that but it still looks like the kind of fun i dreamed of when i wore a younger mans "swim trunks".i admire the work you've done to get what you have there,as far as being unsafe,i am not my brothers keeper!i deal with idiots on the water here all the time and most of them are wearing life jackets and going 45-50 mph!

[transomstand]

Yes i lifted the ban on the account. Anybody here that knows me will understand that I always try to work out issues people may have on the site. A permanent ban is always an absolute last resort for me. I always do my best to find out what created any issues or disagreements and just work through them. In most cases, the issue is either a misunderstanding or just something minor. I try to give everyone a fair shot.

Greg

The tolerance displayed here is pretty amazing, far more than I would ever grant.

[dumbnfun2]

And much better well said ......

[realspeed714]

Thank you for the people that show there concern in a respectful way and to all the compliments. A lot of pride all my money and time went Into this boat and I kno there is a lot of respected racers on here and if I disrespected you because I felt like I was being belittled I'm sorry.

[16ft superboat]

We are all idiots some time in our life. My 16ft superboat powered by a 2.4 bridgeport 89mph no life jacket and single cable steering for 5years.

[realspeed714]

I remember I was the safety patrol on that one lol every time you would go out I would yell about the steering we got a lot better over the years lol

[Hot Shot Merc]

I would like to apologize for my harsh words in my earlier post. I should have worded it differently. Im very impressed with your boat and share the same passion. I hate to say I wish youve seen what I have because I dont want anyone to see that type of thing happen to anyone but its the ones weve lost that make me see the importance of the saftey gear. Ive driven my boat well over 100 mph many times so make no mistake im not perfect but Ive learned that im lucky to still be here and want to continue running hot boats for the rest of my life. In the future I hope you suit up and always be careful out there.

Greg, Thanks for the recognition.

[Li'l Toy]

It is clearly not unfair for those of us who see something we think is dangerous to comment. Rob, as someone noted above, respectful may work better than calling them idiots and provoking them to show photos of their kids in the boat w/o a jacket. But, Realspeed, part of the great value of this place is sharing knowledge. I know I grew up into using a proper jacket as a result of time on this forum, one guy dying because he had no jacket, one guy living only because another hot boater dove under water and pulled his body up, and one guy going on utube and attributing his surviving to his Lifeline. Making respectful comment about how we do things is not being a hater--it is trying to raise the level of what we all do.

PS--Rob, you wrote while I was typing. Nicely put.

[transomstand]

I just want to clear this up. For the record, I have never done anything stupid in my life (cause few people carried cameras years ago and there ain't no photos, so none of that stuff ever happened)