Just wanted to let everyone know the Riva cut grate is working great. Thanks Bill and Darrell.

Speedo hit 68 on full tank (for whatever that's worth)

The one thing I noticed is the LACK of the braking effect. Nice smooth stops, no lurching. Turning was a vast improvement over the stock grate. This GPR powers thru turns w/o the nose digging into the turn.

ALL around I'm very pleased. Thanks!

what cut is that?

wow. nice pic. thank you!

[ 03-25-2003, 10:21 PM: Message edited by: dav_dman ]

This looks interesting. Do you see gains in top speed with this mod?

Hey very happy to see the grate worked out for you. Thanxs darrell

Dave,

this grate seems to work better than anything i've used on my XLL and with my new GPR, it makes the ski feel light going into turns. The stock grate made the ski feel sooo heavy in turns. I was skeptical at first but this grate was cut by Cosca for Darrell (spong) and he loved it. I love it too.

like i say before you will like the grade

Are there any speed gains with this cut? Is the front of the scoop sharpened?

Spud...

the front scoop was sharpened. Bill Cosca did the cut mod on the grate. Cosca??? help me out here.

Lets hear some more!!!!!!

Fernando

My grate is cut the same way and it works great, the ski has a light responsive feel. I also used a flat body file to narrow down that big thick vertical section that goes down to the wings. Then just smooth everything out and sharpen all the leading edges.

02' GP1200R
Riva 2 bar grate-blueprinted
PPK
Nu-Jet 6.5 Pro 12/18.5
Stepped sponsons
Waveater powervalve stuff
Carb mod by Island Racing
Prok F/A's
Pro-Tec stuffers
R&D D plate
R&D rideplate-skegs removed
Pro-Tec rec head
Riva/Jettrim seat cover
71.5 @7190

i thought i remembered a post from awhile back that sharpening the lead edges of the intake increased porposing? was that different type of grate, top loader?

02 Nissan Xterra Supercharged
1997 GP1200:
XO 11/18 by impros
RD aquavein
RD ride plate
Vortex filters
Primer kit
pre-mix
1983 Ski Nautique 2002
1991 17' Lund 40Hp Johnson