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Old 17-10-2006, 08:34 PM   #1
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Honda 225

Honda 225 series 2006 starts this saturday 7am channel 4, then every week for the next 5 weeks, hope you enjoy.
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Old 17-10-2006, 08:38 PM   #2
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, hope you enjoy.
I'm sure we will, how many go over this year?
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Old 17-10-2006, 08:40 PM   #3
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Honda 225 series 2006 starts this saturday 7am channel 4, then every week for the next 5 weeks, hope you enjoy.
great stuff cheers,was wandering when it was coming on tv.
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Old 17-10-2006, 11:37 PM   #4
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Are you sure that its 7am..........thats early!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 18-10-2006, 09:04 PM   #5
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I'm sure we will, how many go over this year?
2 rolled out this year - watch Plymouth!!! Full barrel and back on the plane...
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Old 21-10-2006, 07:56 AM   #6
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Where were you ??
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Old 21-10-2006, 02:30 PM   #7
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Where were you ??
We were at the back with broken engine mounts and saddle, did more than 70% but almost made a statistic as it steered on its own violently from the transome.............. reliability was crap with the engines we were loaned!
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Sorry to hear your troubles. No broken bonesI trust !


I was staggered by how a couple of boats were shown almost glued on their sides until the power was pulled off and then they righted themselves. Looked scarey ! Are the Cougars particularly prone to this ?

PS - Is that an image of your navigator. I could see how keeping it straight and level could be a problem.
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Old 22-10-2006, 08:32 PM   #9
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With the high c of g they can pendulum and if the rails are out and don t grip they sit on the side for what seems like an eternity.
In anything but clean water they can be unpredictable, hence most let off to settle the rails back in.
The extreme is a reverse turn (tends to spit the nav out of the seat)
I heared that these aspects to the handling have been addressed but left so it leaves an element of judgement in the driving - the 150's on the other hand can be tugged every which way but just wont turn over.
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Old 22-10-2006, 08:45 PM   #10
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Hey Tony your nav has great TITS
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Old 03-11-2006, 05:43 PM   #11
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Plymouth race 7am in the morning ch 4 we do a bit better from here on
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