1978 Wetbike Rebuild

[4WHEELER11]

my 78

[bnovak]

my 78

your, umm...78 camaro?

hehehe...yeah all hell broke loose in the garage tonight with big pinky. I think I have two dead starters.

[praystart]

[quote=bnovak]

i own one....there fun but like my friends say it is like riding a bull.......it will throw you off hard......i get about ten mins on it then something goes wrong .....but there a blast

ever try riding a raider?

Other than some weird stuff, I've had pretty much no issues with either of them.[/quot e]



what is a raider pic please

[800X-4rider]

I think he meant WaveRaider.. as in WaveRunner WaveRaider. I never had a problem on the old 94 701 Raider. In fact.. it holds a special place in my heart. It wasn't until I took out a 95 1100 Raider. 5 mins on the water and it ripped me off at a very high speed. That was the last time I ever rode one. They were fast for their time and the engine sounded great.. but forget turning.

[jetski9010]

that wetbike is sweet. I want to try to ride one sometime.

[andrew3160]

Looks really good man, Wish someone had one near me. I would like to give one a ride sometime.

[The J-ROD]

wait.... no lanyard? I know older standups had the self circle ( will someone explain how it knew when you fell off? did it always circle when the handlepole is down or something? ) but did this one just slow down to idle and keep on going?

[Swiss]

Sorry to bump an old thread.

I recently had one of these things dropped off at my shop to get going . Decided I could take the challenge over the winter. Went through the fuel system and I don't have spark with the post wired up only after I disconnect it. The key post I suspect is stuck closed grounding the coil.
Does anyone know where I can get a post for this wetbike? I bought a new key from Atlantis but it doesn't open the switch it stays closed.

[davidson310]

Sorry to bump an old thread.

I recently had one of these things dropped off at my shop to get going . Decided I could take the challenge over the winter. Went through the fuel system and I don't have spark with the post wired up only after I disconnect it. The key post I suspect is stuck closed grounding the coil.
Does anyone know where I can get a post for this wetbike? I bought a new key from Atlantis but it doesn't open the switch it stays closed.

Well im sure that you already have answers as your post was from 6 years ago... but the answer to your question is that the lanyard switch itself is common closed, and needs the magnetic lanyard to open it, the CDI does not create signal to the coils UNLESS the lanyard switch is open/ not supplying ground to the CDI AND you have to have both of your spark plugs grounded in order to get the plugs to spark.


the Atlantis brand that you bought is using a mold that is a copy of a copy, which for lack of better words, is known to not work at all in the wetbike underworld... your best bet is get an aftermarket replacement off amazon that is a COMMON CLOSED setup

[kswiatk]

Sorry to bump an old thread.

I recently had one of these things dropped off at my shop to get going . Decided I could take the challenge over the winter. Went through the fuel system and I don't have spark with the post wired up only after I disconnect it. The key post I suspect is stuck closed grounding the coil.
Does anyone know where I can get a post for this wetbike? I bought a new key from Atlantis but it doesn't open the switch it stays closed.

There is a guy who makes wetbike lanyards. Email him here Tominaustinsstuff@gmail.com