The Fluid Spice was waiting for me when I returned back to my house after 10 months away. Shipping has always been prompt for me from Fluid, and this was no exception, as I expected to beat the boat home but was pleasantly surprised that my renters...
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Updated 11 years 3 weeks ago
Updated 10 years 11 months ago
I'm a bit of a sucker for good deals. I also like having enough things to share, I like trying new things, and I'm not broke. This has been the perfect combination of criteria twice now for me with Fluid Kayaks. Fluid kayks had two giant blowout...
Updated 11 years 1 month ago
The Corvette gods just didn't seem to want to let me have a working Corvette. After all the headache to get the corvette back, the better part of sorted, inspected, and registered... I drive home and smoke is billowing out of the right rear wheel....
Updated 9 years 5 months ago
When I picked up the corvette from the shop, I was informed that there was an issue getting the belt tension correct. Apparantly the bracket wasn't correct and no amount of changing belts would fix it, there was simply no room for adjustability. I...
Updated 7 years 1 week ago
An ongoing list of remaining repairs to restore the Corvette to fully sorted status:Small tasks I can do inbetween big tasks:Update brake master cylinder to polished aluminum. Better look, lighter weight.Instal billet aluminum pulley ...
Updated 10 years 3 weeks ago
The Corvette, now at least driveable and with definitive proof it was being fueld properly and surviving, was driven by me for a few months, but persisted to nag at me. The need for race fuel was a giant headache, and made it impossible to go beyond...
Updated 10 years 1 month ago
The Corvette came to me in very rough shape. Despite having had a myriad of extended family friends swear the Corvette was worth 40,000 dollars, the Corvette didn't even want to run. With some work and tinkering, we were able to get it to barely...
Updated 8 years 10 months ago
I've now paddled the Jackson Superhero enough to be past the point of buyers bias, and I can post a hopefully fair review. I started white water kayaking and for my first season I was in a Dagger Kayana 10.4. I did the AMC white water school, and...
Updated 9 years 12 months ago
The Dagger Katana came out yet for two more beginner trips, and with much the same results. Notable primary stability (not leaned over), good secondary stability (leaned over) and adequate to good agility. The boat is still very difficult for a...
Updated 11 years 2 weeks ago
The Dagger Katana has seen additional usage since the initial review, this time in the hands of my friend Courtney. She's really new to Kayaking, infact this was her first outing on a boat. We started first with her on this boat on a lake. This is...