Looking For A Outboard Drive

[Kris Flynn]

Hi Ron, I know a few people who were hoping you might share these mods that make a Lawless reliable?

 

[Greg Rowe]

hi Ron I hope more show up so the class will build up, the only thing better that a gas tunnel is a Jersey Skiff but they are just out of control..LOL

well keep tuning and i'll see you in SC

Greg

 

[RonShaw]

I am hoping for the class to grow as well Greg. You know, if you like those skiffs but not how they turn, get you a crackerbox. They make nice flat clean turns.....

 

[dion smith]

Share those mods Ron and help the class grow

 

[dion smith]

Has anyone got pics of one of Joes lowers they can post? Any idea of prices?

Cheers

 

[RonShaw]

Has anyone got pics of one of Joes lowers they can post? Any idea of prices?

Cheers

Go to the Insane Boats website. They sell a copy.

 

[dion smith]

Thanks Ron, I'm still keen to see some pics of the " real deal" if poss. Trying to decide on a new lower but I want to know what I'm in for before I spend the money. I like the lawless but want to know what mods it needs before purchase so I can decide if it's good for me or not,

Cheers

 

[RonShaw]

I will help you Dion. Send me a note on Facebook.

 

[dion smith]

Shall do

 

[CapeTown73]

Hi Ron / Dion,

Would I be right that this is Joe's lower?

 

[CapeTown73]

Hi Ron / Dion,

Would I be right that this is Joe's lower?

 

[dion smith]

Hi there Wennie! Thanks for the pic

It looks like a very nice lower, but I don't think the transom mount shown will work for me. How is the Lawless working for you Wennie?

Cheers

 

[RonShaw]

Thanks for posting Wennie. The pic below shows Joe's lower on the top and the new Insane on the bottom. Both of these lowers have a traditional transom mount Dion, instead of a turntable mount, so I like both of them, but sticking with the Lawless for now.

 

[CapeTown73]

Hi Ron and Dion,

I hope it's OK for my reply to be a little long-winded but I'm sure you'll understand once you've read it.

I can't remember if I’ve already shared this with you, so I may be repeating myself. Towards the end of last year, a longstanding problem with spinal nerve-pinching started to become really bad and to cut a long story short, an MRI scan revealed a severely collapsed disk between my L5 and S1 vertebrae and that disc was now bulging out sideways and pressing against the spinal nerves. It was like a few times a day someone was stabbing me in the lower back with a knife!

Various medications and Steroid injections at the site of the pain didn’t improve the problem so on 14 April I went into theater for a 3 hour surgery where the collapsed disc was repaired, 4 titanium screws and two titanium rods were installed across vertebrae L5 and S1 (Lumbar Fusion), and additional bone-grafting was implanted around the new structure. It sounds terrible but it’s pretty much like repairing a glass-fiber model boat that had suffered fairly major structural damage. I was in ICU for a few days and then another 4 days in the general ward and have been recovering with physiotherapy exercises for the last 8 weeks, slowly regaining mobility and leg and stomach muscle strength to support my back. But at my age things are healing slowly and it will probably be at least another 6 weeks before I get back to anything like normal again, although I will always have to be careful to protect my back from abnormal stress. All the aforementioned has prevented me from doing any model boating literally since the start of this year and I even missed our national championships at the end of April. But I hope to start getting all my boats and equipment ready again for the start of our new season the first Saturday of August. I’m planning to spend an hour or two each day in the workshop from next Monday.

Sorry for the long post but I needed to explain why I’ve not been playing with my boats since early this year, and that in the very few opportunities I had to race my Gas OB tunnel, I have been very happy with my Lawless drive and the new Lawless flex-shafts have not failed me yet! . I’ve even won a heat at the last event in which I raced the gas F1. For what it’s worth, I’m a big fan of the Lawless range of drives and am also using one in my 7.5cc nitro OB tunnel.

By the way, the photo of the lower that I attached in post #31 above, came off the old ‘Jims Dock’ forum and I seem to remember it being manufactured by someone in the USA.

Till next time,

Best regards,

 

[RonShaw]

Wennie,

Sorry to hear about your health struggles, but it's great to hear you are getting close to a point of normalcy. I hope your health continues and you are back to boat racing very soon. I am sending you a PM to follow-up on our Lawless recommended changes and discussions we had last year. Sounds like with everything else aside, your Lawless G Lower is working well. PM inbound. Thanks.

 

[CapeTown73]

Thanks for the kind words Ron.

I received your PM and have replied to your questions.

Kind regards,

 

[Greg Rowe]

hi guys slide 31 the picture is one of Joes lower unit i have that verson with the single support with the holes drilled in them

it works very well,andmy F1 is fairly competive, but like the lawless you have to run the right shaft or Joes unit will break them.

Greg Rowe

 

[paulrees]

What does the Insane lower cost ?

 

[rumrunner]

$ 400 plus shipping

 

[rumrunner]

$400 plus shipping