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PostPosted: Feb 05, 2006 5:38 pm    Post subject: new malibu vride Reply with quote

my parents finally bit the bullet and upgraded our boat to an 05 malibu vride. we can't be happier with the boat, it preforms perfectly. got in july, just haven't gotten around to posting some pics. the wake is huge (no pics) and helped me step my boarding up a notch.
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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice...
I thought only the '06 models had the reverse tower... or am i wrong?
Looks really good though, love the yellow...

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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wrong, the illusion has been avalible since '03 and the illusion X since '04 (CFT is new for '06 however.)

The yellow/white combo looks great, the V-ride has one of the best hulls in the industry still IMO...

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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice boat.

Is the speaker system custom? That looks like an odd place for speakers Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

at first i was so sure of the color combo, but it grew on me, matches the truck too.

Wakeboarddrumma, malibu's factory installs them in that spot, as well as most other boat brands out there.
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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wakeboardertj wrote:
malibu's factory installs them in that spot, as well as most other boat brands out there.


Along with most cars from the past. Keyword there being past. Dash speakers are a waste.

Nice looking Malibu.

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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wakeboarddrumma, i think thats an REALLY good idea, the sound hits the glass and redirects through the whole boat, i could be wrong, but i think thats why they do it, or maybe thats just my theory. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2006 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats a suupa nice boat. ive never been a huge fan of their new towers, i liked em better with the Titan II towers, but thats just personal preference. Malibu's wakes are sick though, have fun!
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PostPosted: Feb 07, 2006 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DRAGON88, The CFT was available in '05 as well.
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PostPosted: Feb 09, 2006 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

some more pictures of the wake and boat


the wake is washed out on opposite side because of wierd weight distribution of driver and other things.





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PostPosted: Feb 11, 2006 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice choice on a boat. It looks nice.
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PostPosted: Feb 19, 2006 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great looking boat. I love the malibu towers
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PostPosted: Feb 19, 2006 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

intotheflats wrote:
Great looking boat. I love the malibu towers

i second that, those towers look really nice on that boat
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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2006 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

looks awesome!
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PostPosted: Feb 22, 2006 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks nice. I just saw a yellow one similar for '06 at our local boat show. We've got an '05 vride with the titan III on it and absolutely love it. Good luck with the ride.
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PostPosted: Feb 23, 2006 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the compliments, anybody else in here with a vride with a really good ballast setup for wakesurfing? we can only get the right side good, probably since the driver is not the lightest person on the boat.
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PostPosted: Feb 25, 2006 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DRAGON88 wrote:
Wrong, the illusion has been avalible since '03 and the illusion X since '04 (CFT is new for '06 however.)
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CFT is now discontinued, but was available last year as J-Ro mentioned.
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PostPosted: Feb 25, 2006 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, I've heard it's definitely not the most solid tower in 'bu's lineup.
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PostPosted: Feb 25, 2006 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

K-dub, so why did they discontinue it? just not stable enough. i did notice that it has a little bit of slop in it, but not enough to bother me. Other than that it seems like a solid tower.

it is super hard finding reasonably priced accessories for it though, thats the only drawback
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PostPosted: Feb 27, 2006 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

from what I understand, they were discontinued because the company that makes them couldn't keep up with demand.
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PostPosted: Feb 27, 2006 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wakeboardertj wrote:
anybody else in here with a vride with a really good ballast setup for wakesurfing? we can only get the right side good, probably since the driver is not the lightest person on the boat.


My 04 VLX set up works good.
325# of lead ballast in the bow with front MLS full. Rear factory ballast and a 250# fat sack in the trunk ,only on the side you ride. As many people on that side also.Sometimes I drive from the observers seat.
Sometimes we use the Wedge somtimes not depending on the # of people in the boat and the anlge of plane.

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PostPosted: Feb 28, 2006 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My 03 VLX (same as a V-ride.) I put 400 up front, wedge, ballest filled on surf side and front. Plus I have a 750 x bag in the locker and if I only have three people total, I'll slap a 600lb on the surf side seat. Makes for a sweet large wake about waist + high.
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PostPosted: Feb 28, 2006 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats on your parents boat. Will they let you take it out alone? I like the color set up!
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PostPosted: Mar 04, 2006 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

we've been only using right side ballast, wedge, sometimes the midship, and 4 people on the side of the boat. i don't have much to compare it to though. i think i'll try adding some weight in the middle and in the bow.

D-GOOSE, they said that as soon as i turn 17, april, that i'd probably be able to take it out. but im not sure if i want to cuz i'd screw myself over if something happened. plus i'd have to pay for gas. so why not have my dad come with me to be a driver, and pay for gas Very Happy unless i take it out with a bunch of girls then i wouldn't want him to come, and i'd just be extremely careful.
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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2006 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I'll see you out there this summer. Just look for the white and red VLX with a huge USA flag on top.
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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2006 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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your acvatar is disturbing, yet hilarious. That peter...

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PostPosted: Apr 19, 2006 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice Boat!

We have a spray date on our new V-Ride of 5-19-06.
Ours will be yellow and black.
Our interior will be very similar to yours.
I'll post some pics in about 7 weeks.
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PostPosted: Apr 19, 2006 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

funkcity, congrats on the boat
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PostPosted: May 02, 2006 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey, just got my new digital rebel camera and were headed out to the lake this week so i'll try to take some better pics.
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PostPosted: May 03, 2006 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's MSRP on the V-Rides ?
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PostPosted: May 03, 2006 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the blade or CFT tower has stopped because they have lot of prob,s with the towers cracking.
As for surfing your always going to get better
wake on the right cos of the way the prop turns,
same as M.C. the nautiques are the other way.
Best thing to do is way the s**t out the side u want
to surf without the wedge that will try pull the back,
down evenly and turn the boat a little towards the
side your on.
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh man i can't wait i'm getting the '06 vride this summer in France where we're gonna ride every morning and the lake is GLASS Very Happy . i learned like half my inverts behind the vride at the wakeboard camp but i've really forgotten what the wake is like except that its really round and a reasonable size. wakeboardertj, when you fill all the ballast up and put the wedge down where does the wake come up to on you? it looks around your knees from one of the pics.

p.s. ours is gonna be green where yours is yellow, and black where yours is white (except the hull and top area, they're white too)

edit: sorry to dig up a relatively old thread but i am soooo amped for my summer to start and to get behind our new boat!
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PostPosted: Jun 15, 2006 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wakeboardingizfun, sweet. have fun with your new boat. The wakes are so nice. I don't remember where the wake comes up to. i've only been once this season.
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PostPosted: Jul 12, 2006 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In that fist pic of the wake, it looks massive. Great stuff.
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