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Originally posted by Buzz

Hey BigDasa and Iti ... what's the deal with this pulley fix for the X-bow 3 ... could you explain it a little ...

Will be getting a X-Bow3 soon, but I'm in Koh Samui (Thailand) so I can't get to see Reg at Kite-Addiciton Perth (windsurfing Perth) ...

many thanks in advance,
Buzz

(was mentioned in Review section)

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Hi Buzz

There is no issue with the pulleys on the production CB3 kites.
There were a few CB3 early production kites delivered in Australia, to Reg and all Oz Cab dealers that had a tiny loop of line missing from the pulley attachment loop, which allowed the pulley to rotate and align itself with the bridle better. The effect of that pulley alignment, is that the bridle hardly wears and the kite feels lighter and smoother.

Anyway, all dealers were told about the issue ages ago and now ee have all received the small loops from NP, so its all fixed and looking 100% originla on our kites now.

You can pick up a production CB3 within a couple of weeks, from any Australian Cabrinha dealer, with absolute confidence the bridles are correct.

I have now used our production SB3's and they are awesome, the 12M now tirns and feels like last years 10M and the 14M turns and feels like a 12M!! Its easy to do big floaty jumps with the 14M. The 12M is really grunty, and both the 12M and the 14M turn tighter and quicker than the 12M Naish Helix (on 24M lines), as I tried all 3 kites on the same day this week.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

Thanks for the info Steve ... all clear now !

Ok Russell, if Reg's mod works then it is effectively the same as the Cab piece, we got during the week.
The downside of all the mods is that they can be too long and this creates other issues, like no bottom end.
I modded all my own kites too, with loops of line, but now I have replaced all of them with the Cab pieces, which look better and are shorter.
The black Cab factory bridle pieces are free and easy to fit.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve