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this weekend i palyed twice on the same course,in similar conditions, moist and windy pretty much covers it. i wasnt playing the usual suspects so i cud bag what i wanted. had about 27 clubs in the bag yesterday. was playing really well, scoring very well, so i was hitting my driver long and strong both days. got a really good understanding of how they all play now , fresh in my mind heres a cpl of mental notes jbeam 435--- crazy cb 80 jbeam 425 tour---crazy 80 yamaha tour 425---bangvoo crazy 460---- crazy 50 stigma ryoma v spec.----crazy 80 cb noir epon 102---quadra proto i played a cpl of drivers each 9 then switched. makes it much better to test out in match cons under pressure. the lowest flight was the j beam 435. by a way highest was the crazy 460 most solid at impact was dead close but when i really yahooed into one , its hard to best the j beam 435 . the best off miss hits was the ryoma esp off the toe the diffence is staggering! the best looking at address is the crazy 460 the hardest to hit consistantly is the yamaha tour. the best "feeling" was the epon 102 and yamaha tour hard to split the longest consistantly was the j bean 425 tour, the drivers i think i can bag with utmost confidence every time are the jbeam 425 tour and ryoma. although i prefered to hit the crazy 460 . and the epon 102 they won be bagged when the coins on any longer. obv the shafts makes a monumental diffence but at this end of the scale , they are all pretty tight and equal. its the heads i was most concerned about.

i had a good whack with the bangvoo today in the yamaha tour 425 head... was gaming it with a jbeam 425 tour- crazy 80 7.7 and a 435 j beam crazy cb80 7.2 on the par 5 into the wind up hill slightly , dead straight shot i hit alll 3. middled all 3 aiming to hit a draw. highest was the yamaha tour , bangvoo, lowest was the 435 longest by a whole..2 yards, was........... the 425 tour. easiest to draw was the cb80 7.2 hardst was the crazy 80 7.7 straightest shot was the yamaha bangvoo easiest to hit was the 425 tour. nicest to hit was the 425 tour. the yamaha bangvoo , its certianly the best feeling. by about a country mile! the bangvoo is the easist of these shafts to hit. and prob the easiest ti hit straight. longest shaft under the pump was the crazy 80 doesnt matter which one of these id use they are all brilliant.

mother of gawwd. 250 swinging easy nad soft to get this......., 306from elevated tee to middle of fairway. yes thats the exact number on the bushnell scope i had my mate check it to verify, wewere both was pleasanty surprised dead straight, dead straight down the tubes. split the middle of every fairway hit if form off the tee, and used it n the par 5s to chase the greens. longer than the 3 woods i have, best decisioin ever taking the quadra 75 xs and putting that into it. murdered it .absolutey murdered it. not only is this MY driver repalcement tool its also a 3 wood replacment tool. its absolutely sensational, sounds hideous, like that nike square thing. but oh lordy lord , where the ball ends u is just incredible, im blown away. its staying maybe for ever. just goingto get that hideous yellow paint out of it.

Stingers the best shaft. Numero uno ichi ban big kahoooooooona it looks the best as well why, why not just is imo

ENDo forged. 2007 model great condition. very very good driver i think it was one of the best drivers in that yr to come out. rated pretty highly agaianst most. one of my all time favs. the Ev6s ini t makes it pretty tight and lovely to hit. decent length withut being a monsterlong, get a nice mid flight and very very workable plays 45 inch by 313 gram EMS shipped $310

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im in ................... negotiation right now. my "friend" just got a set in but the price is ,,, whoa boy up there cazaley. im trying to do deal to get these for another goody ive got. the 214s for the epon af tours then? and the 215s for the yammy 2011s? also flattening the lie on the aftours , that ok right?

yea. ive decided to do that today and play them tomorrow in the yamaha 08s. cant bring myself to swap out the X-100s in the 2010s tho they were absolutely prefect in everyway. i tibnk the epon af tours are destined to get the f214s and the f215s form paul casey i think might be going into the yamaha 2011s i really , really do think i have too many irons.........,

thats the head im thnking of sticking this on , if i cant play the yamaha the jbeam 425 tour, ilove this head. its killer, its super long and just a bit higher then the 435 . the bangvoo in this will eb superb. yes i think its this shafts destiny.....!

if u tip it it will make the club quite a bit firmer , ive found and much lower. so be carefull how much u tip it. an ilima tipped will fly quite a bit lower and starighter id imagine. not a bad shaft to do that to, i certianly woudlnt be doing it to a crazy. the butt extensions are as simple as a pice of another shaft stuck in the butt and covred with a grip wont know the differnce feel a differnce. nothing wrong at all with tipping most shafts just dont advise it on the anti left ones or ull have to be dustin johnson to make the thing go straight. ive had some calamatous fk ups doing this., even to a blue board. which is now a tomato plant holder. 1/4 an inch in the ilima shud be fine id think ask goodsie tho hell know for sure...,

i went tip weights in teh kasco thing last night with resounding success took it from d0 to d2 i dont know what works better , but they both did hte job required. lead tape look unsightly tho i m not a fan of that to look at, might black paint it in

imagine the wdges without al lthe writing o nthem and in raw. this is what i palyed with alst night. i was mucking around nakajimas sans shop aslt nigth and i came accross these things.the heads are TINY. i had a few hits with various shafts nad found i really liked them, id always gone for bigger wedges, till i bought the kyoei rafw 08s now its small an compact all the way. these thos are really small. the face look smooth as slik, im trying to get some info on them but none forthcoming yet like al lbaldo gear id imagine thety arnt cheap. Tario, any goss on these at all sir?

pretty sure ill kepp this it was terrifico last night its just a what if kinda club. esp fo those hard to hit holes. not usre if ill repalce the 3w but can be a driver repalcemtn NO problems sand in between pebbles inbetween boulders............., ad infinitum

yea this was made i n a hurry the day i chickened out of japan to singapore so ddint really py any attentio to detail. now i am and its made a great differrnece. i still ike a slightyl lighter SW d2-d4 just to get soem head speed up. the blal flight lowered and made it much more piercing, its a thousand times better club now. love it.

hhahhah its not a matter of not liking it , its sensationl. its amatter of playing it well consistantly. this sat wil be the answer to the yammy to t question, if icant play it well enough its yours mate.

top stuff.! onoff generally isnt he most recognised brand on the street. ive been tryin to bestow thier virtues for a whle. my bud has a set of the 2009s and loves them. i like the way u have a cavity to back up the yamaha kahoooooooooooonas. theres always a day u feel like somehting different. great review once agn sir.

i built the RYOAM v spec D1 with a crazy 80 noir. this set up is probalby the mostexepnsive set up in world golf! i have enjoyed palying it , but somehtig wasnt right. i was missing distance nad not geting the ball out of the screws wnough, wlays hitting of the sole of the driver ,which is most un like me, most others i hit are offthe top so i stoppedgaming it , blaming ........something. i took it in to naks 2 nights ago to swap out the saft to the stinger. he measure it up its 45.125 inch BUT the SW was D0......................., i sid ok swap over ,he loked perplexed and said hang on , try this atthe range first , bec this set is is as good as anything ive ever seen. who am i to argue......., he put 2 small strips of lead tape over the gold embelm o n the bum of the club. and made it SW D2.5 i took it tothe range last night ............... F................ME ! what a differnce. its lower heavier, and every shot was straight out the middle of the club. enormous difference. enormous. those with ryomas. if something not rigth and the shaft is the bees knees in it MIGHT just waant to try this little piece of club fixery. bec mines like a totally new club now. im blown away by the differnce.

didn t even knw abt the RC one and i wasnt looking for oneo f these it was just "thee" so i got it. ill tell ya its a good idea. if u like driving the ball like i do its a nice foil. theres a cpl of holes specifiac to thisclub on my course , tight water laden par 4s. prefect ot hit about 260 ish down the tubes. and not as high as the 3 wood. well ee how it goes. im gonna look at theRC as well now u mantion it.

what the???????????? why didnt u t ell me i woullda got hem from you! i love that 72 one as well. ive got 3 of thsoe now building up.ohhhh and i bought get this............... if i can find a piccy! the epon club box, the huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge one that jold abut 15 sets. my clubbuilder is retiring this month....... yes im gutted absolutely gutted, and he clearing out some stuff. so this thing is mine its unreal il ltry find a piccy il ove it

they are pretty similar actually. a lot more so than the FEX. i like the proto better for my SS its pretty spot on. its feels livlelier, but the bangvoo is juts a differnt feel , its got plenty of thump no probs with that ,its just the quadra feel i really like. BUT i dod like the straightedness of the bangvoo. thats a very good thing

i sgaftd up the yamaha 08 tour 7 iron with the NS prototype "ORA" and ranged it last night, it was playing 0.5inch over Jstock at 38.25 inch! OBVIOUSLY way to long for me , but some "PGA tour player was playing these exact shafts, at this length! wh do we knw that plays NS and must be 6'2 + ??????? these were his. i choked down a heap and hit balls a plenty and ill say un reservedly these are bloody fantastic! the flight is high ish but not one of those flights tha look like u see the wind under the ball psuhig it up and backspinning. juts gets high stiks to a flight path and falls over at apex. small moveable both ways , th complete opposite to a boardy feel but not as lively as the 1050 range . slightly more dull ,but in a good way. they felt "flat" but were incredibly controlled. i was hitting the miuraism ks tour 120 and the epon af tour ns supepeening orange x along side, all felt totally differnt . the orange were the highest and ahrdest to move. the ks tour just feel good. mid lfight moveable, non ballooning, perfect i nthe isms the yamaha tho was the one i ket gong back to t ohit mre balls. the thing is ill have to cut these 1/2 an inch and re grip them to play them. isnt htat like painting over an art work to suit ur eye better???

Ok, ive played this shaft in 2 drivers now, the yonex 10* 380 and the yamaha tour v425 9* thoughts........, it was super in the yonex. but i thought this as being wasted in this head, as i dont think its the longest or best quality , it played perfectly well, but like all lthings, its time for a change it was tight without being tort. low without running along the ground and just nice . so i swapped it over to the yamaha for a test bec i hadnt been playing this with the FEX in it. the FEX is awsome but if u tend to slice theball bit it can be the worst nightmare ever in a difficult head like the yamaha ive noticed the bangvoo is pretty straight so i figuered this might be a good time to hit this baby in maybe the best of all heads if ur having a good day with the 1 wood. takes a bit of time with this head to get used to the size of the face which is TINY it def went straighter more often than the FEX its really low as well. its not as good feeling as the FEX but distance most certianly wasnt an issue. i caught a cpl absolutely dead clean centre and oh boy it got out there. its not as tight as it says on the sticker but its no slouch, not by any stretch of the imagination. im gonna game this on sat as well. the FEX fells better than the bangvoo on the range ,but for certian the bangvoo is easier to hit and straighter, i think th fex is longer but not by much id day. proper deets on sat arvo.

living in the belly of the JDM beast does this to you.

well hit it i took it to nakajimas shop pulled the shaft put a FEX 75xs in it. was drilling balls off tees , off the deck, with monotonous regularity draws of about 250 yards. which is pretty tasty on that range with the balls we use. its super pingy i mean rediculously pingy, plays 43.5 inch at d2.5 ill say its super easy to hit. and i love the w ay it sets up square face . hitting great shots with it. im going to game it this sat iwas that happy with it tonight. sounds horrible, looks horrible BUT me likey...!

yea great looking hat i had to have it.