robbie Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Wow, i was not expecting much but i was very impressed with the Kamui Ray driver ! Im not sure how it will perform on a course yet but it sure was hitting nice piercing balls at the range albeit the 42 degree chilly weather. Ive pretty much hit every driver under the sun but it has been awhile since i have been back to JDM clubs. My first run with JDm clubs was about 7 years ago and at that time i fell in love with tourstage x5000, MR23,TS201,TS202 and Mizuno, namely the TN87, MP29, MP33, MP27, MP32 TZoid Pro.etc.....But somehow i moved away to BSG, basically because tere was a lot of energy and talk and reviews and hype. Boy am I a sucker for hype, I must have spent close to 100k at that site before i realized that, Todd is a crook.....Haha i definitely am not the brightest when it comes to buying. TSG was always a top class site but for a few years the activity was real slow and there were no passionate guys out there who were active. But i moved on to WRX and there was quite a community there and it was a lot of fun but then it got too big and OH I should mention that i was banned for a couple of months. Sigh, i had the nerve to talk back to a golfwrx staffer. You will never guess what the topic was about ????? ANyways i wandered over here and wow, this site has some guys who are really passionate and informative about equipment ! I was initally hooked by gocchin (sp). He has brought so much life back to this site but i see now that there are guys like supo and spoon and perhaps a few dozen guys who enjoy high end equipment and give honest reviews about the rare JDM equipment out there ! Damn im hooked, i havent been this excited since i owned 57 sets of MR23 CBs !!!!!!! : P *Hopefully i see guys like siteseer and demolitionman and gth and sevenbirdies on here soon !! OH haha back to the review of the Kamui driver, the driver i am reviewing is 9.2 degrees and 45.5 inches equipped with a Attas T2 6S, My swing speed is about 102-112, the 112 speed is really a swing, im just lashing at the ball and hoping for contact. A honest swing speed for me would be about 106. I am about 6'1 180 with the shortest arms on this continent !!!! I rotate about 4 drivers right now, the epon 101, 910D3, FT9-TA and the Yonex 380....The first 3 drivers are equipped with the Di7 and the yonex has a Attas 8s in it. I also have backup drivers of the same model with Ali Islei. The Ray might be almost perfect but i wont be able to confirm until i get it out on the course on a warm day. In terms of length, the Yonex is the longest. It does not carry the furthest but man it runs forever on hard fairways. The Ft9TA is not far behing but it achieves everything through the air, all carry. The 910D3 is sneaky long, i can never tell whether i hit it good vs when i hit it great. The 910d3 works well but is not very satisfying in the feel dept. The Epon 101 is a strange creature, it feels wonderful and sounds great and is forgiving and drives the ball really well. The reason it is not in the bag is because i get zero roll. When i go after the epon, it always results in a big slice. For smooth swinging days i prefer the epon and for normal tournament golf it has to be the ft9TA...The yonex has been in the bag the shortest amount of time but it certainly performs the best, it hits hot balls and is easy to control in terms of direction. In fact this should be my ultimate gamer but it too has its weak point. The weak point on this driver FOR ME is that it is not very forgiving ! If i miss the sweet spot which is about the size of a quarter, i lose about 20-40 yards of carry. Distance lost depending on how much i missed the sweet spot by. I have a hunch that i miss the sweet spot about 20% of the time beacuse A) im not that good a golfer B) i have erratic tempo C) Im old and im never sure how much of me actually shows up on any given day D) the shaft has a weird kick point and it throws my rhythm off. In terms of feeling, the Kamui felt great, very forgiving and the shaft and i seemed to get along from the start. The Kamui felt very hot as well, I had to google to make sure it was conforming !!!!! it definitely hits like it is nonconforming. The ball leaves the tee in a hurry and the thwack is a bit hollow and sounds a bit high pitched ( probably due to the frozen tee balls and enclosed range) I like the trajectory, forgiveness, and distance. This club is very well balanced. Oh and forget the headcover, it looks like a cover u get from a driver costing $19.99 at a sports discount store. Since im back to JDM, I hope to purchase a crazy 435, a yamaha 420, and a ryoma in the near future.......( But it is going to take a lot of work to kick either the Yonex or Kamui out of the bag !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Nice touch at a guess miura forgings? U like the yonex huh i think the old model is a much better performer i just re made mine to play43.75 witha graph des p9003x u want some roll with a yonex then this is the club! No need to ask my op on yamaha i think thats pretty known GET ONE and the ryoma will def be the safety driver everyone needs thinking abt the epon101 i kind of agree its carry based i tgink i get a lot more spin with this but ialso tend to drives it as good as anything Ive ever used mine got a stinger i. It and that is the best combo. A good mix of multiple drivers ryoma for straightedness and assurity yamaha tour for when ur driving well its just superb crazy 435 for wind between these allbases covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I think im more of a endo guy than a miura type ......The only set of miuras which i miss are my old trusty TM300 Lehman grinds......Those were some nice clubs !!! As for irons, i have the yamaha vtour forged on my wish list but im going to wait a lil bit. im still rectycling some of my old jdm stuff from the closet ! The MR23 and the EPon Technity Type1 are in the front runner slot and my customs mp33 are next up !!!! Just got a set of Nippon orange peening in x2, those are some mighty smooth shafts ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eca Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Nice man.. I kinda freaked out with the $ u spent at BSG :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisstrader Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 You and I on the same path...from the original pump and dump conman Todd, to WRX which I still just kinda enjoy these days and now with the smaller community at TSG. The funniest one for me on BSG was getting banned immediately after spending a couple thousand dollars with them. I made a couple suggestions that they took for criticism of their site...banned me for 2 weeks. No wonder why these guys have gone into the toilet. I still have a few of those crap lime shafts somewhere in the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Nice man.. I kinda freaked out with the $ u spent at BSG :) yeah...you and me both......but stuff was expensive back then, rac protos were close to 3k and lehmans were 2k and 510 protos were 2k......and those oziks were pricey as well.....heck even those y cutters were like 300-400 a piece.....but i did manage to sell some of that crap while it was still popular, i figured i probably only spent/lost about 70k over 7 years.....and now im tighter than the skin on a hotdog ! : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 You and I on the same path...from the original pump and dump conman Todd, to WRX which I still just kinda enjoy these days and now with the smaller community at TSG. The funniest one for me on BSG was getting banned immediately after spending a couple thousand dollars with them. I made a couple suggestions that they took for criticism of their site...banned me for 2 weeks. No wonder why these guys have gone into the toilet. I still have a few of those crap lime shafts somewhere in the garage. Yeah ...haha but i never went for that 27K entire bag custom fit "experience" that todd offered over in vegas ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisstrader Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Robb: I also recall that nutty $27K fitting and I think was the beginning of the end for BSG. Pure greed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffer19 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Robb: I also recall that nutty $27K fitting and I think was the beginning of the end for BSG. Pure greed. $27,000 for a club fitting? You can buy a home for that amount in some part of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 What is this talk about a 27.000 dollar clubfitting from BSG? I've never heard of this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 the 27k club fitting involved clubs and everything with a ozik shaft i believe, including the uber expensive ozik iron shafts at that time, about 4k i believe.....I would have gone for it if i had the money but thankfully i had other vices such as cars woman and gambling !!!!! im sure that 27k was more fulfilling than that stupid Hermes purse i bought ............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eca Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Know anyone that it done? And if they stopped ho'ing? Or did it affect their hcp positively? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Sounds crazy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 i know some guys got it done but they were low profile type guys .....i guess guys with 27k in their pocket for clubs dont have much time for reviews...... : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 and here i am thinking japan is expensive....! tch tch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Update.....went out to play 27 holes at Yocha dehe today, a very nice and long course.....it was super windy today so it was a good test in extreme conditions.....This driver simply works..it is a bullet into the wind and hits bombs with the wind behind it and most of all the face is superforgiving. A fairway finder that is super long....i give this driver a 9.5/10 If it sounded more muted, then it would be 10/10 I cant ask for anything more in terms of forgiveness, workability or distance ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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