A lot of the early TR21's had 150's on them, and they still ran 60 or better. Bigger motor meant you had to DRIVE them, and a lot of guys had no clue how to deal with that little pad. I remember the first time I got in a triton, I thought it was going to flip over when we came off pad.

I can attest to this. When I ordered my TR21PD in early 97 I got hull number 23. It weighed 1270lbs. Triton had laid up the first couple of dozen light intentionally thinking dealers would demo them. With a 225EFI I was running in the high 70's out the gate. Soon as the 1yr warranty was up on the motor I put 300 ProMax heads on it, had G-Force Marine add the second set of butterflys to the intake, solid motor mounts, nosecone with low water pickups, and relieved the exhaust. Was able to sling a 29" Yamaha HP type semi-cleaver worked by Tillmas to the revlimiter @ 89mph. With two people, gear, and fuel it would still run in the low 80. Later in the first year or early into the second year Triton made some changes to the pad to make it easier to drive which also slowed it down a bit.

I bet you had some scary runs getting that thing dialed in. It was really fun learning how to drive those boats but I never had one over about 76-77 intentionally. I probably hit 80 once when the trim stuck, prop came completely out of the water before I figured out what was going on and got off the gas. 80 with the prop out of the water is not a fun ride

One of those "you can't catch fish @ 70mph" guys

Its all in the prop. The guy probably fishes alone and doesn't go fast.

Maybe he wanted to know what it was like to ride in a Ranger?

Now that's funny!!