Super Jet Bought my first Jetski :)

[RedTurboMr2]

Hey guys, i finally pulled the trigger and bought something that i've always wanted. I had to drive three and a half hours to get it. I picked it up yesterday, and today i took it out for the first time I had soooo much fun on it. I was expecting it to be a lil harder to ride but it wasn't so bad, only thing that took a bit of practice was turning. I went with a buddy that had a lil hard time, but that's cause he was scared to press the throttle lol. I'm so happy i bought this. It's too much fun

Here's a couple sh*tty cell phone pics....... I should have some better ones soon, and probably some action vids once my buddy sends me them.

edit: 2009 Yamaha SuperJet

 

[97superjet]

Congrats, I kinda did the same thing in April, always wanted a stand up so I bought a 1997 SJ and love it! I just picked up a 650sx me and my girl are building for her. Welcome to the addiction you might want to buy a bigger trailer soon..haha!

 

[JamesG]

Nice bro! How long did it take you to stand up on it?

 

[Shonuff]

Good work!

 

[Tyler Zane]

great looking ski, sometimes i miss how clean mine was before i started riding hard. it thou, if you ride hard your not gonna have the best looking ski.

got enough straps? lol

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Congrats, I kinda did the same thing in April, always wanted a stand up so I bought a 1997 SJ and love it! I just picked up a 650sx me and my girl are building for her. Welcome to the addiction you might want to buy a bigger trailer soon..haha!

Thanks man, this is an addiction for sure lol.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Nice bro! How long did it take you to stand up on it?

I was standing right away. I was in a big motorcycle/transport accident in 2006, and it hurts for me to go down on my left knee. So i had to figure out how to stand right away. I found it pretty easy, u just can't be scared to press the throttle.

The tricky part is doing sharp turns, i can do wide turns fast or slow, but still not sure how to turn very sharp. I'm hoping that i can find some people around here that can show me a lil, but unfortunately, i only see people on the sit downs. Am i suppose to change my stance when i go from a right turn to a left turn? I'm still trying to figure out how i should be standing on this to do proper turns. I found that slightly turning the handle bars, and leaning into the corners helps a lot.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

great looking ski, sometimes i miss how clean mine was before i started riding hard. it thou, if you ride hard your not gonna have the best looking ski.

got enough straps? lol

Trust me, it ain't very clean, the guy who had it, left it sitting up against a dock and there's quite a few scratches on it. These's also some on top, dunno how that happend "maybe from riding hard?" Either way, that doesn't bother me much, this hull is to practice with. Eventually, i'm gonna be upgrading to a lighter hull "probably a Rickter". As for straps, that was the dealer who did that. He knew that i was driving 3 hours down a "not so nice" road, and that it was gonna be pretty bumpy. So he said "it doesn't hurt to have extra straps. It actually looks like there's more than there really is, since these straps were very long, so he tied them up all over the place. There's one in back, one in front, and one over the middle "by the handle bars", it also has the winch connected, and a lil bungy to hold the handle bars down.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

This weekend is soooo nice, perfect to be on the lake, but...... my muscles are killing me "from head to toe", these things are a huge workout lol. I'm hoping that my body recovers pretty quickly, i wanna get back on it and practice some more.

 

[Tyler Zane]

ya, its a good workout for sure but after a few weeks of riding you will not fatigue so fast. as far as changing stance for left and right turns, i dont. some people do. its all about whats comfortable to you. i dont like to be moving my feet around that often, im always cutting up taking left and right turns, i dont want to change my stance 100 times in 3 min.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Just came back from another ride on it, and i'm starting to figure out how to turn a lil sharper now. Still can't figure out how to do the very sharp turns "like when people set themselves up on their own waves for flips". I'm sure it'll come with more practice. I'm also making my turns without changing stance, i was just wondering, if the proper way was to maybe change the stance. But i guess, it's all about the person, and what's more comfortable for them. I'll just keep practicing, i already notice improvement after my second day of riding

 

[D-Nice]

wheeww that thing looks fresh, ive yet to ride an 08 or newer sj to compare to my 02. how much u pick it up for?? and yea i had to drive 3.5 hours to get mine

 

[RedTurboMr2]

paid 6500$ cnd....body and hood has scratches, motor is very clean. low hours.

 

[OCD Solutions]

Congrats on the new ski but be very careful with your new addiction. Don't let a buddy leave his ski in the garage with yours overnight. Ski's breed like rabbits and you're garage ends up looking with this...

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Congrats on the new ski but be very careful with your new addiction. Don't let a buddy leave his ski in the garage with yours overnight. Ski's breed like rabbits and you're garage ends up looking with this...

I'd be very happy with a garage like that, i'd even leave the mr2 outside

 

[D-Nice]

hoods got scratchs!!! guess u gotta buy a light aftermarket one! haha this sites bad news. im in the process of renforcen my hull and fixen a crack. thats all i had planned for it. already had ada head, bpipe, msd ignition, footholds, hood straps, and shortned stock pole. and that "renforcement job" turned into new hood, new pole, new steering, trim nozzle, 1400 worth of billet, tubbies, and other shat from blowsion, v-force reeds, de-foamed tray, soon to be new paint, and soon to have my dirty stock 701 motor come back as a beautifully baked blue big bore 771 from jetmaniac/blue! money easily spent. could be worse though, could be puttin all my money up my nose

 

[RedTurboMr2]

lol nice. i'm already thinking of a new hood, i'm just not sure which one yet. I also want a RRP handpole i like the looks of them.

 

[Tyler Zane]

Congrats on the new ski but be very careful with your new addiction. Don't let a buddy leave his ski in the garage with yours overnight. Ski's breed like rabbits and you're garage ends up looking with this...

no kidding. i never thought i would have 3. much less 6 (5 in the garage and the trinity?)

 

[OCD Solutions]

no kidding. i never thought i would have 3. much less 6 (5 in the garage and the trinity?)

The most I had was 9 at one time but I didn't have the Trinity yet at the time of the pic. There was a pair of couches in the back yard though. I went from having the seadoo, my old SJ and the SXR to having them and all the rest in less than 6 months. Skis are much cheaper in SC than they were back in Canada.

$6500 for a new Superjet is a smoking deal, scratches and all.

The RRP poles are nice but pretty heavy. The X-Scream adjustable pole is pretty sweet too and much lighter. As long as you get an adjustable pole, I don't think it will make much difference which you go with.

 

[D-Nice]

The RRP poles are nice but pretty heavy. The X-Scream adjustable pole is pretty sweet too and much lighter. As long as you get an adjustable pole, I don't think it will make much difference which you go with.

yeah and u can get a xscream pole and mounting bracket for cheaper then the rrp pole its self cost. cant beat there price in my opinion. and for hoods you cant beat waterdawg kustoms hood prices