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Do you even x2?
Is the x2 a reliable ski?
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Do you even x2?
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
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No, I mostly just run my mouth on the forums.
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
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- St. Pete, FL
In all seriousness. The X2 is an absolutely amazing ski. There's nothing else like it. I have had one just shy of my entire jet ski life and absolutely refuse to get rid of it. I'd ride it more except it's like an antique tuner car to me, like a Chevelle, that I just love to tweek, change out the headers, modify the gears, tube the chassis. It's the only machine I've ever owned that I enjoy working on more than riding. I can't explain it.
If anyone said, I own *whatever ski* and I'm looking for a second ski as an enjoyable hobby that is a great time to ride and a fun project, I would absolutely recommend an X2 without hesitation. They are just an amazingly great time in the water and in the shop. I love mine. But I wouldn't recommend one as a first and only ski. I think a first ski should be bullet proof, even if it's not exactly the right ski for you.
Most important thing in the beginning is getting seat time and out meeting people.
If anyone said, I own *whatever ski* and I'm looking for a second ski as an enjoyable hobby that is a great time to ride and a fun project, I would absolutely recommend an X2 without hesitation. They are just an amazingly great time in the water and in the shop. I love mine. But I wouldn't recommend one as a first and only ski. I think a first ski should be bullet proof, even if it's not exactly the right ski for you.
Most important thing in the beginning is getting seat time and out meeting people.
Vumad
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- St. Pete, FL
Last time I went riding, I was on my B1 and my Buddy was on his X2. We did not know it, we had no way of knowing it, but the glue that held his exhaust outlet on was failing. This is a part that absolutely no one removes to maintenance. He jumped a wave, the rivets sheered, his boat sunk. His waterbox was not loose, no were any other components connected to the outlet. His hood foam had been removed by the previous owner. The ski sunk to the bottom, and would have been lost if we weren't wearing tow belts. It's a classic case of old poop breaking on an old boat.
That fairly nice looking X2 linked early in the thread is a 750 motor, with a stock 650 pipe and stock keihen carbs. No one tunes those carbs. We brought one to a professional who has lots of experience with older kawi race boats, and he told us it wasn't worth his time, come back with mikunis. No one I have ever spoke to in the X2 community can really tell me where to get keihen parts or what specs to use for various pipe, waterbox combos. They can barely tell you which prop to buy. So the X2 is question is likely a frakenboat that has never been tuned and never will be. I'm sure it would run good enough.
That fairly nice looking X2 linked early in the thread is a 750 motor, with a stock 650 pipe and stock keihen carbs. No one tunes those carbs. We brought one to a professional who has lots of experience with older kawi race boats, and he told us it wasn't worth his time, come back with mikunis. No one I have ever spoke to in the X2 community can really tell me where to get keihen parts or what specs to use for various pipe, waterbox combos. They can barely tell you which prop to buy. So the X2 is question is likely a frakenboat that has never been tuned and never will be. I'm sure it would run good enough.
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Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
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- St. Pete, FL
Sure on which part? That no one checks exhaust outlets? That the ski is probably not tuned? That is will probably run fine regardless? What exactly are you asking?