Just for fun. Write short crappy reviews of jetskis you've owned or rode.

Baja 252

Baja 252

Location
LOTO
In 1994 I bought a new Yamaha Wave Raider. It was a new model for Yamaha, 80HP twin carb 701 sit-down. Fast ski for the time, 53mph

It was the purple fiberglass hull that was lighter than the future generations of Wave Raiders.
The front of the hull was shaped just like an old pair of wooden water skis. Any chop or waves and it slapped the water as opposed to cutting thru it. It was great compared to previous Wave Runners, but looking back it was the worst riding sit down I ever had. It was however great to work on, unlatch the seat and slide it back and the whole engine hatch opened up.
53 mph wasn't fast enough, so I bought a prop, then a head and rideplate. Then a pipe. I was up to 59 mph and the handling was so sketchy. Lean the wrong way going fast and it would start to lean and there was no coming back from it. It was like crashing in slow motion, you knew you were going over when it started to lean.

At 59 mph no one could beat me, the Kawasaki 750ss skis thought they were faster because of the bigger motor, but I passed them easily.
Then the came out with the 1100 Raider. I needed more MPH because they ran almost even with me, so I sent my cylinder to Group K for porting. Didn't work, Harry was great to work with, but the porting for the 701 SJ's just didn't work on new Raiders. He sent me a replacement cylinder, which went on the shelf and I bought a Riva ported one. A prop tweak and jet changes and I was at 62 mph.

One of the only photos of my new Raider with my nephew sitting on it and my dad in the background.

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Had a lot of fun with that ski until 1997, when I bought a new GP 1200. I'll save that ski story for later.
 
Jhucke

Jhucke

Location
Wisconsin
15 year old me bought a blown up 650 superjet. Fired right up in the guys driveway cold. Looked nice, paid the guy, went on my way with no compression test or anything. Darn thing kept dying in the water while riding, couldn't figure out the issue (also didn't know much about jetskis at the time). Finally worse comes to worst, a friend recommends a compression test, sure enough, 30 PSI front cylinder, OPE. Message the seller, I think he felt bad he sold some kid a blown up ski cus he ended up refunding me enough to buy a 701 shortblock. Unheard of over a craigslist deal. I would say I appreciate that guy, but I found out from a local mechanic that guy knew the thing was blown up the whole time so, I guess its a wash on moral terms.

Learned a lot over the next couple weeks, thats for sure. Ride review on a blown up ski: it sucked!
 
TheBuzzard

TheBuzzard

Location
the jetski grave yard
Larry Steven's bought all of xft crap from Brazil. Opened a shop 1 stop sign from my house and redesigned the xft into the PJX hull. He took so long coming out with it, the window of opportunity slammed shut on his fingers and he only sold a few hulls and went out of business. He had one for personal and brought it to miller. We switched skis for a few minutes. I couldn't switch back fast enough being spoiled as I was. I saw his old PJX for sale in reno some months back
 

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mthomps

mthomps

Location
Cleveland
Big Kahuna said:
And every third or forth word rhymed with Luck...................
LOL. Reminds me I need to give him a shout!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nashville is not a normal place. Every single person you come across is the nicest human being ever and every mom, dad, baby in diapers, and fast food cashier is hands down the best guitar picker in the world. Seriously.
 
mthomps

mthomps

Location
Cleveland
The 300sx story. (Aka the reason i dont buy or sell sh**)

My first jetski. Literal turd but theres a reason so many have tried to use the hulls for freestyle. If you can ride a 300sx you are a certified GOOD jet ski pilot.

I know NOTHING about stand ups other than i know i want one. This is the cheapest one on craiglist so the next day i meet this junkie kid and 14 of his closest needle friends at his house in middle of nothing good ohio. I give him 450 bucks and shove it in the back of a van with a "title" that says the equivelant of "Bart sold this to Matt for 450 bucks and a promise he wont call the cops".

While today im an expert at Ohio watercraft law today it took a month of tracking down previous owners and sketchy encounters to find the dude with the actual title. He wants to meet me at a friggen highway marker of all places.

Like a freakin cartoon this 220lbs 7 ft 4 mother effer pulls up in a tow truck walks up to me and my dad, im talkin marlboro man am i being messed with style. Winks at the 6 shooter in his pocket. Looking back i think he was testing the waters for gay sex.

Im 23, tired, hungry, and i gotta take a dump. He says "lil birdie told me yall got mah jet ski i got this here title ferrr. Ill be needin that ski back now ya understeeend?"

No idea what came over me, probably exceptence i could be dead soon, but i looked strait up at the sky passed his face (in my mind it was to show i understood he was tall and i didnt care) i said "no problem. Ill get it to you tomorrow. Theres a few yachts i need to run it in to first. Should the insurance company call or just email?"

Short story way too long, i got the title. And he made me mail a check for 45 cents for the postage. Moral of the story? Dont mess with a mans 300sx
 
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KMN

KMN

Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rise Icon - Well, kinda feels like years of R&D went into this one. I'm super surprised how good it is as a first generation hull. It feels exactly like a 21+ Rickter Edge, but has different graphics. They did add a built in e box bracket, so that's cool. It's almost like it's the same hull, built in the same factory, by the same people, with the same materials.

*Disclaimer. I'm just having fun with it. I know Pierre has been in the business as long as anyone and has had a lot of input into Rickter products and now has just about everything under MX100/Rise. Cool to see new stuff coming out.
 
Jhucke

Jhucke

Location
Wisconsin
khaos said:
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Krash 50 cal - QA? QA?!? We don't need no stinkin QA!!
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What is Krash current status? Not trying to poke a jab at you or anything, stuff happens and I was hoping they would have produced a good product, but I remember you being a fairly big proponent of the RTP Krash skis & frankly I haven't heard a good story about the engines since they debuted. Are they still trying?
 
Quinc

Quinc

Buy a Superjet
Location
California
Jhucke said:
What is Krash current status? Not trying to poke a jab at you or anything, stuff happens and I was hoping they would have produced a good product, but I remember you being a fairly big proponent of the RTP Krash skis & frankly I haven't heard a good story about the engines since they debuted. Are they still trying?
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Fuel injected now! But haven't heard too much feedbach yet. Looks like the quality is about as good as ordering a pitbike from china. You need to go over them with a fine tooth comb before jumping on and hitting the water. Or order from @bach6177 and pay extra up front to have him replace all the problem parts before you ride it.
 
fastgtfairlane

fastgtfairlane

Location
Charlotte, NC
A guy that lives near me bought a new reaper last year with the 1200 fuel injected setup. So far he has had to replace the fuel pump, midshaft housing and Map sensor. He might have 6-8 hours of ride time on it at most
 
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