Oldest PWC?
- Thread starter tor*p*do
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- Reno,NV
I was thinking more along the line of ....
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
I particularly like when they said no preparation , no poop , no life jacket and they launched it scraping the bottom on the concrete, genius !
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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Vintage Sea Doo Watercraft
The vintage Sea Doo watercraft website is the online source for information, preservation, restoration and the enjoyment of the 1968 and 1969 Sea Doo models 320 and 372.
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bored&stroked
Urban redneck
- Location
- AZ
They have one sitting at Jet Action Rental in tempe. Very cool.
- Location
- Michigan
Pretty cool old school stuff. Wonder why the Amanda water scooter didn't make it.
As I have read, the Amanda was made by AJS in England. The demographics at the time did not favor this type of vehicle. England and Europe were very poor after the war. In the USA people bought boats that could fit the whole family. The Jetski was a lifestyle accessory sold in motorcycle shops. It never would have launched without the mass popularity of Japanese bikes in the 70s. I imagine it was difficult for a Skidoo dealer to sell a water toy where the ice barley melts. The modern couch met the fat baby boomer in his 40s and a new craze began.
WFO Speedracer
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Yep until the late 80's , early 90's Jets skis were a very niche market , the stand up jets skis still are.
You didn't see mass appeal and really large numbers of jet skis till 1988 , in 86 Kawasaki dropped the X2 making it the first mass produced Japanese sit down watercraft that could carry two people , in 1987 Yamaha came out with the WR500 and the WJ500 the second two sit down watercraft , in 88 the Seadoo SP580 came out and it was much faster than anything else out there though not very reliable , then in 89 Kawasaki came out with the TS650 , followed by the Waverunner lll in 1990 and Seadoo came out with the GT the first two three person skis to hit the market.
Around 91 things really got cooking Seadoo released the XP which was the fastest ski on the water at the time. Kawasaki drops the Sea couch , Yamaha puts the 650 engine in a WR500 body and calls it an LX , from there is just exploded and the Seadoo goes from two model in 1990 to 6 models in 93 ,
Now the HP war begins and we get into the modern jet ski era HP jumps to 80 hp in the Seadoo GTX and XP models ,Kawasaki counters with the SS and XI models both with 750 engines , Yamaha releases the Waveblaster and the PRO VXR with the 701 engine.
93-94 and 95 probably saw the biggest jet ski sales numbers of any years , it was the heyday for the industry and I was right in the middle of it all .
You didn't see mass appeal and really large numbers of jet skis till 1988 , in 86 Kawasaki dropped the X2 making it the first mass produced Japanese sit down watercraft that could carry two people , in 1987 Yamaha came out with the WR500 and the WJ500 the second two sit down watercraft , in 88 the Seadoo SP580 came out and it was much faster than anything else out there though not very reliable , then in 89 Kawasaki came out with the TS650 , followed by the Waverunner lll in 1990 and Seadoo came out with the GT the first two three person skis to hit the market.
Around 91 things really got cooking Seadoo released the XP which was the fastest ski on the water at the time. Kawasaki drops the Sea couch , Yamaha puts the 650 engine in a WR500 body and calls it an LX , from there is just exploded and the Seadoo goes from two model in 1990 to 6 models in 93 ,
Now the HP war begins and we get into the modern jet ski era HP jumps to 80 hp in the Seadoo GTX and XP models ,Kawasaki counters with the SS and XI models both with 750 engines , Yamaha releases the Waveblaster and the PRO VXR with the 701 engine.
93-94 and 95 probably saw the biggest jet ski sales numbers of any years , it was the heyday for the industry and I was right in the middle of it all .
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