SeaDoo vs Yamaha
- Thread starter tnman
- Start date
DAG
Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
superjet ;-)
- Location
- marion ohio
I've had the gtx good power and hook but man that 951 can be a problem.
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
I would go with the XLT1200, but get some of the waveeater clips for the powervalves. Best to ask these questions on PWCToday or Greenhulk.
Yami-Rider
TigerCraft FV-PRO
- Location
- Texoma
Well, this is a stand-up community and a lot of us don't like couches, so probably not the best place to ask that question.
I work on pwc's for a living and would stay away from the 951, most problem child motor Sea-Doo ever built.
I work on pwc's for a living and would stay away from the 951, most problem child motor Sea-Doo ever built.
Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
You will have much more fun on a Waveblaster 1 or Superjet. =)
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
I would try to find a 1997-1999 GP1200 or XL1200 non-power valve ski, or maybe a Kawi 1100 like the ZXI. The handling is better on those newer skis, but there is a reason you see lots of 1200 PV and 951 skis being sold with recently rebuilt motors. My wife loves her 99 GP1200, and I love not having to work on it.
- Location
- marion ohio
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
- Location
- Rentz, GA
I think Seadoo has much better handling hulls than Yamaha but I wouldn't touch another 951 so my vote goes to the Yamaha as well.
You are doing it wrong!
- Location
- Marion, Ohio
Probably because you can't even get on my B1! We had GSX Limited's by the way...
Stay the HELL away from the 951! They are glass if you don't really know what you are doing, which I'll admit I did (do) not!
you will have to do the reliability mods on the PV Yammi Motor but still hands down better then the 951
wave eater clips etc are a must check out greenhulk.net there is a lot of info there
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
- Location
- Rentz, GA
I owe sooooo much of my current 2 stroke knowledge to the 951. If I had started out riding Yamaha, I wouldn't even know a fraction of what I know now.
Edit: Only one vote for the Seadoo so far. I bet it was someone trying to sell one, lol.
Edit: Only one vote for the Seadoo so far. I bet it was someone trying to sell one, lol.
- Location
- marion ohio
Like I said more fun on the sea poo. You know what I would like to change my vote to the sea doo.
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH
The 951 is a nightmare from early carbureted models being prone to hydro-locking to fuel injection issues in the later models. When they hydro-lock, bits from the crank and pistons usually blow a giant hole through the cases.
Pick up the XLT, install Wave Eater clips and remove the catalytic converter. Buy a R&D D plate or the block off plate made by Jetworks and a 02 sensor simulator chip.
Pick up the XLT, install Wave Eater clips and remove the catalytic converter. Buy a R&D D plate or the block off plate made by Jetworks and a 02 sensor simulator chip.
- Location
- Clermont, Florida
Yamaha
- Location
- marion ohio
Oh yeah there was 250 hours on our 2 951 'S before the popped.
speedysprocket
Alex
- Location
- Chesapeake, VA
That was my SeaDoo vote. I started with SeaDoos and still own a bunch. I was trying to sell my XPDI 951 a couple years ago, but gave up and made it the girl's/her friends' ski. I believe in the 787 over the 951, but still, once I replaced the fuel pump in the 951, it's been fine. Plus, I just don't like anything yamaha or kawi...