Thoughts on buying new 12' Superjet vs. Used freestyle hulll set up ski....
I can get a brand new 12' Superjet for $7000 OTD, but I don't know if it's the way I really want to go.
I have switched to riding skiis after hitting my head so many times riding freestyle motocross and really miss backflips.
I live on a small lake in Michigan, all I want to do is cruise jump and throw down the occasional flip.
WHAT SHOULD I DO??!!??
Here is my advice as I bought brand new 2010 SJ about an year and a half ago.
At the time I bought mine, I had never tried stand up before. I had no idea about a single stand up ski term (technically and any other wise) and I did not know anyone with stand up ski.
Later I met good friends with stand ups and also good professionals in the industry. Riding together and spending time with them helped me to get familiar with every aspect of this hobby.
Within the first year, I learned so much that now I can take my ski apart in one hour. In the same time since I bought my ski for around the same price as you have been quoted, I pretty much doubled that $$amount$$ in mods and after market parts and yet my SJ will never be an after market hull.
If you are not mechanically inclined or don't have any friends or mechanics around to help you with daily repairs, I would say go with the brand new ski. Trouble free and reliable at least until you start to mod it at which point you will already have a good idea of most parts.
If you have been around from before and you already know what a stand up ski is, then go for a better deal and ski as used a/m hull and modded motor.
If you go that way, make sure you are not buying a junk that will cost you a lot of trouble and headache. There are so many guys out there that put unnecessary or wrong parts on their skis that later cause hours of time narrowing down the problem or costly repairs.
Either way, be prepared to spend a lot of money and time on wrenching and fixing stuff
. You will also find yourself on this forum quite a lot...
