What are the real costs of buying & owning a jet ski?

[Half flip95]

Put it this way, you can buy flips and tricks with jet skis. You absolutely cannot with mx.

The air filter reference was to an engine that sees alot more abuse.

If you think for a second a jet ski is more of a performance machine than anything with a transmission and wheels, ok.

Jet skis are dirt cheap. I mean everyone thinks I live in a trailer and have a 5 yr old, but I have 3 rickters. So its affordable for anyone



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I've never hydrolocked my dirtbike, or ran a steady amount of salt water through it for that matter...

 

[Yami-Rider]

To get a $25k+ 900cc+ flatwater carbon hull on point from engine, ignition, carbs, pump, etc to work together perfectly isnt all that easy, yea, you can slap it together and itll work, but to get everything perfect, definitly takes more "tuning" then going down to the dealer and buying a brand new $8500 MX bike, with some basic suspension setup and your done, most people cant ride a modern mx bike to it's full abilities, they are just that good now a days, not much tuning required.

 

[Yami-Rider]

A 5 year old could build one. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

That's interesting, maybe you loose those abilities when you get older, but for some reason a lot of people dont know what arm height or pop-off is on a SBN carburetor. Cant tell you how many I've seen put together wrong. That is the first step to "tuning"...

 

[2lick]

Your missing medical bill costs....

 

[OCD Solutions]

I tracked all my costs when I owned my Seadoo GSX LTD and it worked out to $240/hr.

 

[Jetdrift]

It’s pretty nice an unsusporting website advertises here and created so much arguing.

I will say I have owned dirt bikes and skis since the 90’s and the last couple years the skis are way more expensive than dirt bikes. There’s no way a 1991 all stock dirt bike is going to average over $2k like the superjet. Just like a stock or modified 2005 dirt bike isn’t going to bring over $5K like a superjet.

Yes there might be a few here that can buy cheap and build them with cheap parts to have a small amount in a Rickter for $5K but that isn’t anywhere near the norm. Just like brand new dirt bikes don’t go for $20k.

Is it possible, absolutely but you can’t say it’s dirt cheap for everyone.

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[TheBuzzard]

aggravated debates is what makes this fun. especially when the other guy is WRONG

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[mikidymac]

I thought the other guy was always wrong, just like we always cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you and free beer is always tomorrow?

 

[Scott Wilson]

you can own a jet ski for next to nothing. doesn't get expensive until you start playing with it.

 

[SXIPro]

Owning an SJ saves me tons of money. I never drink when I ride, so the summer beer savings alone are astronomical.

 

[mike b]

Cheap man pays twice...atleast

Don't buy junk in the first place, but also don't go out and spend a $h*t ton and expect it all back. Research what you are buying and try to buy smart. Not always something that is available at the moment but if you plan ahead and keep an eye out something will pop up.

If you are going with aftermarket hulls, make a spread sheet of all parts included and see what something would cost to build and once again see what is out there. If you step away from OEM and go to AM, you will be putting money into the ski all the time. Rebuilds, damage, FUEL, upgrades.

It's not an investment, it's a hobby. You will have to spend money. But if you do your homework you can get away with it pretty inexpensively. And just know after all your homework, you will still have to learn from something somewhere so just plan ahead with some budget set aside.

 

[mrjdm]

100% get away from junk.

Its cheaper to buy something solid. Something you can ride trouble free, without constantly working on it. Even if its 2-3k depreciation over few years its a small price to pay.

buy junk and you will hate your life.

I'm on a krash reaper now. Few kinks worked out, hoping for few years trouble free. But just as example when I got into this hobby. I went and bought a brand new spark trixx for $7800 otd.

put 120 hours on it 1 season. sold it for $6500.