Well, I've always been into motorized stuff so motorsports were a given. Had ATV's, snowmobiles, but everything was kept stock. On labor day weekend, our whole family heads up north for a get together tradition and my uncle usually brings his two sit downs, otherwise we would rent two sitdowns. So jet skis were familiar to me and I definitely loved the water. After looking around for a long time,Summer of 2012, our family finally found a nice cottage directly in between two lakes. Cottage on one side with an 80 acre lake, and then cross the street and walk down a steep hill and you've got a 1000+ acre lake right there in front of you! I always wanted a jet ski, and one day in the summer I walked down the steps to see a polaris couch! I was super super happy. I rode that thing like crazy for well over a month, and I loved it..at least for a while. Then I started to get bored. That thing stayed hooked up like crazy and was extremely stable. It was only good for going WOT. Besides being boring, that thing went through 15 gallons way too fast. Super expensive. But then on this small 80 acre lake, I saw this one guy come cruising by on some stand up machine that I'd never seen before. A stand up jet ski? Yeah. I'd never seen one before, and I thought maybe that's better on gas and looks more fun! Except this guy only would just ride around on plane, nothing special. That night, I decided to lookup youtube videos about stand up jet skis. From the moment on, I knew I was hooked. I knew I had to get one of these things! I started looking on craigslist, looking for something cheap, but then I remembered a neighbor across the street had something under a cover in his yard. It was a standup jetski that he really didn't get to use much, so I walked over and asked him about it. He said he'd think about selling it, and he showed it to me and my dad. It was a yamaha superjet, and I had no knowledge about that thing! It had an aftermarket exhaust, and we were worried that it would be too loud so we were kinda dissapointed about that. He said he didn't have the OEM exhaust anymore either..
So we talk to him later on, and he said "Yeah I'd be interested in selling it. You can take it out for a ride, i just got it running and I trust you guys." I'm like sweet! Then he goes "I know what these things go for, and I know you'll have a fun time with it. So that being said, 300$ for the whole thing including the trailer"
Then I heard my dad say that we won't be dropping it back off, and we'll take it for that. Besides the skin loss on the side of my calves from the stock turf, that was one of the most fun times I ever had! I loved it! I was permanently hooked, and was actually able to buy the ski with my own money
Then I started having some electrical issues and questions, and I found pwctoday and started posting there. Thats when I figured out that my ski was a
1995 yamaha superjet 701 with a b pipe, ocean pro nozzle, extended ride plate, and a UMI steering system with 4 degree bars. All for 300$..
Then I found the x, which led to the modding bug and an empty wallet.
