Your opinions on this SJ

WAB

salty nuts
Location
coastal GA
Not sure on the Able cyl. Thought they were more for racing. :shrug:
Knowing what price you are looking at helps too!
 

LBE

Eddie Would Go.
Location
Charlotte, NC
Ski belongs to Ryan O****. Real nice guy, just had major back surgery. Before his opperation I rode surf with him, he had Taylos old white ski. As far as I know the ski is well built. Ryan is not one to scrimp on anything. I love that ski!
Ryan is a straight shooter. He has quite a bit wraped up in that ski. He is definately not one to try to pull something. I think this ski would be a great buy.
 

thegoldenboy

RN Surgery... soon
Location
Toronto
He's had it up a few times for sale. At least a few months now.

$7500 is worth it, but know what you are getting into when buying a built boat. Yes lots of good stuff on it. Yes, it would cost more to build it.

But if you start to ride it and something lets go, you're in for more $ to fix it than, blowing a topend on a stock ski. Get it? You just need to know what you're in for when buying a built ski.
 

Ericfox

Do it twice?That's DooDoo
It looks very nice. If you have the money and think you are ready for a ski like that- I say take it...

However, if you have never owned a superjet before- I would recommend buying an old hull- completely stripping it- reinforcing it- and do all the mods that everyone normally does on the 701 to start out with... This way, you will learn all the parts and how to work on the ski from top to bottom. It is also very satisfying to learn how to do fiberglass work, hydroturf, and all the different modifications... it really gives you a chance to make a ski your own personal creation. If you have $7500 to spend- you can make yourself a really nice ski with all brand new stuff.... will it be quite as nice as his? Prob. not- but if you arent an experienced rider then you prob wont need all the mods his ski comes with....

Check out my build thread in my signiture... I didnt know that much about the superjet when I started it... now I could do just about anything. People on here helped me out a ton. A wealth of information is floating around on here... you just have to pick through it, and try to figure out who really knows their stuff....

You will notice that I started with a new ski... not necessary... get an old hull or ski that is in excellent condition and revamp it. That's the only thing I would change if I had to do things over again.

Building your own ski is definately a PITA at times... but in the end it is worth it!

Not knocking that ski though... it is really nice! It does need new turf though...

Good luck man.
 
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haha.. yea..

yea eric.. i understand you completly.. i built up a SN, then a 650 SX, then ended up buying a RN hull.. did all that you said and built myself a RN.. ya i was like you, didnt know to much, now it feels like u could fix anything with ur eyes closed... my last one was 100% my work.. that was about 2 years or so ago.. now im kinda wanting to get somthing bigger.. and this is a good deal
 

Ericfox

Do it twice?That's DooDoo
haha.. yea..

yea eric.. i understand you completly.. i built up a SN, then a 650 SX, then ended up buying a RN hull.. did all that you said and built myself a RN.. ya i was like you, didnt know to much, now it feels like u could fix anything with ur eyes closed... my last one was 100% my work.. that was about 2 years or so ago.. now im kinda wanting to get somthing bigger.. and this is a good deal

Yeah, before he said you had a lot of experience- I was just going on the number of posts and your join date... did you just come over from pwctoday?
 
i was thinkning of buying this ski myself a while ago but decided against it only because i wanted to have a backflip hull so i went with the wcf hull im putting the teamscream 5mill 828 in it but i did talk to the guy who owns it and he sounded like he knew his stuff and the boat looks flawless other thatn the turf but hey thats nothing i would buy this thing in a heartbeat if i was you very nice boat the only thing i didnt like was the abe cylinder but thats just me hope you end up getting it
 
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