jet skis/pwc's

[twistedtrik 10+ year member]

I have 3 right now.

1-2001 xlt 1200

2-1994 vxr pro 700

3-1979 js 440 full West Coast engine.

We go out usually starting in early April and ending in late October. I have never had a wetsuit, so I really couldn't help you there.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Let's see here, the rxt / rxp same motor ( 1494cc supercharged sohc 4 stroke ) Both are pretty fooking fast, and responsive as all he!!. The rxt with room for three is more stable sitting still than the rxp. The rxp is more agile on the move though. They both will make you hold on for dear life, the acceleration is rather good. As far as mileage, as always it depends on how you ride it. I have a 99 xp with several mods. My boss has a bone stock ( until I get done with the hull anyway //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif ) rxt . He gets about 30-40 minutes more riding time per tank. I deal with the RXP's most of the time as I'm responsible for building the hulls for the race team the shop I work for sponsors. I believe an RXP will be in my future shortly //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Shit, I shouldnt of read this thread. Now I want a jet ski.
But all that comes to mind if I get one is, fat guy in wetsuite song popping in my head. I just wouldnt look good in one mang!

Nah, fat fooks like myself stay out of wet suits. I don't like feeling like a sausage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[twistedtrik 10+ year member]

Nah, fat fooks like myself stay out of wet suits. I don't like feeling like a sausage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

And that is the exact reason I have never had a wetsuit. Look like I'm smuggling grapes and bowling balls at the same time.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

No prop my brother, you have an impeller //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

yea its what i meant....my bad

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

yea its what i meant....my bad

j/p //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'm picky man, I say the same thing 50 times a day at work. Biily jo jim bob comes in " My sea doo ( whether it actually is a sea doo or not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ) ain't going as fast as it used to " " I think I need a new prop" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

And that is the exact reason I have never had a wetsuit. Look like I'm smuggling grapes and bowling balls at the same time.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I don't because I have commone sense D: If I don't want to see myself in one. I don't want to subject everyone else to that kind of torture either. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

i dont need a wet suit i have my own layer of protective skin. okay a couple layers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif but hey its all good the life vest covers everything and makes me strut so the gas dock girls are all over me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

i wish:crying:

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

I dont like wet suits either....Life Jacket FTW,

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

My neighbor has the 4 stroke 2005 polaris 3 seater. He let me drive it and it was fast as hell and accelerated like a mutha ****a - hit 80 mph. Pretty pointless though cus you dont even get wet. As compared to my 93 barracuda - So beat up hadda rebuild the carb like 10 times but it jumps better than any other seated jet ski ive seen. If you got a big 3 - seater I dont see the point in owning a jet ski!

 

[goose5741 10+ year member]

^^ Theres no point in having anything else on the Mississippi, theres no surf to do really extreme shit, about half the time i spend on it is cruising up backwater to this small town in illinois, and you need something pretty stable to get around all the big *** boats on narrow stretches. I've still caught some pretty sick air on it though, lets just say that 50 foot carvers that are between being on plane and trolling throw out one mutha ****king wake, had to be 8+ feet tall with around a 10-15 ft gap between waves...3rd time over it i turned just before i hit it, came down about 1/4th of the way sideways got thrown straight sideways, god that hurt (so worth it though), it was kinda funny that same boat called dnr on us and we had to split. (one of my friends hit thier wake about 10 ft of their swim platform and they were pretty pissed).

I want a wetsuit for when its like 50 degrees out but there are plenty of big boats out cruising still/fall-spring wakeboarding....

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

Ok I see what you mean - but I just live on like a 2 mile by 2 mile lake and All i care about is jumping the thing to pieces - hell yeah I had fun riding my neighbors though. Touch the throttle and ur gone - pretty sweet feeling!

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

see i live on the lake of the ozarks in missouri and this place is nutz. a 50 crusier is thre norm around here. so i love the v-shaped hull it makes it so much more enjoyable.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

see i live on the lake of the ozarks in missouri and this place is nutz. a 50 crusier is thre norm around here. so i love the v-shaped hull it makes it so much more enjoyable.

really? we had our boat at palisades yacht club up until we sold it

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Next time the dude brings it in for repairs. The dudes nuts so he will //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I'll snap picks of the wildest gtx I have ever seen in my life. The Looks very stock until you remove the seat //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif The shop I work at is owned by a good friend of mine. They worked on this dudes gtx for about 6 months doing the engine swap. So I got to see the before and after. The one time I road it, I pegged the speedo rather quickly. Slid me back on the seat. What scared me was the fact that it kept accelerating for another 5 or 6 seconds after that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif You know when you have to start ducking your head to keep from straining your neck your going pretty fooking fast //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif