School Me on Jetski's

There's gotta be some of you guys with jetskis.

What brand/models do you have and are you happy with them?

Maintenance?

Spare parts, etc.?

Models to avoid?

I might buy used if I find a nice one. Might just go for a new one so I don't get something the last guy trashed.

 

If your over 30, they suck!

School's out!













IMHO.

 

Rent one for a hour. That'll be long enough to bore you out of buying one.

 

If you live more than 15 minutes from the lake, save your money.

 

Murder on the back if it's choppy....Better to have friend that has one, then just bring the beer.

 

A waverunner seems to be the longer lasting, motor, but idjuts can still blow them up.
Stay away from the sea doos. they seem to have the most trouble.

I have a speed runner a 2 seater 1300gpr and a family 4 seater "boat" a 99 SUV. they are hard to come by, but pull skiers and we have fun. we live an hour from the lake. no problem for us

 

Yamaha, end of discussion. By far the best best PWC on the market.

 

If you buy one, the fun will last about a week then it'll just sit in the back yard.

 

I'm 5 minutes from lake erie. I could also tie up at my folks house they live on a canal off the water. I'm thinking it would get filthy leaving it in the water.

Only bummer is I have a pool and parties all summer so I'm questioning how much ill actually ride it after the first summer.

 

Buy used, buy cheap. that is what I did last summer. I am waiting on it to warm up enough to go get wet again.

I bought one for $1500, then another, bigger, faster, then sold the first and bought the SUV for the fam while I speed off with my cousin. mine will do 65, his will do 75, the SUV will do about 50.

The fun all depends on your company you are with and what you want to do. With the SUV we can pull a tube, kneeboard, or waterski.

We cant do any of that with the 2 seater. even though it is powerful enough to do it, the boating laws of the state will not allow you to tow more than the capacity of the ski.

Seems kind of stupid if you have a 3 seater not to be able to tow 2 kids with 2 on the tube, but it is illegale to do so here. make sure you get one big enough for what you want to do.
unless you are just after speed with no passengers, stay away from 2 seaters.

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This!!!

 

whatever you do...never ever ride one to the Bahamas without extra fuel.

on second thought, just never ride one. they suck

 

There are no seats on a Jet Ski.

 

I haven't seen a standup in a long time around here

 

WRONG

Jet Ski is a brand of watercraft by Kawasaki. There are both sit down and stand up models of Jet Ski

 

Okay Fencer. I meant a real Jet Ski. The kind a man would ride.

 

I agree. they get old quick

 

I raced them way back in the day when Jeff Jacobs ruled the land.

They were fun at the time but if you don't live on water it can really suck.

The old stand up Jets Skis are much like motocross bikes on water. The sit down ones are like a couch on the water.

Once modified you can figure on wrench time every time you ride them.

 

I think I rode my first stand up one when I 8 back in the 70s in the Gulf of Mexico

I don't think sit downs came around for many more years