I would love to try a stand up machine. They aren't sold in Canada for some reason.I'm going to try to get one of the new SXR standups. They look nice, albeit a bit large..
If you went straight from Houston to Cancun as a crow flies, it looks like the distance might be halved. Is that something that would be feasible on a personal watercraft? I would guess you have to tow an extra gas can or two.
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Typically a PWC is good for around 90 miles at best fuel consumption rate. The tanks are usually 15-16 gallons. You would need far too much fuel to make that journey straight across.Thanks so much for the feedback guys. Yea, I meant the sit down ones, better for longer distances.
Wholly crap, didn't realize the Houston to Cancun trip might be so far - 1,845 miles or what not. However, it looks like most of that is due to the route strictly hugging the coast. If you went straight from Houston to Cancun as a crow flies, it looks like the distance might be halved. Is that something that would be feasible on a personal watercraft? I would guess you have to tow an extra gas can or two.
Thanks!
Good luck and let us know how your adventure turns out.
You're kidding right? Considering the range of a jet ski is about 90 miles you'll be stopping to fill up about 20 times during that trip and at a top speed of around 60mph it would take you 30 hours not including time for refueling and rest stops.
^^ This guy nailed it ^^ To OP, you can satisfy the need to experience a PWC with a rental while at the shore. Rent one for a day and you'll be good to go for another year. The ONLY reason to buy one is if you have a place at the shore.Be prepared to be hated by every other boater on the water as you violate every safety law, cut much too close to shore and endanger swimmers lives, buzz to close to fishers and hook their lines, and get drunk and crash into things.
^^ This guy nailed it ^^ To OP, you can satisfy the need to experience a PWC with a rental while at the shore. Rent one for a day and you'll be good to go for another year. The ONLY reason to buy one is if you have a place at the shore.
Agreed. I was generalizing, and that's not fair. In my experience around Ocean City, MD, we get so many guys renting these things that it's getting rare to see one driven responsibly. You can always tell the rental jerks - rental sticker prominently displayed, farmer tans and showing their stupid, unsafe riding style. Its cheaper to rent a PWC, hence why we see more of them acting stupid than the boaters.There are responsible PWC owners/operators, just like there are irresponsible boat owners/operators.
I personally couldn't imagine a summer without tearing it up on a PWC.
I plan on buying a 300hp machine next season.
Thanks so much for the feedback guys. Yea, I meant the sit down ones, better for longer distances.
Wholly crap, didn't realize the Houston to Cancun trip might be so far - 1,845 miles or what not. However, it looks like most of that is due to the route strictly hugging the coast. If you went straight from Houston to Cancun as a crow flies, it looks like the distance might be halved. Is that something that would be feasible on a personal watercraft? I would guess you have to tow an extra gas can or two.
Thanks!
If he actually tried to make it from Houston to Cancun by cutting straight across, I suspect we'll be hearing about it from a Coast Guard press release as opposed to from him.
You and me both, I am biased towards Kawasaki's just because of my experience but I am seriously leaning towards the Sea Doo RXP. Kawasaki still pretty much owns the professional racing side but the RXT-X has some awesome race inspired features and Riva has some awesome and very cheap (relatively) packages to crank up the speed. With the Kawasaki's it would cost a metric fuckton more, require pulling the engine and replacing all kinds of engine parts along with the same mods on the RXT to get substantial performance increases. With the RXP/RXT you can get crazy boosts from just replacing the air intake/filter (easy), new impeller (easy), adding a tune (easy) and the speed override module. That gets you up to 80mph for only $1600, +13mph for that cheap and maybe half a days worth of work is just freaking awesome. Just a few years ago or so, heck probably even last year, it was outside of the realm of sanity that you could get a 13MPH gain, or close to 20%, without replacing half the engine with aftermarket parts. Plus the stock adjustable sponsons and the handlebar mounted reverse (manually pulling up the reverse gate can be a PITA) are awesome as well.
The only thing I really need to dig into is it's rough water handling. Most of the summer I leave my ski on our lift in Orange Beach and while it's there I am usually running on choppy water and that's if I stay in the bay. If I go out into the gulf, well it's the gulf. When I bring it home for the year and before I bring it out I get a few weeks on some nice glass lakes here at home but that's a rather small portion of my season. Historically Kawasaki's have handled rough water way better, one reason I don't like Yamaha's along with the retarded ass rooster tail, and also why I'm looking at the RXT instead of the RXP.
Jet Ski is a brand name, you want to know about personal water crafts.
what is your opinion on novelty flying discs?
I am buying the RXT-X 300 in the next few months. I am going with the T because I want to be able toss it around somewhat from time to time, but still stick cornering too and the P, from what I read, sticks to the water too well to be able to toss around.
The Riva SCOM will get the T upwards of 78mph on the dash in perfect conditions...and for only $200. That's all the nodding I will likely do as I don't plan on owning this machine for one second out of warranty. Sell it in three years or so and buy a Spark or something, that's my plan.