his parachute didn't open

[Edited on July 15, 2008 at 8:16 AM. Reason : .]

7/15/2008 8:16:15 AM

oh GOD. truth be told?

7/15/2008 8:22:36 AM

nah actually he got in a barfight with a gang of mexicans

7/15/2008 8:57:27 AM

Quote :

"I think we found the ski we are gonna purchase. $5500 for a 2005 1200 XLT Yamaha. Includes ski, trailer, wake board, cover, tube and rope. (90 hours)"

That thing is a beast. Too long to jump any waves that you'll encounter on inland waters and incapable of spinning or sliding in any way. They are reliable though and the touring seat is hella comfortable if it has that option (the super plush three level seat.) They have plenty of power for pulling the toob or a wakeboarder and they don't get jerked around as much by the person you're pulling as the smaller skis do.

7/15/2008 10:10:24 AM

there built for a whale of a load. you can get 3 fit people on them or 1 fatass.

7/15/2008 10:14:03 AM

^^it's got a beast of a motor to match its size though. the 1200 motivates it pretty well. sure, you won't be carving coves up and launching wakes, but you can to a certain extent. then you've also got the added comfort and size, which is a big advantage if you plan to use the board and tube much. also, you don't want a ski that slides around in turns. cut a sponson in and go. a ski that spins so easily is fun to play on sometimes. my raider 760 is like that, it'll just lose it's shit in a full high speed turn and slide/spin like it was on ice.

ha, yeah i've been going with shark bite recently but latino gang sounds good.

[Edited on July 15, 2008 at 10:31 AM. Reason : here, happy reading/viewing. ?topic=442820]

7/15/2008 10:30:14 AM

This is what i had...\/



Best wave/wake jumper in the WORLD! I had a 700 in it with a riva pipe. Super racey and it would spin on a dime if you just leaned forward in a turn. It was such a good ski. To many problems with it now

7/15/2008 10:48:29 AM

Quote :

"there built for a whale of a load. you can get 3 fit people on them or 1 fatass."

You can easily fit one fatass and two skinny chicks. Axe me how I know.

^ One of my friends had a VXR like that back in the day. It was a fun ski, but it sat so low and the motor was a little forward for my tastes.
He also had a WaveRaider like the one BBR is talking about. That was a really nice riding ski for the most part, but something was severely fucked up with the hull or sponsons. I don't know if it was just his ski or a design flaw, but I had that thing running full speed several times and it would randomly turn 90 degrees and stop on a dime after hitting a small chop. Trust me when I say something was severely fucked up and it wasn't rider error. Getting thrown unexpectedly at ~60MPH sucks. After the third time it happened to me I told him that thing was a piece of shit and he'd be better off letting it slip off the trailer on I-95.

[Edited on July 15, 2008 at 11:05 AM. Reason : l]

7/15/2008 11:02:12 AM

ha, but I love the engine placement in the vxr, and how it's set really far forward. Makes it easy to do 360's

[Edited on July 15, 2008 at 2:28 PM. Reason : shit everything sits low IMO. Doesn't matter as long as your ballsin out on the thing. ]

7/15/2008 2:27:36 PM

[Edited on July 16, 2008 at 1:55 PM. Reason : l]

7/16/2008 1:55:22 PM

i'm more enthralled with the stripper pole installed by the hot taub

7/16/2008 3:58:18 PM

yay i want exhaust in my hot tub tooo!!

7/16/2008 5:07:29 PM

Quote :

"I don't know if it was just his ski or a design flaw, but I had that thing running full speed several times and it would randomly turn 90 degrees and stop on a dime after hitting a small chop. Trust me when I say something was severely fucked up and it wasn't rider error. Getting thrown unexpectedly at ~60MPH sucks. After the third time it happened to me I told him that thing was a piece of shit and he'd be better off letting it slip off the trailer on I-95."

HAHAHA exactly! it's a flaw. mine has whooped my ass more times than i can count and sent me swimming hundreds of feet to get it cursing the whole way. it sure did really teach me how to ride/control one though, i think i'm a better rider for having it as my first ski. i just love watching first time/inexperienced riders on it. first time they get brave and hit a little chop or a wake at some speed BAM major wipeout.

7/17/2008 3:35:05 AM

i've heard the GP1300R will do that shit if you don't change out the stock intake grate.


For having such a nasty reputation, I never ONCE got bucked off of my Ultra 150 (except with my friend's mom trying to climb on the back and nearly tipping it over). I came close a few times when jumping waves/wakes, but always managed to hang on.

[Edited on July 17, 2008 at 3:40 AM. Reason : asdfasd]

7/17/2008 3:38:36 AM

^ if u had a vxr, then you wouldn't have that problem...slow though

You can land anyway you want to and you will be fine, I don't know how it does it.

7/17/2008 1:50:23 PM

I am headed up to Maryland to pick up my ski on Friday! Any of you guys want to hit the lake next week?

7/21/2008 5:51:21 PM

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"http://raleigh.craigslist.org/boa/736902411.html"

tempted to offer this dude $750 for this Superjet and see if he'll let me take it back home to the beach today.

8/3/2008 11:27:22 AM

the guy that died after wping out at the lake the other day, i bet his wife will be selling both his and her skis soon on craigslist... CHEAP

8/3/2008 4:32:31 PM

how in the hell did he get himself dead on a jet ski? i mean, it's doable, but pretty unlikely.

8/4/2008 12:54:13 PM

My brother is selling his if anybody is interested. He's got a double and single trailer to include.

I don't have a better picture right now but he does.

8/4/2008 12:58:33 PM

[FAIL]

8/4/2008 1:09:49 PM

My brother is selling his if anybody is interested. He's got a double and single trailer to include.

I don't have a better picture right now but he does.

I also know he would trade them for a bike.

^ah you fixed it

8/4/2008 1:28:40 PM

how much???

8/4/2008 1:31:45 PM

He wants around $1800 for the FX1 (the black one)...new paint, rebuilt motor, pump etc.

I'm not sure what year the Wamilton it is, but that ski is tough as nails. Here's there website https://www.wamiltons.com/?main_page=index&cPath=24

[Edited on August 4, 2008 at 1:42 PM. Reason : .]

8/4/2008 1:37:46 PM

^^^^^^it happens a lot more often than you'd think or probably hear about, especially in coastal areas with rentals. there's usually at least one pwc related death per year down around the area i ride most of the time. usually it's a result of people hauling ass towards another craft, pier, or channel marker/buoy. in an effort to maneuver around or away from whatever it is, instinct/panic tells them to let off the throttle. obviously this renders the steering useless. just like people who stand on their brakes locking the wheels up in a vehicle and wonder why it doesn't turn.

there must be an adverse affect i'm missing, but i've always wondered why manufacturers don't incorporate some sort of fin/rudder onto the bottom of the nozzle to aid in some sort of control when you back out of the throttle. similar to what's on the lower unit of a outboard/stern drive. or, even an aftermarket piece that could be installed by clamping it around the nozzle for rental companies, inexperienced riders, etc.

there's also the limited cases where people die as a result of being tossed from the pwc and hitting something/losing consciousness and drowning. even just tumbling across the water at 50mph+ can ring your bell a little.

[Edited on August 4, 2008 at 1:44 PM. Reason : .]

8/4/2008 1:43:48 PM

just put those anywhere

8/4/2008 1:44:14 PM

^^ I've really thought the same thing and thought about putting skegs on the bottom, like ski boats to hold a line when turning.

8/4/2008 2:05:19 PM

^^^ some 'Doos have little rudders. i don't know how well they work.

i just gas it and make it go where i want, because i'm not retarded.

8/4/2008 7:15:25 PM

It seems like the rudder might be useful for steering in case you've lost power, but I haven't been on a ski/waverunner/whateverthehellyouwanttocallit of any kind since I was about 10 years old. I don't know how often you would possibly loose power or how effective a tiny rudder would even be. I remember having a lot of fun though and I remember people riding their skis up onto beaches in their back yards instead of onto a trailer. That always seemed stupid to me, since you're probably packing lots of debris into the impeller.

[Edited on August 4, 2008 at 7:21 PM. Reason : ]

8/4/2008 7:20:10 PM

Quote :

"there's also the limited cases where people die as a result of being tossed from the pwc and hitting something/losing consciousness and drowning."

thats what happened. guy lost it, his head hit "something" in the water, he cried for help and his wife called 911. when the rangers got there he was floating dead in the water.

8/4/2008 7:42:42 PM

Anyone feel like going for a ride this week or this weekend? I got my new ski and I am itching to take it out again.

8/5/2008 12:49:13 PM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/boa/803374330.html

VXR for shredder.

8/19/2008 11:56:00 PM

^ that thing looks like it's in great shape, 800 though, nahhh.

love those skis.

8/20/2008 12:48:33 AM

^^tops out at 55mph....heh

8/20/2008 10:26:44 AM

If "around 55MPH" = 45MPH then that is a true statement.

^^ It's eight hundred dollars. What do you want them to give it to you or something?

8/20/2008 10:31:01 AM

No, I'd say 600 tops for that ski. It's old and tops out at about 42 ~ 43 not 55

[Edited on August 20, 2008 at 5:51 PM. Reason : unless he has modded it or something. ]

8/20/2008 5:51:05 PM

Quote :

"Durham, N.C. — A man found floating in Falls Lake Friday morning died a few hours later, authorities said. The unidentified 44-year-old man and his wife were riding personal watercrafts near the Rolling View Recreational Area at the Wake-Durham county line at about 11:30 a.m. when he lost control in a turn, said Sgt. Tim Sasser of the state Wildlife Resources Commission. The man fell off into the water and might have struck his head on the back of the craft, Sasser said, noting the man was wearing a life jacket and the proper safety equipment at the time of the accident."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3315818/

I don't know how you could hit your head on the back of the ski. I'm still skeptical about that part. Usually when someone loses control in a turn the ski stops and the person gets thrown hard. I guess this is an example of how people can pass away from a PWC accident though.

8/22/2008 2:32:47 PM

^ he just didn't know how to ride the effin thing.

8/23/2008 11:40:24 AM

hmmm...

there's a GP1200 I can buy for $2700 with a trailer. it has 65 hours, and is in good shape except for the paint being worn in a spot on the side where it rubbed against a dock.

the only problem is that at this point, i'll barely get to ride it before leaving for iraq in a month. think it'll be easy to find one for that price or better in the off season, as I'll be getting back in late March?

8/23/2008 7:15:27 PM

^ I would say yes. There are always skis for sale, no matter where or when. You just have to keep your eyes open.

8/24/2008 10:27:52 PM

Do you guys know a good place to get a Yamaha waverunner serviced? The only place that keeps coming up on searches is Matison Motorsports.

9/4/2008 6:10:01 PM

I dunno...Some of the motorcyclists on this board have posted bad things about them. You could try searching and maybe find some of the posts.

9/4/2008 6:16:19 PM

^What types of things?

9/4/2008 9:33:20 PM

some ridiculously good deals out there right now on PWC!

11/30/2008 5:06:06 PM

Yeah, all the people that were waiting for winter to sell their PWC's that will crank, but would run like shit in the water.

11/30/2008 6:29:09 PM

sounds like my Ultra 150 when I bought it (although I tested it in the water, noticed the problem, and got it for cheap enough that it was still a good deal).

I'm afraid the values will have gone back up by the time I get back from Iraq. I might roll the dice and buy one from over here, anyway (either eBay, craigslist, or from greenhulk.net)...just have someone back in NC pick it up for me.

I mean, I'm seeing GP1300Rs for $3500-4000, and 1200s for $1500-2500, all advertised as good skis (on greenhulk.net, where they aren't likely to be able to scam anyone, anyway).

[Edited on November 30, 2008 at 7:21 PM. Reason : asdfads]

11/30/2008 7:19:42 PM

built GP1300R deal in the works...

1/8/2009 11:07:04 AM

People sell busted PWCs in the winter because they know you can't test ride them.
Don't say I didn't tell you so if that happens to you again.

[Edited on January 8, 2009 at 2:46 PM. Reason : s]

1/8/2009 2:45:32 PM

again?

1/9/2009 1:15:00 AM

bttt per request

5/25/2009 9:09:38 PM