yamaha or seadoo
12-13-2015 | 08:29 PM
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Yamaha all day, EXCEPT the 1200 PowerValve engines (GP1200R / XL1200 from the early 2000s.) Nearly every single one of them, over time would lose the oil injection line to the 3rd carb. The OEM oil line was stretched too tight, and after the lines aged a bit and became brittle; they cracked off the nipple and every single one of them blows the 3rd cylinder.
12-13-2015 | 08:40 PM
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From: dfw texas
Have one of each sitting on a trailer offsite with blown motors .both 05s when that happens to a seadoo, they get parted. When that hapens to a yami, they get a new motor.plus the yami requires no special tool purchase if your a do it yourselfer. Yami parts tend to be cheaper too. The big 4 seater yamis do well in rough water but the seadoos on average tend to offer more performance for the dollar initially
12-13-2015 | 08:48 PM
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From: medina ohio/ vermilion ohio
I had 2 yamahas both 90s and two Kawasakis also 90s. They all ran basically trouble free and friend's of ours had 2 seadoos 90s and they where being towed more then ridden.
12-13-2015 | 08:52 PM
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From: Moultonborough NH
Hey Matt how did you do the speed limiter by pass. Regarding which one to buy, I also have the svho motor. Currently have 2 Yami with SVHO motor. That motor is only a few years old. The seadoos my friends bought, the same year, are real nice. They have more conveniences but I personally would do the Yamis everytime over the Seadoos. Yamaha has much more experience in everything. You could have problems with either one. Ya never know. Luv mine.
12-13-2015 | 08:53 PM
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I helped a tHP500s rebuild his XLT1200 powervalve motor, but traded both of the above skiis for a jet boat before I rebuilt the 3rd jug, (known issue at trade).
The guy that I traded them to for whatever reason did not put the WaveEater clips on the PowerValves when he reassembled it. (Also, a mandatory upgrade.)
Guess who had to put a new crank, center jug, and piston in same GP1200R after it dropped a PV.
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12-14-2015 | 06:37 AM
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ONLY if you get to in time. I agree though on both parts. I had a 1998 GP1200 and a family member had a 2003 GP1200R that blew the 3rd jug.
I helped a tHP500s rebuild his XLT1200 powervalve motor, but traded both of the above skiis for a jet boat before I rebuilt the 3rd jug, (known issue at trade).
The guy that I traded them to for whatever reason did not put the WaveEater clips on the PowerValves when he reassembled it. (Also, a mandatory upgrade.)
Guess who had to put a new crank, center jug, and piston in same GP1200R after it dropped a PV.
I helped a tHP500s rebuild his XLT1200 powervalve motor, but traded both of the above skiis for a jet boat before I rebuilt the 3rd jug, (known issue at trade).
The guy that I traded them to for whatever reason did not put the WaveEater clips on the PowerValves when he reassembled it. (Also, a mandatory upgrade.)
Guess who had to put a new crank, center jug, and piston in same GP1200R after it dropped a PV.
12-14-2015 | 06:54 AM
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12-14-2015 | 07:45 AM
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I had a 2004 FX-140. Flawless. Next time you are at beach that rents skis, look at what all the rental places use. There is a reason they choose what they choose.
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