I've betrayed all of you.....
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I've betrayed all of you.....
....I am one of them now.
"Lake Lice"
As much as I have hated Jet Ski's I bought one yesterday. 2005 Kawasaki STX-15F (1498cc). This thing is pretty quick. I ran it up to 60 yesterday (suppose to run 70) and it wasn't even breathing hard. Actually I bought it for the wife and kids to pull tubes around and just to have something to throw in the water to have some fun on. Dave
"Lake Lice"
As much as I have hated Jet Ski's I bought one yesterday. 2005 Kawasaki STX-15F (1498cc). This thing is pretty quick. I ran it up to 60 yesterday (suppose to run 70) and it wasn't even breathing hard. Actually I bought it for the wife and kids to pull tubes around and just to have something to throw in the water to have some fun on. Dave
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Re: I've betrayed all of you.....
just stay out from between the tunnels of the big cats!!
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Re: I've betrayed all of you.....
We have one of those too. (and a bassboat) Pulling the kids behind the jetski was part of the justification to get rid of the ski boat and get the Formula.
Have fun!!!
Have fun!!!
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Re: I've betrayed all of you.....
I belive some body lied about how fast it's "supposed" to go. I recall the USCG put a 60 mph max limit on any jet-ski.
A few years back Yamaha unveiled a model that hit 80 mph out of the box. The USCG got wind of it, steped in and said enough is enough. The told the manufacturers if they continue with the speed war they would impose the full marine regulations on them. Meaning, lights, safety gear, floatation, fire equipment, etc. The manufacturers realized they could not meet the full regs so they agreed to a max speed limit of 60.
That's the story as I know it. Unless it's been changed, 60 mph is tops.
A few years back Yamaha unveiled a model that hit 80 mph out of the box. The USCG got wind of it, steped in and said enough is enough. The told the manufacturers if they continue with the speed war they would impose the full marine regulations on them. Meaning, lights, safety gear, floatation, fire equipment, etc. The manufacturers realized they could not meet the full regs so they agreed to a max speed limit of 60.
That's the story as I know it. Unless it's been changed, 60 mph is tops.
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Re: I've betrayed all of you.....
Originally Posted by Iggy
I belive some body lied about how fast it's "supposed" to go. I recall the USCG put a 60 mph max limit on any jet-ski.
A few years back Yamaha unveiled a model that hit 80 mph out of the box. The USCG got wind of it, steped in and said enough is enough. The told the manufacturers if they continue with the speed war they would impose the full marine regulations on them. Meaning, lights, safety gear, floatation, fire equipment, etc. The manufacturers realized they could not meet the full regs so they agreed to a max speed limit of 60.
That's the story as I know it. Unless it's been changed, 60 mph is tops.
A few years back Yamaha unveiled a model that hit 80 mph out of the box. The USCG got wind of it, steped in and said enough is enough. The told the manufacturers if they continue with the speed war they would impose the full marine regulations on them. Meaning, lights, safety gear, floatation, fire equipment, etc. The manufacturers realized they could not meet the full regs so they agreed to a max speed limit of 60.
That's the story as I know it. Unless it's been changed, 60 mph is tops.
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Re: I've betrayed all of you.....
Originally Posted by Iggy
I belive some body lied about how fast it's "supposed" to go. I recall the USCG put a 60 mph max limit on any jet-ski.
A few years back Yamaha unveiled a model that hit 80 mph out of the box. The USCG got wind of it, steped in and said enough is enough. The told the manufacturers if they continue with the speed war they would impose the full marine regulations on them. Meaning, lights, safety gear, floatation, fire equipment, etc. The manufacturers realized they could not meet the full regs so they agreed to a max speed limit of 60.
That's the story as I know it. Unless it's been changed, 60 mph is tops.
A few years back Yamaha unveiled a model that hit 80 mph out of the box. The USCG got wind of it, steped in and said enough is enough. The told the manufacturers if they continue with the speed war they would impose the full marine regulations on them. Meaning, lights, safety gear, floatation, fire equipment, etc. The manufacturers realized they could not meet the full regs so they agreed to a max speed limit of 60.
That's the story as I know it. Unless it's been changed, 60 mph is tops.
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I think i read a review in powerboat maybe, where they gathered a lot of go fast 'lice and radared them. Turned out that the factory literature overstated the top speed by about 10 mph. The good thing was that ALL the skis tested overstated by about the same 10 mph, so that it was still a good barometer when comparing, just dont compare it with the speed on your GPS.......
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Dave,, This months watercraft world just did a shoot out of all the cruisers,, that ski should do 63-64 gps... My 1999 ultra 150 speedo consistantly reads 80-81,, my 2003 ultra 150 reads 59-60,, Both ski's do exactly 65-66... PWC speedo's are more notorious than boat speedo's for being WAYYYY off...