squid vicious

The cup holder does not work at all, the drink that is positioned in it simply bounces into the gunwhale and off the rear of the jet ski into the ocean behind you.

YamaDoo

What machine has cup holders?

Ernest T

The cup holders on Yamaha 4 strokes are not meant for use when the ski is underway. They are a "lounging at the beach" kind of accessory.

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2008 Yamaha FX HO Cruiser
2010 Hurricane Sundeck 2100

WASABI

Hi guys

Sorry to bring this 5 year old thread up,
How's the Yamaha and Kawasaki these days compare?

ozzychua

5 years later (Now). By using their top-end craft to compare:
Yamaha- FZR
Kawasaki- 300LX
SeaDoo- RXPX260X

Stock engine, All works pretty well.
Kawasaki handle choppy water = 1st.
Yamaha got most storage compartment = 1st.
SeaDoo turn just like a train and got the fastest 60mph = 1st.

All are champion. Depend on what you're looking at.
Cheers.
*I took the SeaDoo RXPX260X RS.

squid vicious

I think its down to what you want out of the ski, you always sacrifice something in order to achieve something else, the only downside I find possibly with my yamaha is that its a reletively big ski, a lot of the other skis that have shorter hulls seem to be able to get more airtime from smaller swells, I find when the sea is huge and gnarley my yamaha really comes into its own. Ive heard seadoo are better on flat water but thats not realy my thing so Im better with a yamaha ski.

I think theres alot of hype these days in regards to horsepower going on, but thats just my opinion, I havent had a ride on a Seadoo but I did have a ride on supercharged yamaha with all the performance mods (intake grill, larger pump e.t.c) and cant really say I noticed enough of a performance increase to warrant all the money it cost him, Im guessing its more in the top end speed, if anything I would say my 180hp ski got out of the box as fast if not faster likely due to the added weight of the supercharger.

Im pretty sure the yamaha dealer did mention to me that the FXHO will pull of the mark slightly faster than the FXSHO.

The Kawasaki skis I see out there on the water seem to go great and dont look to bad either, but never ridden one to compare. The only Seado skis Ive rode were back in the 2 stroke days an XP that was great fun, would like to own either a 2 stroke seadoo XP or a 2 stroke Yamaha gp1300r, them skis are my sentimantal favorites.

Remember also when it comes to water hulls it takes exponentially more horsepower in order to achieve very small performance increases, its more about hull design, A ski boat with a fast hull will be useless on anything else but flat water, a fishing trawler will not break any speed records for that matter, you cant simply use hp numbers to determine if its the best ski, there is no such thing as the best ski, you get the ski that is best for your type of rideing.

ZARDOZ

All I know is that my sea doo GTI 4-stroke died with a broken timing chain at 47 hrs. PWC mechanics have told me that Yamahas and Kawasakis usually come to the shop for routine maintenance, while sea doo usually come in for repairs.

As always, I myself will never own another sea doo.

Z


former sea doo owner, will never own one again

Outlaw

I would like to say that my Seadoos have given me good service all the years that I have owned them, only problem that was a breakdown was my 2009 RXT 255 iS spun a driveshaft which was promptly fixed under warranty at no cost to me. Even a heavily modified 2006 RXT has not had any breakdowns with 119 hours to date. Any brand ski can have failures look at the thread where Yamaha had a catastrophic failure. Just read the different threads. You will see all the whiners there. Kawasaki Ultra's are famous for blown cranks as well.


Later,

OUTLAW

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2009 RXT-IS 255 HP

2008 GTX 215 HP



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squid vicious

Possibly an all out attempt to make sure there horse power numbers are bigger than everyone elses, 260 hp from a 3 cylinder 1500 cc as a post to 180 - 220 hp out of a 4 cylinder 1800cc motor, its just common sense that the smaller motor built to produce more HP should be less reliable and have a shorter service life, its working harder and reving higher, more horsepower will also place more stress on all the other moveing parts.