Not long ago I was talking to the owner of the local Honda dealership. He said in terms of repairs, he has had thousands of Sea-doos, Yamahas & Kawasakis, but has only had a handful of Hondas & most of those were just for oil changes, nothing broken that needed to be fixed. If you look at customer quality satisfaction surveys (which I did before I bought mine), Honda is on top, followed closely by Yamaha, then Kawasaki, then Sea-doo.
They're aren't that many racers with Hondas (mainly because of a lack of aftermarket go-fast performance parts.) Most people don't even know that Honda sells watercraft. They are only for sale in selected areas, so finding people that have worked on them wouldn't be very easy. They didn't even sell them here in Canada 'til last year. I drove 7 hours down into the States just to get mine. (There's a Yamaha dealer about a mile from my house, a Sea-doo dealer about 5 miles away & a Kawasaki dealer about 3 hours away.) They have done a very poor job of marketing these things over the years, but I still knew the best one to buy.
I needed a ski that would be extremely reliable because I ride about 40 to 50 miles from the launch ramp, by myself, & didn't want stuff that wasn't going to work all the time. That's why I bought a Honda. RIDE RED!