Anybody a Spyder owner as well as a SeaDoo PWC or Boat owner?

[SpyderRyder10]

If you feel inclined, please share your story. We are a new Spyder owner and considering a 2011 SeaDoo GTI 130 purchase. We owned a 1994 SeaDoo GTX PWC and it was a wonder in the water. Would love to hear your story.

My brother is probably going :yikes: for ever showing me his Spyder at Christmas!

Happy New Year to All!

 

[WizardMaster]

1996 Sea Doo HX
2008 Sea Doo RXT-X 255

 

[burg650]

I have what is probable now called a vintage 1998 Kawasaki 1100STX and it has been a trusted machine with no problem, it is also mint as I have only 65 hours on it. I did own a 2005 Sea-Doo Sport 18' Challenger 180 for a year but sold it because it was too much trouble for me alone to use.

 

[M2Wild]

Been a PWC owner long before Spyder. Gotten my first one in the late 90s and started off at 110hp. Salesman was worried I was gonna hurt myself since I never ridden one before. Was the best decision I made by going with the highest hp available at the time. My friends had to upgrade twice to catch up with me. You will never have too much hp in a marine enviroment. It makes you feel a little better that you have 200+ hp on a jet when you need to out run a thunder boomer and beat it back to shore.

Sea-Doos is like Lexus ... lexurious but needs more TLC at the end of the season (or you'll pay for it by spending a whole day in the spring trying to get it going again). Yamaha is like your Honda ... the sucker never breaks down and fires up on the first try. I like them both and have had more than 10 PWCs over the years.

 

[SPYDERGUY1]

have a serial number original SPORTS PAL 12 foot canoe with a 3/4 hp bumblebee outboard for river runnin and fishin. does that count ??

 

[spyder30517]

1996 Seadoo XP - stupidly modified engine
1997.5 Seadoo GSX Limited - stupidly modified time bomb engine

 

[Oklahoma Spyder]

Had a 2008 Spyder Yellow RS and 2 Seadoo RXTs sold them all in April now trying to get 2011 RTS

 

[harddrive]

Been a PWC owner long before Spyder. Gotten my first one in the late 90s and started off at 110hp. Salesman was worried I was gonna hurt myself since I never ridden one before. Was the best decision I made by going with the highest hp available at the time. My friends had to upgrade twice to catch up with me. You will never have too much hp in a marine enviroment. It makes you feel a little better that you have 200+ hp on a jet when you need to out run a thunder boomer and beat it back to shore.

Sea-Doos is like Lexus ... lexurious but needs more TLC at the end of the season (or you'll pay for it by spending a whole day in the spring trying to get it going again). Yamaha is like your Honda ... the sucker never breaks down and fires up on the first try. I like them both and have had more than 10 PWCs over the years.

:agree:, We have had several Yamaha's and Honda's. We currently have a Honda that is awesome and requires very little maintenance. I have several friends that have seadoos and they are nice but see to need more TLC.

 

[Sarge707]

I have had a lot of them and was New England vets champ in 95 .
The 130 or 155 Non Superchargd are bullet proof and will last probably 1,000 hours. My favorites are my-

1-98 XP-L 130 hp 2 stroke 63.8 GPS
2-2008 RXT-X 255 Hp Supercharged with external intercooler-0-50 in 3.5 seconds. 69 MPH GPS.hyea: