Pole ski is a very solitary thing while a larger sit down can be used as a family toy. A good sized sit down can be used to tow skiers or other water toys plus some of the newer ones have enough storage to keep a large lunch dry if you want to head away from the masses
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 5:02am
I wouldn't go near him, bad advice and very arrogant. Speaks out dribble where the sun does not shine. Especially older jetski like the OP is looking at he hates them then. Trys to compare the new ones to the old ones by making out any ski he looks at is stuffed. So if you do go to them, I sure would not take an old jetski to him I.e over 7 to 8. There is another website some where that has complaints about his service I will try dig it out some where.
for_an_angel,
Feb 14, 6:41am
My bro inlaw has the best of both sit and pole ski. He has a Seadoo running a large rotax engine. It converts in less then a min from a large pole ski into a 2 seater and has power to burn. I think he's looking to sell.
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 7:07am
yip same with my mates said the jet unit was stuffed to much noise, then found out its plumping is wrong apparently. Took it to another guy dismantled it all within spec he could not tell what was normal. When this guy claimed orginally it was rooted completly. Yet it was a mint ski.
Then another guy I know had the same as you 'fully serviced '. Soon to know the old oil was not changed, plugs stuffed as well. Resulting in a tow on a kawasaki 2002. So yip beware.
charles.j,
Feb 14, 6:41pm
Thanks guys. I'll be sure to stay away from him.
unideck,
Feb 14, 8:24pm
I could almost not be bothered typing a reply to the above dribble but hey, if you take the above as gospel then so be it. I have done plenty of business with Ski MD, and I mean alot,never once in all the years had or come up against any of the above.
Biker, maybe the Ski your mate bought was in-fact a sale on behalf as I know that 99.999999% of the Jet-skies in his shop are customers rigs not his ;) Only dubious side he has is he rides a bike like he stole it haha, races street spec bikes all over the country and is a complete petrol head from many years back. Last time we caught up he had the Zx10 and an MV Augusta 750., nice guy if you take the time to actually get to know.
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 8:52pm
I would not say its dribble its first hand experience, has you said hes a big petrol head. So in my opinion older and slower stuff he tends to be a bit more negative about and compares it to the newer stuff which is some what different from older stuff and more refined. I.e he will not even touch older stuff years ago when I emailed him to find out some costing on a older ski. As said above everything I was told by him was lies and turned out from a real expert to be utter crap and wrong.
If you have bought the odd thing from you then good from you, I just get the impression he only likes newer high spec stuff. Not older ski's like the op is looking at, so I would not recommend taking it to him.
unideck,
Feb 14, 9:06pm
I know what your saying John, I don't like dealing with old high maintenance gear either so maybe the lets say cold shoulder is a natural reaction. Kevin has spent thousands with us over the years, always pays on the day with no qualms so a good guy for me. Its a hard road to be judging a personality and skill level by email too ;)
OP, what Ski are you looking for exactly and budget, newer ski are not such a high cost anymore, worth stating a few more facts on what your looking at first.
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 9:14pm
Maybe the cold shoulder is, but say things that are not truthful! To put the crap up ya, like oh its plumped wrong, that noise is wrong. Older gear can be just as fine as newer stuff, just depends how its looked after and whats been done to it in the past. If you look after something well it will give you years of trouble free service.
Has some people do treat there ski's like crap and you have ones that are 8 years old that are better than some ski's that are only 2 years old. The initial start price of new ski's is high, considering the relative short life they have compared to other things in life.
charles.j,
Feb 14, 10:34pm
Hmm. I'm thinking i'll just go for a sitdown now. I enjoy the poleski's but it isn't really a group event thing.
I'm liking the looks of the seadoo XP(1999). Too bad it doesn't have reverse etc
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 10:37pm
They can turn really quick, so reverse is probably not needed.
charles.j,
Feb 14, 10:44pm
#26
Ah very true, I guess neutral would have been handy that's all.
I'll keep hunting though
Thanks :)
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 10:46pm
Depending on the ski, at idle they don't move a lot. Got to see you doing your homework on one and not jumping in the deep end. A big petrol head here that admires anything on water and land. You can always stop them, electric start not the good old pull start like old outboards.
charles.j,
Feb 14, 10:56pm
Yea don't worry, I'm doing all the research. It seems the trim fail is often because of a fuse or the button on the handlebars.
I only wanted neutral because it's handy for stopping when at wharves or pickup up skiers.
Not to worry, I'm a sea lad too :)
johnf_456,
Feb 14, 11:01pm
Good to hear, fair enough. Just look for service records, then in time the right one will come. I know plenty of places for seadoo spares, especially for the old ones. They certainly are fun regardless of what speed you do.
charles.j,
Feb 14, 11:05pm
#31
Yea exactly. I'm thinking the XP will be a good start. They seem to be reliable
unideck,
Feb 14, 11:09pm
Hey Charles, I wont say anymore about Ski MD, you make the call but Kevin is the ex owner of the Seadoo main dealership on the North Shore so when it comes to the XP he knows his stuff. One thing to watch out for though is the key on them are high security that link to the on board computer. Watch out if it has no key or it has a bypass (could very well be stolen ski).
charles.j,
Feb 14, 11:11pm
Don't worry, I know about those :)
A family friend used to have a 2001 gtx. I used to ride that a lot during summer
unideck,
Feb 14, 11:12pm
Cool, not everybody is aware of it but worth a mention aye.
charles.j,
Feb 14, 11:16pm
#35
Yep!
charles.j,
Feb 14, 11:19pm
Random question:
How often do you have to get them serviced!
I know for the boats we do them every summer as we don't really do many hours on them, Clean carbs, change filters etc. Are jetski's much different!
johnf_456,
Feb 15, 12:20am
Depends what sort of Xp's, he doesn't know all of them.
unideck,
Feb 15, 12:21am
Its called winterizing them, run a high mix of two stroke oil/petrol through. This is for prolonged period of standing ;)
unideck,
Feb 15, 12:24am
I beg to differ!. read the above again, he is the ex dealership owner and a hands on engineer, not some sit on his ass guy giving out direction.
charles.j,
Feb 15, 1:52am
Meh, I'm quite happy with the mechanic I currently have for all our boats :)
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