Well I sold the sea lice yesterday.

[V153]

Almost gave 'em away actually. The NIB parts to put the XP back together cost more than what I sold both skis for. Included also was a single galvanized Performance trailer. Matches the tandem trailer the skis are sittin' on. I hate to take a beating like that but what're ya gonna do?  

[Rosscoe]

Like you said, what are you going to do. At least they are gone. One less thing to work on and buy license for. This week I kinda, sorta decided to put my RV on the chopping block too. Not done with it but did to the nasty stuff. Ideally, I was going to be pulling the 175 with it to Red Wing next August but to have it sitting my my driveway is pretty worthless.
Bike might go too.

[V153]

Thanks Ross. Saves me a bunch in registration fees if nothing else. More money for the Glastron I s'pose.

Frosted my cookies a bit selling 'em so cheap but we all do what we have to. Good news is we're keepin' it in the family, so to speak. Sold em to a buddy that lives a couple streets over.

Tell ya what when he slaps that .020 pro x top end kit into the XP & puts it back together it'll be a sick ski. That thing ran 52-53 mph bone stock. Not bad for a 720. I added a Worx intake grate, eliminated the factory pump extention, added an R&D rideplate extention, hot rod impellor, chopped water box, etc. That thing'd dislocate your shoulders or break the handlebars before it came unstuck. Was running 56-57 mph GPS before the motor cradle broke ...

[Hotwired]

I did the same a few years back.  HAD to try the PWC thing and bought a pair of 600cc Tigersharks.  Bounced around on them a total of about 6 times over the course of a summer then pretty much parked them aside from a couple trips to the lake with my nephews a couple times, I could never keep up with them, they left me in the dust big time!  Only paid $5K for the pair and a trailer but only got $2k when I went to sell them.  Traded up to the CV-21!

[V153]

S'pose it all equals out somewhere along the line Chris. Bought 'em used and had 3 or 4 trouble free years so I guess I can't complain. Ran that dang XP every weekend. Great ski! Well, 'til it broke ...  To be fair the motor mount/cradle broke. The motor was still running fine. Matter of fact it tried to corkscrew through the hull next to my left knee ...

I dunno. When I look at the new stuff I just don't see 'personal watercraft'. Do you? Personal used to mean "room for one", I think. You might disagree but I've been calling these new behemoth PWC's 'boats with handlebars' for some time now. Am I wrong?   

[Hotwired]

U B right!  And most of them cost about the same as a boat too!   Far more than any of my rigs!  Specially the newest hole-in-the-water I brought home!