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ocod
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He may shed a tear when his 10 year old XP goes.
Thats a long time.
Think of what we keep over 10 years.
nammer
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He may shed a tear when his 10 year old XP goes.
Thats a long time.
Think of what we keep over 10 years.
actually I just wanted the gsx and double trailer, but knowing my cheapass, nobody would sell it to me unless it was broke
Dudes back then I just would buy something "cool looking" on ebay(pipes and heads) and bolt it on and go. Well try to go that is...it worked on the MX bikes, well anyway I ruined all my stuff and past off some turds to some poor souls.
The 95XP saved me! I talked to the guy and new enough back then to know that he knew whats up. It was only like $1250 in 2002 and it dominated all normal PWCs that I crossed. I always called it "the unfair advantage". Mind you I'm just some guy running up and down rivers but like a good race horse it just always digs in and pulls ahead somehow. These days compression is down to like an even 135 and I don't want to "go Spim" on it because I'm afraid of broken bolts and I have too many better X4's to wrestle these days. Still, when an old friend dropped in on me a couple of days ago I dunked them in the lake just to make sure I wouldn't embarrass myself during a near future wet-test. At the end of the test turned 1 hour exhilarating ride I motioned for him to hold it WOT across the lake and guess what.... The "unfair advantage" pulled ahead for me one last time!
The 95XP saved me! I talked to the guy and new enough back then to know that he knew whats up. It was only like $1250 in 2002 and it dominated all normal PWCs that I crossed. I always called it "the unfair advantage". Mind you I'm just some guy running up and down rivers but like a good race horse it just always digs in and pulls ahead somehow. These days compression is down to like an even 135 and I don't want to "go Spim" on it because I'm afraid of broken bolts and I have too many better X4's to wrestle these days. Still, when an old friend dropped in on me a couple of days ago I dunked them in the lake just to make sure I wouldn't embarrass myself during a near future wet-test. At the end of the test turned 1 hour exhilarating ride I motioned for him to hold it WOT across the lake and guess what.... The "unfair advantage" pulled ahead for me one last time!
Spimothy Leary
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lmao, my going 'spim' is becoming famous, and on another thread i'm trying to talk the guy out of it hhahahahaa
but dammit, its GOOD advice ! and i won't stop preaching it, ever...except to those that can't handle the work involved.
matt, i bounced back to this thread to suggest that the xp might be priced a little low considering the factory pipe and buckshots, and you seem pretty dam handy, you might want to consider pulling both of those parts, replace with stock, and sell the excess.. all you have to do is rejet and do a quick water test.. if its too much trouble just to pocket a couple extra hundred, I certainly understand, i've done the same mental masturbation before, but one thing i've learned about selling ski's is that its very very hard to get value out of aftermarket parts, your lucky to get 30c on the dollar for them in my experience.
also lately... since I sell a LOT on CL, i've been spelling out part of my number 259-158one to avoid the txting spam's i've been getting... just a thought.. and i never put my full name, first name at best,
otherwise, i think you just want to move them along, those look like a good package for a fair price.
but dammit, its GOOD advice ! and i won't stop preaching it, ever...except to those that can't handle the work involved.
matt, i bounced back to this thread to suggest that the xp might be priced a little low considering the factory pipe and buckshots, and you seem pretty dam handy, you might want to consider pulling both of those parts, replace with stock, and sell the excess.. all you have to do is rejet and do a quick water test.. if its too much trouble just to pocket a couple extra hundred, I certainly understand, i've done the same mental masturbation before, but one thing i've learned about selling ski's is that its very very hard to get value out of aftermarket parts, your lucky to get 30c on the dollar for them in my experience.
also lately... since I sell a LOT on CL, i've been spelling out part of my number 259-158one to avoid the txting spam's i've been getting... just a thought.. and i never put my full name, first name at best,
otherwise, i think you just want to move them along, those look like a good package for a fair price.
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I've seen a plethora of 717 Factory pipe kits not selling for $200ish and this one is not your "cherry". I don't even know if the Micro Touch is doing it's thing these days because it's a little soupy on the bottom. At this point the XP is a "$900 and I don't ever want to see/hear from you again ski". I have also seen ugly Buckshots like this sit at $200. I do have this year's kits in them though, that sucks for me($90). All my stock pipes have blown out welch plugs from the salt. AM pipes don't fail me like that. Anyway, I do just want to move them along. The GSX is the anchor of the deal.
IMO "going Spim" is when you are holding the crankshaft in your hand(rods dangling) even though you may not have needed to tear it apart that far. Now you can easily do the outer bearings and seals since your there. Then assemble correctly smiling to your self with a good piece of mind.
IMO "going Spim" is when you are holding the crankshaft in your hand(rods dangling) even though you may not have needed to tear it apart that far. Now you can easily do the outer bearings and seals since your there. Then assemble correctly smiling to your self with a good piece of mind.
Spimothy Leary
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ok ya, figured as much, i should have assumed you've gone thru the process, and ya the 717 certainly isn't as desirable.. just thought i'd throw in my first impression from a sellers point of view.
IMO in by the end of next you'll probably have those things gone.
IMO in by the end of next you'll probably have those things gone.
Yes you do Nam! You would be better off getting one fresh and pampered. I mean I ran gallons of TCW-3 through that thing before I knew better.
Spimothy Leary
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I did the same with my first doo' and my 2nd too
(easily 100 hours on tcw) just kept using the same crap I used on my Yami. It never occurred to me that they were different, but when that engine was taken apart, (yes, crank in hand, rods dangling), the bottom end had no ill effects, the top end may have suffered a little but there's no way to prove it, so tcw is not the death of a ski, but can and will eventually shorten the lifehowever, 900 for that ski even with potential top end concerns really is a fair fair deal.
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nammer
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previous owner of mine has been running tcw3 for like 10 years, i haven't run it other than to figure out it needs work, but I still haven't had time to clean it out and put api in
nammer
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curious why you guys prefer the x4 hull over these 97-newer hulls
http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/3139326369.html
http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/3139326369.html
nammer
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i think i came across one of those "can't get to fast enough deals" as yall prob figure i'm a really cheap guy, but I'm not gonna even offer a lower price, or even test out the skiis, as long as there are titles i'm trying to pick them up tomorrow. i'll update you guys if i can work somethin out
ocod
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damn... seller is not responding to emails
heres another one
[h=2]1997 SEADOO XP Hull - $250 (Ft Pierce)[/h]
Date: 2012-07-24, 5:30PM EDT
Reply to: 3xmk5-3145599621@sale.craigslist.org [SUP][Errors when replying to ads?][/SUP]
Here is 1997 XP hull only.Title in hand other parts avalible.250.00 no trailer 352-516-8930
nammer
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here's the one I was looking at
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/3161072741.html
it came up last night, i saw it around 3 am and have emailed a few times just saying I want to purchase it, I'm free tomorrow, I have cash in hand call me in the morning lil bit of overkill, but i wanted them to know i'm ready to go, it's only 35 miles away from me
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/3161072741.html
it came up last night, i saw it around 3 am and have emailed a few times just saying I want to purchase it, I'm free tomorrow, I have cash in hand call me in the morning
lil bit of overkill, but i wanted them to know i'm ready to go, it's only 35 miles away from me
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ocod
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They are 97's. Yeah it looks like a great deal
nammer
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good call, see, I got so excited I lost all desire to do research, since they don't know the year, i'm just gonna consider it either a scam, or no title, that's my way of rationalizing why I really didn't want them anyway :they should have a crying icon:
Spimothy Leary
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does the LRV really look like this ?
i've never seen all that padding on the back b4, looks like the bottom of a bounce house
i've never seen all that padding on the back b4, looks like the bottom of a bounce house
lamajama
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Here's an example of Vancouver Canada..
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/nvn/boa/3161535271.html
One would assume that the crap on the boat is just leaves etc but looking at the seadoo pic background
you might be wrong.
Seriously...this idiot couldn't clean these things up before being stupid enough to list them on craigslist? :cuss:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/nvn/boa/3161535271.html
One would assume that the crap on the boat is just leaves etc but looking at the seadoo pic background
you might be wrong.
Seriously...this idiot couldn't clean these things up before being stupid enough to list them on craigslist? :cuss:
nammer
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does the LRV really look like this ?
i've never seen all that padding on the back b4, looks like the bottom of a bounce house
it does in fact look like that, that's custom seats of course, but rather than posting a google image, I thought I would add a craigslist posting
http://gainesville.craigslist.org/boa/3091478771.html
nammer
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this isn't a good deal, but it's the kind of ad that makes me want to buy it, looks sooooo purty!!
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/boa/3136007660.html
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/boa/3136007660.html
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