Kozy
New Member
My wife and I just got the chance to ride the Spark in St. Petersburg last weekend for the Seadoo test ride event. We first rode the Spark by ourselves, she rode on a pink HO 3-seater and I was on a orange HO 2-seater. We were able to each do 4 laps on a test track area they had setup in the lake. They explained the simple operation of the Spark and let me know how to switch into Sport mode, and I was off. I got out of the wake zone and hit the gas, the front end instantly jumped out of the water and a smile instantly appeared on my face. The Spark felt great, it accelerated fast, was nimble and very easy to control, and seemed quite fast on the straight away. I've only ridden on a family friends 3-up Yahmaha jetksi before so I don't have a bunch of experience with jetskis, but damn the Spark felt awesome.
After our first test ride my wife and I were also able to ride double up on a grey HO 2-up one. They recommended putting it in sport mode right away with 2 people which I did. The spark seemed to have pretty much the same acceleration and speed the biggest difference in riding 2-up seemed to be the stability. Riding only by myself it was incredibly easy to whip around and make the turns fast and easy, but with a passenger it was a bit more tipsy and I definitely had to take the corners quite a bit slower. It felt like it could have been fairly easy to tip over with 2 people until we would get used to riding together more.
I had an awesome time with the Sparks, since they came out and I saw them on the website I definitely wanted to test ride one. Now that I have our biggest concern is do we buy one or two. :thumbsup:
After our first test ride my wife and I were also able to ride double up on a grey HO 2-up one. They recommended putting it in sport mode right away with 2 people which I did. The spark seemed to have pretty much the same acceleration and speed the biggest difference in riding 2-up seemed to be the stability. Riding only by myself it was incredibly easy to whip around and make the turns fast and easy, but with a passenger it was a bit more tipsy and I definitely had to take the corners quite a bit slower. It felt like it could have been fairly easy to tip over with 2 people until we would get used to riding together more.
I had an awesome time with the Sparks, since they came out and I saw them on the website I definitely wanted to test ride one. Now that I have our biggest concern is do we buy one or two. :thumbsup: