Spimothy Leary
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bah ! I probably am lol I thought it was a gti, didn't look close enough
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bah ! I probably am lol I thought it was a gti, didn't look close enough
Spimothy Leary
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Attention all Florida Members,
Sunday Feb 16th Matt B and I will be doing a ride on the Suwanee River out of the Old Town, Florida area, approximately 1 hour east of I75 near Gainseville Florida. 5 Ski's committed so far. We'll be doing two runs, probably late morning and early afternoon then returning home.
I don't wanna hear any "waaaah, its too far to drive" both Matt and I are driving well over 4 hours each way to make this ride.... so take your excuses and stick them where the sun don't shine (which right now is anything north of the Florida State line hhahahah)
Join us if you can ! post up on the Southeast page, I started a thread there but I thought i'd post it up once here since we frequent this thread so often.
Sunday Feb 16th Matt B and I will be doing a ride on the Suwanee River out of the Old Town, Florida area, approximately 1 hour east of I75 near Gainseville Florida. 5 Ski's committed so far. We'll be doing two runs, probably late morning and early afternoon then returning home.
I don't wanna hear any "waaaah, its too far to drive" both Matt and I are driving well over 4 hours each way to make this ride.... so take your excuses and stick them where the sun don't shine (which right now is anything north of the Florida State line hhahahah)
Join us if you can ! post up on the Southeast page, I started a thread there but I thought i'd post it up once here since we frequent this thread so often.
nammer
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old guy, did you mean west of Gville?
damn i would love to see u guys again, not even sure if there are any extra skis, but i have a test on monday, so
Anybody willing to make the drive is welcome to bundle up and dunk their good running ski in for the ride/rides. You don't have to be from Fl....heck Spim doesn't even ride Seadoo anymore (at the moment).
Spimothy Leary
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old guy, did you mean west of Gville?
damn i would love to see u guys again, not even sure if there are any extra skis, but i have a test on monday, so
bah again !
1 hour WEST of Gainesville.
And actually nam i had you penciled in as a backup in the event my daughter (who also has a test monday ) cancels out last second, i was going to txt you about that. I'm bringing two skis no matter what. I also checked out the hotel online not that bad and only $69 for a double, right on the river, i'm re-thinking the 5 am morning drive already, getting there the evening b4 makes things easier.
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nammer
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aww that's so sweet, seadooforums for life :grouphug:
i can't wait til i get done with school and get back into a doo, by the time 2017 rolls around, i'll be able to get the 2011 that I want
Here is another Grey Ghost slipping through cheap.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997...rsonal_Watercraft&hash=item4acf74c9f6&vxp=mtr
nammer
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we should start a betting pool on what the price will sell
my guess $900
we could wager our skis
$837.50 .....................I would say "could need a new engine" means does need a new engine.
Spimothy Leary
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I just put a bid in for fun, high bidder right now !
not sure how high i'd go honestly. don't know much about that model.
not sure how high i'd go honestly. don't know much about that model.
nammer
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even with 0 ratings, if I wanted it, I wouldn't be hesitant to bid, because no matter what I'm driving to pick up, I wouldn't even put a deposit through ebay, u know, cause the transaction never happened
I don't think there is any more for me to read about that 97.5 model. I'm ready to answer any concerns you might have. It's kind of like a poor man's RXX in my opinion because many blew up early, leaving a lot of fresh low hour ones out there. The problems they had can be easily remedied.
Spimothy Leary
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my only concerns.... whats it worth as a part out ? lol
sure, if its running and just needs a good scrubbing i'd be all over it but these days it would be too costly to replace the engine unless its just to Frankenstein some new parts in, clean it up and re-sell, even in a perfect world, whats the resale value, maybe $16-1800 on a trailer max ?
I don't want to run a 951 myself as a personal ski, been there done that and I don't have the parts/expertise to keep one in my fleet. Quite honestly, I think both of my current ski's would be considered a significant upgrade over the ghost.. (no offense to 951's, but i'm not qualified to wrench on one and have no spare's, and duly noted: the 98 GSX I rode was fun as hell !)
but besides the MPEM which maybe is a 1 off, but a quick check seems to indicate the 97/98 are the same ($275?) ... and if the cases are intact they are worth $200-$250... trailer $200ish... + misc... puts its real value around $1000 max on trailer? meaning to me its worth no more than $500 and that's only if the cases are undamaged.
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Spimothy Leary
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this guy has had the same listing since maybe October.
Boat Waverunner Jet Ski Ignition Kill Switch Coil Lanyard - $15 (SW Cape Coral)
he finally dropped the price from $20 firm to $15.. hopefully by March or April he'll be down to $10.. which would be the correct price
I'll give him credit for working so hard to sell this thing... its been re-listed religiously every 4-5 days for 4 months.
I should give him some of my crap to sell on consignment, he obviously has time to kill
Boat Waverunner Jet Ski Ignition Kill Switch Coil Lanyard - $15 (SW Cape Coral)
he finally dropped the price from $20 firm to $15.. hopefully by March or April he'll be down to $10.. which would be the correct price
I'll give him credit for working so hard to sell this thing... its been re-listed religiously every 4-5 days for 4 months.
I should give him some of my crap to sell on consignment, he obviously has time to kill
Spimothy Leary
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challenger part out
http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee/boa/4306869510.html
reasonable on some parts... i wonder what he wants for the shifter ?
$1200 for everything is pretty good ... (not fantastic, but pretty dam good)
my wife would divorce me if I brought home another challenger project, although it was one of my most profitable flips ever, it took up the entire garage for almost 3 months which meant her car was parked outside... at the time I couldn't park it next door since I had 5 ski's in THAT garage lol
http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee/boa/4306869510.html
reasonable on some parts... i wonder what he wants for the shifter ?
$1200 for everything is pretty good ... (not fantastic, but pretty dam good)
my wife would divorce me if I brought home another challenger project, although it was one of my most profitable flips ever, it took up the entire garage for almost 3 months which meant her car was parked outside... at the time I couldn't park it next door since I had 5 ski's in THAT garage lol
I think I have a shifter laying around if somebody needs one.
The 97.5 GSXL was released early as a production model to get the 951 legal for racing. There were parts of it that caused the engines to fail early that need to be changed. It had piston to cylinder clearances that were too tight. It also had a device on the carbs that leaned the mixture out. This was a bad combination for reliability but it allowed BRP to slip the 947/951 engine into acceptable emissions territory. This made all the following 951's legal to import where they may have not been if they were re-tested after being set up the more reliable way.
The white engine cases, cylinders, and head are different from silver 951's and do not interchange. The white pipe is a valuable part that adds performance to regular 951's. I think there is something special about the pump also but not sure about that one yet.
The 97.5 GSXL was released early as a production model to get the 951 legal for racing. There were parts of it that caused the engines to fail early that need to be changed. It had piston to cylinder clearances that were too tight. It also had a device on the carbs that leaned the mixture out. This was a bad combination for reliability but it allowed BRP to slip the 947/951 engine into acceptable emissions territory. This made all the following 951's legal to import where they may have not been if they were re-tested after being set up the more reliable way.
The white engine cases, cylinders, and head are different from silver 951's and do not interchange. The white pipe is a valuable part that adds performance to regular 951's. I think there is something special about the pump also but not sure about that one yet.
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