is this worth looking at?

[nckb]

I came across this. What initially caught my eye was the nozzle/sponsons. The owner says it has a "race engine", but really can't seem to back it up, and says
"I don't know much about engines." Trying to get a few more pictures; it's a couple hours from me and don't want to spend the gas yet.

I told myself I did not want to buy a ski with a 787, but this one caught my attention.

http://wilmington.craigslist.org/boa/4662065759.html

 

[ryan199358]

It's cool, but not $1000 cool imo. I would bet that it needs more than its carburetors cleaned. "Needs carb work" usually means I have no clue whats wrong. I would like to know whats under the seat. It could have a heavily modded engine. If it was used and modded for racing, It might have a factory pipe, or equivalent. Then you would need to run race gas in it, or swap out the pipe and the head for rec use.

 

[LouDoo]

I agree with Ryan, it looks pretty ragged out. However it might be worth picking up for the parts. See what's under the seat and then maybe talk with [MENTION=51824]Matt Braley[/MENTION] or Nick [MENTION=41828]Minnetonka4me[/MENTION] might be worth a shot.

Lou

 

[Jetdoo]

I contacted the owner via email. Seems pretty desperate and just make her an offer, says she needs the money to make her house payment. I believe she would take 5 or $600. I want a pic of the motor before I make a 2 hour trip tho.

 

[tturbonegro]

5-600 with the trailer seems like a good deal if it cranks over

 

[Minnetonka4me]

Yup ask for an engine shot...if theres some parts in there its a steal.

 

[grinditout]

If it has been in the salt, be wary

 

[nckb]

Grinditout - everything in my area has been in the salt. It's just something you have to manage.

 

[soccerdad]

Here is a pile of skis. Not sure what the goodies on the one XP are, but... http://florencesc.craigslist.org/boa/4654625447.html

 

[Jetdoo]

Here is a pile of skis. Not sure what the goodies on the one XP are, but... http://florencesc.craigslist.org/boa/4654625447.html

Checked on these earlier this week. He sold the modded xp already. The other one is all stock.

 

[nckb]

For anyone who may be curious, here are a couple pictures of the inside.

 

[Krispy]

Hmm, Flame arrestors, rossier pipe. Carbs may not be stock.

What ya gonna do?

 

[nckb]

I'm going to do nothing. The whole thing feels a little weird to me, and I really don't want to deal with a non-stock setup.

Posted the pictures in case someone else wants to take a shot.

 

[s10gmconversion]

What a small world that's about 45 mind from me. I tried to call them but they never answer. That is a steal for around here, nothing a little polish and elbow grease won't fix. We're the negotiable or pretty firm on the price?

 

[s10gmconversion]

Checked on these earlier this week. He sold the modded xp already. The other one is all stock.

Really small... We bought the modded one.. Lol he was a nice guy. He has a bunch of toys.

 

[s10gmconversion]

Here it is with my buddy bringing it home and after. Some elbow grease and sandpaper

 

[Jetdoo]

Really small... We bought the modded one.. Lol he was a nice guy. He has a bunch of toys.

Wow! Yeah I contacted the guy and he said someone was coming aroun 1:00 that day to look at the xp's. He texted about an hour later and said you had bought the modded one. So I lost interest after that. Dang that thing is cleaning up nice!

 

[s10gmconversion]

We had the hood hydro dipped in carbon fiber and are waiting to get it back.

 

[Jetskigoodies]

We had the hood hydro dipped in carbon fiber and are waiting to get it back.

How much did you pay for the xp? Also how much did the hydro dipping cost? We may be looking to get a single gauge hood dipped but have no idea of what it cost.

 

[soccerdad]

What is hydro dipping ?


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[Jetskigoodies]

Google search it and a bunch of youtube videos will pop up.

 

[Jetskigoodies]

[video=youtube;pKuXyeAGzEU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKuXyeAGzEU[/video]

 

[s10gmconversion]

We paid $1000 for the ski. It was 200 to dip the hood because we had to split it and dip the mirror frames, the gauge cover, and both sides of the hood