beergut
Well-Known Member
Well, I'm done pouring endless money into keeping my (now blown after 90 hours) 2011 RXT-IS 260 running, so I decided to go out and buy a new Trixx since I spent most of my time trying to do tricks on my RXT anyway-
So, here's a couple of pro's and con's off the top after 1 hour of riding (I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't on my supercharged 260) I only fell off it 3x within the first 20 minutes (sharp learning curve )
The con's:
The Handlebar Riser mechanism is a real pain in the ass. I can't believe this design passed their R&D dept- I literally lost skin using it. I see lots of other people complaining about this also so I would expect Seadoo to address this in future models.
Next, the amount of vibration in the machine from the engine running... when you start it up all you can hear is plastic panels vibrating and when you give it gas the vibrating panels are louder than the engine! maybe I'm just used to my previous rxt models that didn't rattle like a 1988 T-top camaro down a cobblestone highway, but the rattling plastic didn't give me a warm fuzzy confidence in build quality. Next... the seat- not that you spend much time on it, but it could be softer with maybe another 1/2" of padding which will make some of that lake chop a lot more tolerable to handle- it's really brutal over 30 mph to handle on a lake mid-afternoon. Next, I hate having to remove the seat every time I want to put gas in it- this is extremely inconvenient IMO and I was excited when the newer sea-doo models put the gas fill horizontally on the front left side of the hull. Ohh, and forget about removing the battery in the winter, it's pretty much impossible without pulling the whole top of the ski apart! Next, they put rubber at the rear foot rest, but left the rest of the tub where your feet go with nothing- just hard plastic. I found my feet sliding all over the place- and sometimes really slamming the sides with my feet hurt a bit. I'll definately be gluing some turf mat in the foot wells! As far as the 90 horsepower goes, it actually has quite a bit of pop at the bottom end, but really not much at the top end; full throttle at 35 mph was quite flat up to the 47-50mph top end (but keep in mind I'm used to the 260 which hit 70 in about 4 seconds!) It did get me up to 50 mph but it was pretty uncomfortable at that speed. But, I didn't buy it for Speed, I bought it for slow riding tricks... And that brings me into the
Pro category... this thing is so Nimble and Light that you can literally throw it all over the water. It really is like a dirt bike on the water. A couple tricks had me laughing out loud, my wife could actually hear me in the house! I had a smile on my face the entire hour I was on it and only stopped because I couldn't hold on any longer! within 15 minutes I had forgotten all about the rattles, uncomfortable seat and lousy handlebars- I was having a blast! as always, the iBR is to PWC what power steering did to the atv industry- I can't live without power steering on my can-am outlander 1000 AND I simply cant live without the iBR on my ski. The extra angle on the VTS is also amazing- the ski jumps right up into a wheelie! I've ridden stand-up and the old 2-stroke ski's- grew up on them, and I've never had more fun in 100 square feet of water than I did on the trixx. i'm literally calling in sick tomorrow so I can ride!
kudo's to sea-doo for tapping into this genre of water sports- I feel the trixx is in it's infancy, if they just focus on some of the comforts & quality of the trixx, these things will sell faster than they can build'em!
So, here's a couple of pro's and con's off the top after 1 hour of riding (I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't on my supercharged 260) I only fell off it 3x within the first 20 minutes (sharp learning curve )
The con's:
The Handlebar Riser mechanism is a real pain in the ass. I can't believe this design passed their R&D dept- I literally lost skin using it. I see lots of other people complaining about this also so I would expect Seadoo to address this in future models.
Next, the amount of vibration in the machine from the engine running... when you start it up all you can hear is plastic panels vibrating and when you give it gas the vibrating panels are louder than the engine! maybe I'm just used to my previous rxt models that didn't rattle like a 1988 T-top camaro down a cobblestone highway, but the rattling plastic didn't give me a warm fuzzy confidence in build quality. Next... the seat- not that you spend much time on it, but it could be softer with maybe another 1/2" of padding which will make some of that lake chop a lot more tolerable to handle- it's really brutal over 30 mph to handle on a lake mid-afternoon. Next, I hate having to remove the seat every time I want to put gas in it- this is extremely inconvenient IMO and I was excited when the newer sea-doo models put the gas fill horizontally on the front left side of the hull. Ohh, and forget about removing the battery in the winter, it's pretty much impossible without pulling the whole top of the ski apart! Next, they put rubber at the rear foot rest, but left the rest of the tub where your feet go with nothing- just hard plastic. I found my feet sliding all over the place- and sometimes really slamming the sides with my feet hurt a bit. I'll definately be gluing some turf mat in the foot wells! As far as the 90 horsepower goes, it actually has quite a bit of pop at the bottom end, but really not much at the top end; full throttle at 35 mph was quite flat up to the 47-50mph top end (but keep in mind I'm used to the 260 which hit 70 in about 4 seconds!) It did get me up to 50 mph but it was pretty uncomfortable at that speed. But, I didn't buy it for Speed, I bought it for slow riding tricks... And that brings me into the
Pro category... this thing is so Nimble and Light that you can literally throw it all over the water. It really is like a dirt bike on the water. A couple tricks had me laughing out loud, my wife could actually hear me in the house! I had a smile on my face the entire hour I was on it and only stopped because I couldn't hold on any longer! within 15 minutes I had forgotten all about the rattles, uncomfortable seat and lousy handlebars- I was having a blast! as always, the iBR is to PWC what power steering did to the atv industry- I can't live without power steering on my can-am outlander 1000 AND I simply cant live without the iBR on my ski. The extra angle on the VTS is also amazing- the ski jumps right up into a wheelie! I've ridden stand-up and the old 2-stroke ski's- grew up on them, and I've never had more fun in 100 square feet of water than I did on the trixx. i'm literally calling in sick tomorrow so I can ride!
kudo's to sea-doo for tapping into this genre of water sports- I feel the trixx is in it's infancy, if they just focus on some of the comforts & quality of the trixx, these things will sell faster than they can build'em!
