IRISHGUY
Member
I have a 2005 RXT, my first PWC (tho' I've owned crap loads of ski boats, sailboats, ATVs, dirt and street bikes in my greasy, skinned knuckled life.
She's got 20 hours on her, I lift the seat and i can smell resin and PVA not gas.
Invariably, when I share the joys of my purchase with others who've been around and bashed a few buoys i get asked "d'ya know if the supercharger's been rebuilt?"
"Uh, Bob, it has ... 20 hours on the engine".
"Well, if ya wan'ta ride a ticking time bomb of course that's your blessed right but when those puppies let go ... AND THEY WILL ... your engine and half the known universe are going to blow themselves to pieces, your wife will leave you, and your dog's gonna ignore you when you call."
I get it.
Pieces of loose metal fragments waltzing around the inside of an revving engine are not good for children and other living things, nor should my ski sound like an overgrown coffee bean grinder.
But HOW likely and under WHAT circumstances will the Angel of Death visit my ski? Sooner than later? Inevitably?
One source who's proven sober in the past told me that more often than not the pin on the grenade gets pulled when some Rodney Rocketbutt consistently over revs the engine catching air jumping wakes and waves in front of his (hopefully) future wife or tears down the riverfront WOT when he's not changed the oil in his ride for years.
So I'm asking, am I tiptoeing through the minefield, whistling past the graveyard, pokin' the lion with a stick, if I just wait and see?
When I've said that elsewhere the response is somewhat like Darth Vader's declaration " I find your lack of faith .... disturbing.
(Ack! Cough! Gag!)
Ok, OK, I'll order the friggin' rebuild kit!!!!
(Later)
Whadaya'll know? What are your personal observations? (No tales that start with " I knew guy who knew someone who ...."
Is $300 and a weekend the Daniels Boys in the garage wrenching the ski the price of admission, a rite of passage?
Thanks
She's got 20 hours on her, I lift the seat and i can smell resin and PVA not gas.
Invariably, when I share the joys of my purchase with others who've been around and bashed a few buoys i get asked "d'ya know if the supercharger's been rebuilt?"
"Uh, Bob, it has ... 20 hours on the engine".
"Well, if ya wan'ta ride a ticking time bomb of course that's your blessed right but when those puppies let go ... AND THEY WILL ... your engine and half the known universe are going to blow themselves to pieces, your wife will leave you, and your dog's gonna ignore you when you call."
I get it.
Pieces of loose metal fragments waltzing around the inside of an revving engine are not good for children and other living things, nor should my ski sound like an overgrown coffee bean grinder.
But HOW likely and under WHAT circumstances will the Angel of Death visit my ski? Sooner than later? Inevitably?
One source who's proven sober in the past told me that more often than not the pin on the grenade gets pulled when some Rodney Rocketbutt consistently over revs the engine catching air jumping wakes and waves in front of his (hopefully) future wife or tears down the riverfront WOT when he's not changed the oil in his ride for years.
So I'm asking, am I tiptoeing through the minefield, whistling past the graveyard, pokin' the lion with a stick, if I just wait and see?
When I've said that elsewhere the response is somewhat like Darth Vader's declaration " I find your lack of faith .... disturbing.
(Ack! Cough! Gag!)
Ok, OK, I'll order the friggin' rebuild kit!!!!
(Later)
Whadaya'll know? What are your personal observations? (No tales that start with " I knew guy who knew someone who ...."
Is $300 and a weekend the Daniels Boys in the garage wrenching the ski the price of admission, a rite of passage?
Thanks