Which ski?

[Randypape]

Hello,
I had a 1996 gti and sold it and wish I would have kept it. I'm looking now at a 1997 1100 Yamaha wave venture and a 1996 Seadoo gsx 787 motor. Please give me some opinions on both . Thanks Randy

 

[GGuillot]

Hello,
I had a 1996 gti and sold it and wish I would have kept it. I'm looking now at a 1997 1100 Yamaha wave venture and a 1996 Seadoo gsx 787 motor. Please give me some opinions on both . Thanks Randy

I can't speak for the yamaha, but I have a 96' GSX with the 787. What I like about the ski, it's fairly light and accelerates quick, plenty of power to weight ratio, good for mid to upper 50's. Has a big 15 gal tank so you can get some decent endurance out of it. Fairly stable with a passenger, as a single person very stable. Handles chop pretty good, but you will get more wet than say a larger GTI hull. It will carve out well and can throw you off if you really start tossing it around. Drawback is no reverse gate, so takes some practice when docking. Stock it doesn't have a speed o, but it can be added and easily activated on the Info gauge.

Overall I love this ski, my 18 yr old likes to ride it because it's faster and can get some air over waves and he likes that, while I cruise more on the 97' GTX.

 

[JeremyD615]

Both of those skis should be relatively close in top speed, both quite a bit faster than your old GTI. With that said, they have completely different personalities. The GSX is a two seater, and is going to be quite a bit more nimble, and a wetter ride, than the three seat Wave Venture. The Yamaha is going to be similar in for and function to your GTI, just a bit faster...

 

[mikidymac]

If you get them just know you can't use the same oil in them.
Honestly the Yamaha is nothing special but a fine 3 seater and you now have 3 cylinders to maintain and fix as opposed to just 2.

 

[GGuillot]

Not to start another oil debate, but why wouldn't you be able to run the same oil in them?

 

[mikidymac]

The Seatoo takes API-TC and the yamaha takes TCW-3. Two completely different spec oils. I guess you could run the API-TC in both but then it wouldn't meet the Yamaha spec.