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Soooo, it's supposed to be near 80* today and all my friends are busy after work. That means no wakeboarding for this guy. Might be the last decent day to get in the water without a wet/dry suit (which I don't own). Boooo!
Anybody else feeling my pain?
I have a 2 hour drive to the lake. NY weather sucks. High of 72 this weekend. And will be pulling boats, lifts, and docks. Feeling more pain than you...
Same here.. but i hope i can get on the lake saturday...
Same boat as you guys. Pulling my supra out tomorrow afternoon. I hate this time of year but I'm going to ski at least once more.
Pulling two boats, two sea-doos and three lifts and dock next weekend. But not before I get a few sets in as we warm the boats up to be winterized.
Picking my boys up from school at 3 and hitting the river. It's 90 today in Iowa . Rare for the end of September. Don't tell my customers!
sadly my comp has already been out of the water for a weeks. Still need a new prop shaft. Pulling it this weekend. And tomorrow I am taking the boat to the local boat mechanic (not on the lake) so he can take care of the 2 windshields. USAA is going to lets us replace both sides. And so we dont screw up, its on Pete (guy who owns and runs his shop) to take the 2 old pieces off, ship them to FL, and then put the new ones on...
I'm riding through winter here in Georgia until it gets to water temps in the 50's then it will be time to put her away until Spring. Riding this Sunday and have friends in from Germany that we snowboard with in on Tuesday/Wednesday.
Went out last night. Air and water were both 65. Had about 90 mins of daylight. To rough to wakeboard, so a little surf.
Pissing rain this weekend (and the next 9 months). Boo.
I'm going to choose to ignore the southerners who get to play almost year round! Thank you for rubbing it in! I feel much better. :(
For those in my shoes (or worse) thank you for your empathy! This time of year sucks!!
Our season is just about done. Got in to work today and found this.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/28/za2ujypa.jpg
Oh crap! It's too early for that!!
Probably going to winterize today also. Only took her out 3 times this year...very bummed about that. Just too many other things to do, and no steady crew to ride with.
Steady crew is the hard part...i have to rely on my 64 year old father who's not into watersports at all to spot for us at the cottage...
I have the same issue... so I am planning ahead. bought another winter project to get ready for the times next year when noone else available to do anything:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ptownkid
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps9fa67705.jpg
Got one of them running good and took it out last wed. What a hoot!! now I am going to be "that" guy......
How much did you pay for the 4 of them???Quote:
Originally Posted by jasun
I've got 2 in my garage but you should my friends vintage graveyard.... At first glance at that photo, I thought you must have found him and bought him out of some inventory. He's probably got 15+ hulls and enough parts to build at least that many. We've got a pretty regular crew on my river of vintage jet-ski guys. Check out my friend Drews skills....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGafTS_16bo
What do you have??Quote:
Originally Posted by wotan2525
i gave 1200 for all 4. 2 "run"... lol one is a JS440 2 are JS550's and 1 is a JS550SX. the SX is the one that runs and I plan to take it out Wed. I have one of the 550's kinda running but having some back fireing issues. Going to check the woodruff key to make sure it is not sheared and go from there....
My plan is to have all 4 running by the spring.
the white with red (the 440) is just a shell right now and needs a little body work.
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps631f73a9.jpg
The Red JS500 (my favorite) is also a shell. but has lots of aftermarket parts.
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps437bdcde.jpg
All have aftermarket intakes and ride plates. I have Engines and parts and then some to get them all running.
I have rode stand up jets skis 3 times ever but feel in love after the 1st time and went and bought these 4. Have ridden the 550SX 2 times this year.
I figured I didnt want my Salt feeling old by buying someting from the late 90's or 2000's!
I've got two JS550s. One is pretty tricked out and the other is mostly stock (just an aftermarket ride-plate and exhaust.) They are both the "early" models with the front mounted exhaust tube. Fun and a good workout to ride. Don't use much gas, either!
well in Texas our lakes dry upQuote:
Originally Posted by kvand347
if those two on the front of the trailer are both 85s I would bet you have my old skis.
If so the red one had almost ever aftermarket part made was a nasty bastard for a 550 anyway.
The red one has a crack in the hull that was patched. it is an '85. has a Solas ss impeller. the engine was pulled to put on the white one (JS440) on the rear of the trailer. It looks mostly stock though. Mikuni BN38 (not the sbn). I love the way the red one looks and want to get it back to stock look.Quote:
Originally Posted by 86 century