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i am lookin at a kawasaki jet ski if i get that but up-grade to a honda, suzuki or hoysoung would i be frown at or would the jet ski save me as a KSRC member

well its kawasaki sportbike riders club, not kawasaki jetski riders club.

i guess the answer is no.

but ur welcome to come back and cop shit at any time

Well they all acutally look like DOWN grades to me, unless you are from the Bizarro universe
excepting honda two strokes of course

whitelighter wrote:i am lookin at a kawasaki jet ski if i get that but up-grade to a honda, suzuki or hoysoung would i be frown at or would the jet ski save me as a KSRC member

Well they have a version of the 12R engine and the bigger ones are built with the same species, me and a mate have been thinking along these lines as we can travel a few hundred km's a day and no speed limit out in the open water AKAIK

Not to mention slowing to check a few beaches for the scenery

If you have owned a kwakka roady then I see no problem

12R motors I remember a few years ago that the Big Mutha kwakka jet-ski had a ZZR-1100 engine (basically - a couple of minor mods), fitted inside a 4 metre fibreglass hull...........these things can pull over 80 knots FFS !!! 3-person ski's PLUS a skier behind (or 2 on the ski and 2 kids skiing )

Hang on tight mate if you get one with a ZX12R motor in it

Jet-ski's are Phat with a capital P !! They wear you out in double-quick time though, it pays to be 21 and fit as buggery if you want big air !!

Gosling1 wrote:12R motors I remember a few years ago that the Big Mutha kwakka jet-ski had a ZZR-1100 engine (basically - a couple of minor mods), fitted inside a 4 metre fibreglass hull...........these things can pull over 80 knots FFS !!! 3-person ski's PLUS a skier behind (or 2 on the ski and 2 kids skiing )

Hang on tight mate if you get one with a ZX12R motor in it

Jet-ski's are Phat with a capital P !! They wear you out in double-quick time though, it pays to be 21 and fit as buggery if you want big air !!

Hehe 1600cc? of grunt, based on the tight specs and quality of the 12R motor. Or so I believe.

whitelighter wrote:i am lookin at a kawasaki jet ski if i get that but up-grade to a honda, suzuki or hoysoung would i be frown at or would the jet ski save me as a KSRC member

it all depends do we get full use of it on the weekends

whitelighter wrote:up-grade to a honda, suzuki or hoysoung

I can't see how this is possible...

jet ski would b sweet, ZX14 motor in a jet ski would b fun!

whitelighter wrote:up-grade to a honda, suzuki or hoysoung

To upgrade to any of the above you'd have to be on a tricycle or something but the question still begs..why would you?

Saki wrote:jet ski would b sweet, ZX14 motor in a jet ski would b fun!

Google up the Ultra 250 XL mate. Bored and stroked ZX14 engine out to 1500cc, then they bung on a intercooled roots supercharger. 250 ponies on the water.

That would be slightly fun.

Gosling1 wrote:12R motors I remember a few years ago that the Big Mutha kwakka jet-ski had a ZZR-1100 engine (basically - a couple of minor mods), fitted inside a 4 metre fibreglass hull...........these things can pull over 80 knots FFS !!! 3-person ski's PLUS a skier behind (or 2 on the ski and 2 kids skiing )

Hang on tight mate if you get one with a ZX12R motor in it

Jet-ski's are Phat with a capital P !! They wear you out in double-quick time though, it pays to be 21 and fit as buggery if you want big air !!

They used to be tripple cylinder two stokes (up to 1200 cc) up until 2000. They then used a version of teh ZX12. I don't think they ever used the ZZR1100 engine.
Not that long ago 150 HP was the ultimate now that is concidered slow.

Jonno wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:12R motors I remember a few years ago that the Big Mutha kwakka jet-ski had a ZZR-1100 engine (basically - a couple of minor mods), fitted inside a 4 metre fibreglass hull...........these things can pull over 80 knots FFS !!! 3-person ski's PLUS a skier behind (or 2 on the ski and 2 kids skiing )

Hang on tight mate if you get one with a ZX12R motor in it

Jet-ski's are Phat with a capital P !! They wear you out in double-quick time though, it pays to be 21 and fit as buggery if you want big air !!

Hehe 1600cc? of grunt, based on the tight specs and quality of the 12R motor. Or so I believe.

How do you get 1600cc out of a 1200 engine???

whitelighter wrote:i am lookin at a kawasaki jet ski if i get that but up-grade to a honda, suzuki or hoysoung would i be frown at or would the jet ski save me as a KSRC member

yea matye we will let u in...just leave the keys on the counter

ZXR750 wrote:

Jonno wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:12R motors I remember a few years ago that the Big Mutha kwakka jet-ski had a ZZR-1100 engine (basically - a couple of minor mods), fitted inside a 4 metre fibreglass hull...........these things can pull over 80 knots FFS !!! 3-person ski's PLUS a skier behind (or 2 on the ski and 2 kids skiing )

Hang on tight mate if you get one with a ZX12R motor in it

Jet-ski's are Phat with a capital P !! They wear you out in double-quick time though, it pays to be 21 and fit as buggery if you want big air !!

Hehe 1600cc? of grunt, based on the tight specs and quality of the 12R motor. Or so I believe.

How do you get 1600cc out of a 1200 engine???

With a bloody great Hammer!!

You don't!

I said "based on the tight specs and quality of the 12R motor" I don’t think I referred to them using the actual 12R engine it self

They used the knowledge of the entire machining and bore plating processes, design, specifications of materials and tolerances, and component assembly quality etc etc etc is really what I was trying to say