New toy-why did I wait so long?

[DocPhil]

I had two older standups that I sold a couple years ago. Why did I wait so long to get a new one? These things are a blast!!!

[rydog]

What year superjet is that? I have an old 550/750 conversion ski and I am always heavily debating buying a superjet.....

[Towboatcapt]

I've had a couple 650's they are a blast!

[DocPhil]

It's a 2014. Brand new left over from last year

[rydog]

So jealous right now, congrats

[DocPhil]

So jealous right now, congrats

Thanks Rydog.

This is a toy everyone should own

[markmcfarland]

Ballpark cost of these? New or nearly new. Have no desire to be weekend mechanic.

[DocPhil]

Brand new ones are just under 8K.

I was lucky enough to find a left over 2014 and got it for 7K.

Don't even bother looking at used ones. The cheapest you would find a 5 year old one would be 6k. They hold their value incredibly well

They are extremely simple machines. Anyone can work on them if needed but a new one should be pretty trouble free

[rydog]

I am hoping soon I can get one, at least my 550/750 has almost as much performance as one of these, but I can't imagine the technology in these new ones. Mines an 87' hull and 97' engine haha

markmcfarland if you are thinking about a stand up definitely go for it, they are amazing

[Ikeseries]

Wave jamming!

[Bouyhead]

Brand new ones are just under 8K.

I was lucky enough to find a left over 2014 and got it for 7K.

Don't even bother looking at used ones. The cheapest you would find a 5 year old one would be 6k. They hold their value incredibly well

They are extremely simple machines. Anyone can work on them if needed but a new one should be pretty trouble free

Very cool. Can Superjets be registered? I thought I heard that you couldn't register them, that the where considered racing sleds? Plus I didn't notice any tags on yours.

[rydog]

I was under the impression that Yamaha is still able to make the superjet because they are "for racing" but can be bought by a normal consumer and registered, depending on state, but correct me DocPhil

[markmcfarland]

markmcfarland if you are thinking about a stand up definitely go for it, they are amazing

I have a 12 14 and 16 year olds. Wanted to make sure they were old enough to be able to use them safely.

[rydog]

markmcfarland older 2 seater jet skis are also very fun, easier than a stand up but not a mini boat, older seadoo jet skis are great

Stand ups are great but take a lot of practice

[jafo9]

awesome. now its time for some mods. i run a factory pipe and an aftermarket ride plate/intake grate/impeller on my round nose SJ. technically, you are only supposed to be able to buy and ride the new SJ's if you are racing on a private course according to the EPA laws that killed the standup in '12. I doubt if anyone in the DMV even knows what a SJ is let alone knows not to register it for open water if it was made after 2012.

in my experience, stand ups are much safer than the torpedo couches kids ride today. all i see are kids driving daddies SHO at 65+ MPH and doing a really cool (sarcasm on) 180 and then doing the same thing in the opposite direction. the really funny thing is that they "stand up" on the couch to look cool, dry their shorts, whatever. with the stand up, the kids end up going a lot slower since it is so much fun to ride, jump, etc at a much more reasonable speed. i wear, and i make my kids wear motocross type helmets as an additional safety precaution, although its probably overkill. for a kid you can get something like a kawasaki 650sx stock and there really isn't much trouble they can get into since they are crippled out of the gate with a minuscule carb.

as mentioned above, there really isn't much to these little machines, so they are pretty easy to work on and parts are plentiful.

to the OP, you are absolutely right about resale going through the roof. even a crappy ski is getting top dollar now. take care of it and it will hold its value for a long time.