I got down to Margate at 10.30am skiless as my GP had a flat battery
Anyway, my mate came over and said do me a favour and put the last hour on my ski so it can go for its first service
It was the ALL new 2012 SEADOO RXP-X 260RS (2 seater) only costing £16250
now i have ridden alot of top notch ski's but this truly is next generation, like starting it up and its automatically in neutral so you can literally leave it ticking over before getting on it!! Touch the throttle and forward she goes.......but the highlight is its fucking brake!!! Yes you can literally ride it like a motorbike on WATER
Its a whole new level also has reverse. To ride its fucking epic, 0-50 in under 2.8secs on water
Does about 72mph but thats only because of the law that no PWC can go above this. To be fair its fast enough on water, if you came off it would hurt
It rides like a bike, the top is shaped so your legs squeeze what looks like a bike fuel tank....very well designed BUT i felt it was a bit unstable compared to the previous RXP-X but was a lot drier ride. I was travelling quite fast when just a small cross wave nearly had me off! Fuel consumption is terrible but it does have an eco mode which is cool for when the petrol light comes on! I wouldnt buy one as there is far too much to go wrong, i have gone back to 2 strokes...simple engineering.
Also went on my mates race RXP 2005 jobby, now thats EVEN quicker!
This is the ski my arse was on:
