BaysideMarine
21-12-2006, 05:26 PM
Hi guys (n gals),
Just carrying this over from Smelly's topic as its not really part of his topic.
Roughasguts wrote:
Guess that's not too bad BM.
Sorry guy's off topic here but BM, just wondering you had that jetski quite a while I guess.
How much you reckon that thing cost to maintain for a year with how many hours run P.A.
Compared to an Outboard with the same Horse power running around the same hours.
Cheers Have Fun at Batemans bay, I likes that place.
Ummm..... good question RAG
I rebuilt it just prior to Christmas last year and while at Bateman's last year I put on about 10hrs in the 2 weeks I was there. I usually ride it for 1hr per day and thats a hard core hour on the ocean bar. Wavejumping on the way out and surfing the waves on the way in.
For one hours use it costs about $15 at something like $1.20 per litre.
Servicing costs me nothing obviously but my time and a pair of $2 sparkplugs. However, these things are classed as part of the motorbike trade and as such, parts are terribly expensive. Worse than outboards!!!!! Hows $160 trade for a 2.75mtr long steering cable which is only a Morse 33C type cable although it has different length support tubes on either end...???!!!
I haven't started advertising for jet ski servicing and as such haven't checked out what other servicing guys are charging. I guess the new computer controlled models will be more expensive to service. Although, really theres not much difference except for the cost to the dealer for the computer to diagnose the engine. But take the computer away and you can still diagnose the mechanicals of the engine (the real engine) accurately with a comp gauge and a mechanics ear...
In my opinion many jetskis see very little use. It's a bit like the first time boaty who buys a 30K Bayliner with a 135hp 4 cylinder MerCruiser uses it bugger all and 12 months or more later its for sale with 25hrs on it.... Lots of jetskis like that..
I reckon doing 100hrs per year on a ski would be hard because you don't typically travel across an entire bay etc on a ski (I guess you could as long as you had someone to go with) and its kind of hard to spend an entire day on a ski (we used to do it when we were 18 and rented one for $200 per day) and on an ocean bar environment like Bateman's 8hrs on the ski in the breakers would see you crippled!
I guess hp for hp the ski has to be cheaper to run due to its power to weight ratio. It also depends on the efficiency and power mods fitted also. My ski has just about every conceivable mod on it (not by me) and is quicker than an 04 Yammy 1200 ski (mine is 700cc). Although mine is a WaveBlaster which is built on the short hull of a stand up ski and as such is a lot lighter and very unstable at rest. The 1200cc Waverunner I mentioned was a much bigger ski. The WaveBlasters are built for surf riding and are a good deal harder to ride than WaveRunners or other brand skis. The costs for the performance mods is staggering on these things. Like $1400 or thereabouts for a Riva brand tuned pipe!!........ and then theres the stainless impeller (minimum $1000 from memory), Worx scoop grate, Worx extended ride plate, Worx handlebar set.....
Glad I didn't pay for it.....
Cheers,
Nicholas
Just carrying this over from Smelly's topic as its not really part of his topic.
Roughasguts wrote:
Guess that's not too bad BM.
Sorry guy's off topic here but BM, just wondering you had that jetski quite a while I guess.
How much you reckon that thing cost to maintain for a year with how many hours run P.A.
Compared to an Outboard with the same Horse power running around the same hours.
Cheers Have Fun at Batemans bay, I likes that place.
Ummm..... good question RAG
I rebuilt it just prior to Christmas last year and while at Bateman's last year I put on about 10hrs in the 2 weeks I was there. I usually ride it for 1hr per day and thats a hard core hour on the ocean bar. Wavejumping on the way out and surfing the waves on the way in.
For one hours use it costs about $15 at something like $1.20 per litre.
Servicing costs me nothing obviously but my time and a pair of $2 sparkplugs. However, these things are classed as part of the motorbike trade and as such, parts are terribly expensive. Worse than outboards!!!!! Hows $160 trade for a 2.75mtr long steering cable which is only a Morse 33C type cable although it has different length support tubes on either end...???!!!
I haven't started advertising for jet ski servicing and as such haven't checked out what other servicing guys are charging. I guess the new computer controlled models will be more expensive to service. Although, really theres not much difference except for the cost to the dealer for the computer to diagnose the engine. But take the computer away and you can still diagnose the mechanicals of the engine (the real engine) accurately with a comp gauge and a mechanics ear...
In my opinion many jetskis see very little use. It's a bit like the first time boaty who buys a 30K Bayliner with a 135hp 4 cylinder MerCruiser uses it bugger all and 12 months or more later its for sale with 25hrs on it.... Lots of jetskis like that..
I reckon doing 100hrs per year on a ski would be hard because you don't typically travel across an entire bay etc on a ski (I guess you could as long as you had someone to go with) and its kind of hard to spend an entire day on a ski (we used to do it when we were 18 and rented one for $200 per day) and on an ocean bar environment like Bateman's 8hrs on the ski in the breakers would see you crippled!
I guess hp for hp the ski has to be cheaper to run due to its power to weight ratio. It also depends on the efficiency and power mods fitted also. My ski has just about every conceivable mod on it (not by me) and is quicker than an 04 Yammy 1200 ski (mine is 700cc). Although mine is a WaveBlaster which is built on the short hull of a stand up ski and as such is a lot lighter and very unstable at rest. The 1200cc Waverunner I mentioned was a much bigger ski. The WaveBlasters are built for surf riding and are a good deal harder to ride than WaveRunners or other brand skis. The costs for the performance mods is staggering on these things. Like $1400 or thereabouts for a Riva brand tuned pipe!!........ and then theres the stainless impeller (minimum $1000 from memory), Worx scoop grate, Worx extended ride plate, Worx handlebar set.....
Glad I didn't pay for it.....
Cheers,
Nicholas