New Toy - 2021 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300

[Chet Donnelly]

So how many miles on this thing so far?

0 LOL!

My weekends have been filled with kid's softball and tee-ball games. I'm putting it in the water next weekend though. I'm hoping next weekend I can get at least 5 hours on it, as Sea-Doo sets a governor for the first 5 hours to make sure people are breaking in the engine properly.

 

[DEEZUZ]

 

[Jeffs FRC]

Now Ryan, I will bet you use this thing twice this summer. Wife and 4 kids?! Should have just sent me $20k to blow on something that wont get used.

Congrats though man, this thing looks like a total riot!

Very nice Ryan u and your family will love it

Lol this is the perfect family watercraft!

I'm hoping next weekend I can get at least 5 hours on it

No chance!

 

[Flyn]

Nice ride! I'm curious to see if it gives you more joy long term than the motorcycle would have. Happy wife does factor in.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Now Ryan, I will bet you use this thing twice this summer. Wife and 4 kids?! Should have just sent me $20k to blow on something that wont get used.

Congrats though man, this thing looks like a total riot!

LOL!! I'll post a picture of the hours at the end of the summer! We spend a lot of time on the lake in the summer, so it should get used enough.

My girls (8 and 11 years old) love water skiing and my boys (4 and 6) are learning. I've been pulling them with a pontoon boat which has been lame as hell, so if anything it will get used a decent amount just by pulling skiers. My 11 year old is already counting the days until she can take the Wisconsin boater safety coarse to get her license to operate the Sea Doo herself.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

How do you pick which 3 kids get left behind

 

[Chet Donnelly]

How do you pick which 3 kids get left behind

I'll tell them they each get a turn....and that if they open their damn mouth's and complain then they won't get a ride on it for a month!

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Got 4 hours on it this weekend. Kids had a blast going out on it, and so did I.

Still haven't gone full throttle, but at about 75% throttle the thing pulls stupid hard. Handles the chop way better than I expected. The speakers are way better than I expected too, pretty clear and enjoyable even at 50mph.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Need to get that inflatable couch to drag behind so the entire family can enjoy

 

[Yaj Yak]

solid lift purchase. legit only way to go

 

[PANDA]

I like my floating lift. Easy to walk around and put cover on, or work on it if needed. Cranking sucks. Considerably more money used verses used tho. I also think even with wheels it scratches my hull.

Lift is necessary, kept mine in the water when it was on Lake Michigan and that kinda sucked.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I like my floating lift. Easy to walk around and put cover on, or work on it if needed. Cranking sucks. Considerably more money used verses used tho. I also think even with wheels it scratches my hull.

Lift is necessary, kept mine in the water when it was on Lake Michigan and that kinda sucked.

something older with a white hull, sure.

cranking's fine. it's not that heavy of a machine.

the scratches this purple machine would see with a floating setup would be frustrating as fuck.
then also floating lifts blow to take in/out, his lift is a one man in/one man out situation as long as water depth isn't batshit.

the cover is easy enough to put on a vertical lift pwc if oyu just stand on the cradle of the lift.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I like my floating lift. Easy to walk around and put cover on, or work on it if needed. Cranking sucks. Considerably more money used verses used tho. I also think even with wheels it scratches my hull.

Lift is necessary, kept mine in the water when it was on Lake Michigan and that kinda sucked.

I really like the floating lifts, but don't want to deal with scratches on a dark color and the water gets super choppy where I have this parked. I was afraid the water would have a floating lift bouncing around like crazy. The vertical lift allows me to raise it high enough to not have to worry about the waves.

something older with a white hull, sure.

cranking's fine. it's not that heavy of a machine.

the scratches this purple machine would see with a floating setup would be frustrating as fuck.
then also floating lifts blow to take in/out, his lift is a one man in/one man out situation as long as water depth isn't batshit.

the cover is easy enough to put on a vertical lift pwc if oyu just stand on the cradle of the lift.

Yeah, me and my brother easily got this lift in the water. Water is 3-5 feet deep there, and the lift can't weigh more than 200 pounds. In the winter it will be easy for us to just pull out and set on the lawn.

Cover was definitely easy to get on without getting in the water.

 

[jason05gt]

I was just working on the same model lift this weekend. My buddy's keeps having issues with the brackets that hold the bunk boards to the horizontal "supports". I'm not sure if his pwc is too heavy, but the brackets keep breaking.

I got the GPR in yesterday and rode it for a while, but didn't stay out too long because the water felt like it was in the mid 50's.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Just pulled this out of the water the other day and winterized it. Clocked 22.5 hours over the summer. Topped out at 72mph and meant to do a Dragy run, but never got around to it.

Next summer.....

 

[Yaj Yak]

Just pulled this out of the water the other day and winterized it. Clocked 22.5 hours over the summer. Topped out at 72mph and meant to do a Dragy run, but never got around to it.

Next summer.....

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warranty's up tune the bitch

 

[Chet Donnelly]

warranty's up tune the bitch

I've been considering loading a tune that just removes the governor to see how high it will top out at. Its fun as hell to cruise at 70mph on the lake at 9am.....would be even more fun if it would go over 80!

 

[Yaj Yak]

I've been considering loading a tune that just removes the governor to see how high it will top out at. Its fun as hell to cruise at 70mph on the lake at 9am.....would be even more fun if it would go over 80!

it'll go 80 fo sure

 

[1quick]

A draggy run would be interesting for the 0-60 I’m sure it gets there in a couple seconds, 22 hours is weak sauce though lol I’ll have to look at mine but I bet I clocked 40-50 and I hardly used my boat this year compared to normal

 

[Chet Donnelly]

A draggy run would be interesting for the 0-60 I’m sure it gets there in a couple seconds, 22 hours is weak sauce though lol I’ll have to look at mine but I bet I clocked 40-50 and I hardly used my boat this year compared to normal

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed in the 22 hours. This was probably the most hectic summer I've had, so didn't have as much time as I had hoped.

The majority of the 22 hours was spent with my kids and nieces/nephews on the back, so it was time well spent....scaring the shit out of them!

 

[1quick]

I've been considering loading a tune that just removes the governor to see how high it will top out at. Its fun as hell to cruise at 70mph on the lake at 9am.....would be even more fun if it would go over 80!

Definitely tune it if you will get 80mph out of it, the difference between 70-80 on the water is fucking massive

 

[Jeffs FRC]

How much money did each hour cost?

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Picked this up today. Should be fun as hell and stupid fast! 300 horsepower, apparently 0-60 in under 4 seconds, has launch mode that does auto trim to keep it flat while accelerating, and has a sound system.

I would have rather bought a Harley, but the wife agreed to this.


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that way more fun than a Harley.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

How much money did each hour cost?