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24 January 2007, 21:50
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
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Length: 7m +
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Anyone used a wetbike before?
I keep seeing the original James Bond type wetbikes like below for sale and I'm tempted. What are they like to ride?
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24 January 2007, 21:59
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difficult, but great fun for 10 minutes once you've mastered it. i would think it's almost impossible to get spares now.
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24 January 2007, 22:02
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10 minutes? That good eh?
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24 January 2007, 22:51
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fraid so. It's a devil to master though, just when you think you've cracked it, it dumps you!
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25 January 2007, 20:50
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Hi rode one in 85 i seem to remember it was a lot of fun i got a seadoo now but i would still like another wet bike.
did some research a while ago and found an owners club i think its in the uk
maybe US anyhow they seem to be able to get parts ok.
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25 January 2007, 22:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
fraid so. It's a devil to master though, just when you think you've cracked it, it dumps you!
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Dirk, You talking about Golf or Marriage??????
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26 January 2007, 14:57
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Country: UK - Scotland
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Boat name: Raven
Make: Ribcraft
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
I keep seeing the original James Bond type wetbikes like below for sale and I'm tempted. What are they like to ride?
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Nos,
If you want to go down this route, look for a waveblaster 2, during the 90's I had a chance to try all the Yam PWC's, the above was head and shoulders better because it was like a bike,you could really lean into turns without the pickup coming out of the water,they all got faster after that but none were as much fun.
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26 January 2007, 22:24
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IBWET
Nos,
If you want to go down this route, look for a waveblaster 2, during the 90's I had a chance to try all the Yam PWC's, the above was head and shoulders better because it was like a bike,you could really lean into turns without the pickup coming out of the water,they all got faster after that but none were as much fun.
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Damn! I just missed one of those!
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