Back in the summer of 2001 my best friend and dirt bike/ATV riding buddy bought a 650 SX. Of course I "had" to get one too. So this guy I worked with at the time kept talking how he had a ski for sale. He would always say the handle bars can be adjusted up or down but it didn't have a hand pole. I finally went ot check it out one day and decided ot buy it. I was blind to the whole jet ski world at the time and didn't realize my life was about to change....
So for 1000 bucks I got a really clean 95 X2 and trailer. The ski didn't start because the starter needle bearing rusted solid to the armature shaft. I rebuilt the starter and the also froze up/rusted bendix. I hit the water and all over the river on the labor day weekend. We rode those 3 days and then my friends 650 SX tossed a rod. That ended our riding for the year.
That winter, 2001/2002, I added a 650 SX to my stable that I found on the
www.JetSki.com classifieds. I modded both and set out to be a jet ski king that next summer. I suffered multiple set backs as the newbie jet ski learning curve is very steep. I ended up blowing up a few engines and breaking a few parts along the way.
After several seasons of bad luck, lots of money spent, and after crashing into my riding buddy and smashing both our hulls, I called it quits and parted out my skis some. I believe I was skiless and didn't ride skis for two whole summers!
So in Feb 2006 I snagged my 93 X2 off of eBay for a top bid of $810 bucks. I paid the guys dad to deliver it from MI to WV for 100 additional bucks. It was all stock except for the oil block off and cheesey UM stickers he added. (I ma definetly a UM fan after the stole both the BB and FB head coaches from my Alma Matter, WVU).
Then in Sept 2006 I bought an 89 650 X2 I found on eBay because it was only 700 bucks and had a FPP on it. The high bidder flaked out and the seller called me and offered it to me for sale since I was close by and had showed interest. High bid was liek 800 and I got it for 700. I even told hime he should part it and he gould get hos money back even more. he just wanted it gone. I kept most of the parts I wanted that were aftermarket. I had kept a parts lot worth over 700 and parted the rest out. I made my money back by keeping those parts and then doubled my money by selling the rest of the parts left. In the end, I made out decently.
August 2007 I bought my 94 X2 for a winning bid of 825 bucks on ebay. It was 100% all stock faded bar pad and torn ride mats.
The 95 X2 hull was repaired way back when and I rode it some more those few summers but eventally this past summer, 2007, I took the sawzall to it. I also sold the 650 SX hull sometime in the spring of 2007.
So needless to say I have owned 4 X2's to date and still have 2.5 of them, lol. All but one came from ebay originally. All the parts I sold were sold on ebay. Needles to say... I have a problem...
