Driving back from a client meeting, I noticed a For Sale sign along the road. There sits a 2000 Waverunner GP1200R Mellenium Edition on a very nice trailer. The sign says it's got a "bad cylinder", which I can only guess means a blown motor.
There are several after-market and racing stickers on the boat, indicating either "wanna be", there's been some mods added, or it's been raced (or at least ridden) hard.
Looking up the back end, I noticed that the impeller is eaten away on the leading edge on all three blades. The rest of the pump looks good.
An NADA printout is on the sign, indicating that it's worth between $5,400 and $6,000 (without the blowed up motor, of course). He's asking $1,800 on the sign.
Is it worth pursuing? Does this beast have the power valve problem or is that another motor and year? Things to look out for. What's a good price to hand him cash money and not get hurt?
I've swapped engines on my 91 and 93 Sea-Doos a lot, and fiddled with my other two 91 Waverunners and 89 Jet Ski, but this is a new boat. How hard could it be?
There are several after-market and racing stickers on the boat, indicating either "wanna be", there's been some mods added, or it's been raced (or at least ridden) hard.
Looking up the back end, I noticed that the impeller is eaten away on the leading edge on all three blades. The rest of the pump looks good.
An NADA printout is on the sign, indicating that it's worth between $5,400 and $6,000 (without the blowed up motor, of course). He's asking $1,800 on the sign.
Is it worth pursuing? Does this beast have the power valve problem or is that another motor and year? Things to look out for. What's a good price to hand him cash money and not get hurt?
I've swapped engines on my 91 and 93 Sea-Doos a lot, and fiddled with my other two 91 Waverunners and 89 Jet Ski, but this is a new boat. How hard could it be?
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