It wasn’t too long ago when The Watercraft Journal took the RIVA Racing Stage III kit-equipped ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 to task. The day provided allowed us plenty of time to flog the machine that very clearly was exceeding the factory spec of 300-horsepower, as well as far surpassing the machine’s 68mph maximum speed – as we regularly ticked the clock at 83 miles per hour. In our assessment, the Stage III kit was what one needed to turn the already riveting RXT-X into a doomsday device.
But of course, the heavily-modified Sea-Doo was far more than most folks would want. It simply was a monster. And, considering the added $3,600 required over the cost of the near-$16,000 MSRP of the Sea-Doo itself, and you were looking down the barrel of almost $20,000. That alone would deter quite a few folks, be them speed demons or not. So what if we told you that such an equipped Sea-Doo could be yours for nearly $5,000 off? You’d think we were crazy or the vehicle itself was in question. Well, prepare to be surprised:
Such an equipped ’18 Sea-Doo recently went up for sale on the Greenhulk.net Facebook group. The seller, listing the ski for $15,900, wrote: “For sale: 2018 RXT-X 300 Stage III RIVA complete kit! Kit was installed at RIVA and lake tuned by RIVA Racing on their test lake. All receipts. Always used in fresh water. Only 30 hours on ski and cleaned after every use. Ski runs great and comes with additional attachments including gas can and cooler. Garage kept and runs 83mph on 93 octane all day. Very fast and reliable. Message me for info!” [We added the hyperlinks in case you were in fact interested. Go ahead and click ’em. -Ed.]