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A Worthy Successor: 2019 Yamaha FX Limited SVHO (Video)

Kevin Shaw

September 28, 2018

An honor typically bestowed upon the most advanced, highest decorated or deadliest ship in the fleet, the flagship was the vessel to carry the commanding admiral. With no less fanfare, the flagship of Yamaha Motor ...

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A Little Bit Softer Now: 2018 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO ...

Kevin Shaw

July 12, 2018

“It’s $600 less?” I balked. Staring at the open windows on my computer screen, the evidence was looking me straight in the face. According to my observation, the 2018 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO is more ...

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Heads Up Showdown: ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 vs. ’18 Yamaha ...

Kevin Shaw

June 15, 2018

It’s been a standing policy since launching in 2013 that The Watercraft Journal doesn’t do shootouts. Certainly, the logistics of performing a shootout between two or more watercraft is all but impossible (that is, if ...

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In Brief: 2018 Sea-Doo Wake Pro 230 (Video)

Kevin Shaw

June 8, 2018

Typically, our full-length personal watercraft reviews are…well, a little more lengthy. Admittedly, we had only a few hours aboard the all-new 2018 Sea-Doo Wake Pro 230, and while so much of the runabout is more ...

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Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Stage III-Equipped 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300

Kevin Shaw

May 23, 2018

My impatience had turned into visual frustration as the azure blue sky above Pompano Beach, Florida, faded into silver clouds, eventually darkening into an impending storm. Thankfully, I had arrived at RIVA Racing‘s secret testing ...

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It Ain’t No Black Magic: 2018 Sea-Doo RXT 230

Kevin Shaw

April 6, 2018

By mid-afternoon, Lake Havasu was churning like a bathtub. The IJSBA World Finals were chewing through their final motos for the day, and the noise carried over the water like a siren’s song. Add to ...

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Gallery: RIVA Racing Limited-Edition 2018 Yamaha GP1800R (Video)

Kevin Shaw

March 20, 2018

“So what’s stock?” Dave Bamdas queried, already knowing the answer. “What, like 250 horsepower? Yeah, this has a hundred over that. 350.” The president of RIVA Racing has seen quite a bit in his 30-plus-years ...

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Just For Kicks: 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 Long Term Review

Kevin Shaw

March 1, 2018

Having lived with the same 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 for nearly a year, it’s difficult to step back and permit oneself to opine about a machine that has been the subject of so many different ...

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Caution: Black Ice; 2018 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw

February 1, 2018

“Well, this sucks.” I groaned, trying to wash the ocher-red mud from the footwells. Georgia’s Lake Allatoona is one of the most striking in America’s lower 48 states that I’ve had the pleasure of riding, ...

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Intellectual Honesty: 2018 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

January 5, 2018

“Not that I’m complaining, but what makes this time any different?” Yamaha’s Andrew Cullen queried, leaning from the railing of a brand new and sumptuously-optioned Yamaha AR195. “Easy,” I quipped while zipping up a well-worn ...

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