Gallery: Vintage ’93 Kawasaki X2 With Custom Sidecar

When we began researching for this article, we weren’t sure how this piece was going to be about an X2 with side-by-side sidecar-type attachment. Unfortunately, there isn’t much information on some of the old custom Kawasaki X2 JetSkis manufactured in the early ‘90s (although there are one or two pictures floating around the internet). Most of them were put together in garages at people’s homes and basically modified to work with the sidecar.

A thread from 2012 on SBT’s forum, PWCToday.com goes into a bit of detail as far as one particular forum member’s modded X2 (the one shown here). Belgian member JHR regularly rides and even races his sidecar-mated-Kawasaki with some success, claiming that you couldn’t fall off. The passenger counter-balances the ski while the driver puts on the throttle! However, if the sidecar doesn’t have enough weight, it throws the whole ski off balance.

The guys on the forum raved about the sidecars though, citing that their kids loved riding on them and one guy talked about building one for his dog! Yet, that didn’t last long; still we find the idea very cool and worthwhile. The X2 side jet might even make a nice fishing set up. Strap a cooler on the side with some bait, rods, drinks, food, and make a day of it!