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How-To

The Ultimate Ultra Showdown: RIVA Racing Stage 1 vs. Kspeed ...

Kevin Shaw

April 30, 2021

It wasn’t all that long ago that pushing a Kawasaki Ultra 300 or 310 into the 70’s required a great deal of effort. Professional offshore champions like Jean-Bruno Pastorello and Craig Warner piloted 80-mile per ...

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Engine

Gallery: Post Saltwater Ride Cleanup & Maintenance (Video)

Kevin Shaw

April 29, 2021

There are fewer environments more diverse to enjoy aboard your personal watercraft than in the open ocean. It’s also the playground best suited to push the abilities of your machine as well as your own ...

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Racing

Gallery: Pro Watercross Round 1 – Sebring, FL

Jessica Waters

April 19, 2021

A fast, technical course, an enthusiastic crowd of fans, and some of the sport’s top champions and most promising up-and-comers – Pro Watercross’s Round One in Sebring, Florida, had all the ingredients for a great ...

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Watercraft

Candy-Coated Fury: 2020 Kawasaki STX 160LX Long Term Review (Video)

Kevin Shaw

April 16, 2021

Admittedly, it would be a little misleading to call the 2020 Kawasaki STX 160LX a completely designed JetSki. It’s not that it’s not radically different than its predecessor (which survived nearly unchanged for 15 years, ...

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Electrical

Gallery: Upgrading Your ST3 Sea-Doo to a 2021 GTX Limited ...

Tommy Branella

April 8, 2021

From the guys that brought you the 18.5-gallon fuel tank upgrade for 2018/2019 Sea-Doo ST3 hull models, now comes the new 2021 GTX Limited color display swap! And just like the fuel tank swap, this ...

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Engine

Gallery: Unlocking the SVHO With a RIVA Stock File 8000 ...

Kevin Shaw

March 19, 2021

Like a high school guidance councilor, we at The Watercraft Journal are always interested in digging up that “hidden potential” in personal watercraft. Whether its tricks for improving handling and cornering, extending engine life, or ...

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Gear

Real Review: Slippery’s Breaker Pro Wetsuit

Kevin Shaw

March 18, 2021

For many, a wetsuit is the last conceivable purchase (apart from maybe a helmet). The casual Floridian, lake rider or club cruiser is unlikely wriggle their way into a form-fitting neoprene bodysuit just for a ...

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Watercraft

Making The Modern Retro: 2020 Yamaha EX Sport WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw

March 12, 2021

When Yamaha entered into the Rec Lite segment with its EX series in 2017, many of us at The Watercraft Journal noted that the new WaveRunner entry was a conservative – almost “grown-up” response to ...

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Racing

Gallery: 17th Annual Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300

Jessica Waters

March 11, 2021

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous racers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Wind, on the other hand… The morning of Feb. 27 – the dawn ...

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Watercraft

Meeting All Expectations: 2020 Yamaha VX Deluxe WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

February 17, 2021

If you’re watching this because you’re in the market for one of Yamaha’s best-selling personal watercraft from 2020, you’re gonna want to start looking at Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. That’s because Yamaha literally sold out ...

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