King of the Waves? 2023 Yamaha Waverunner FX SVHO In-Depth Review
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- We take the 2023 Yamaha Waverunner FX SVHO and hit the lake to see if this luxury PWC is truly the king of the waves. With its supercharged powertrain and luxury features, this PWC combines high power with high content to provide thrills on the water along with total comfort.
Come along as we test the Yamaha Waverunner FX SVHO to see how it works. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below on this new Waverunner.
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If anyone has doubts about reliability, my 2018 has well over 600 hrs and runs like new. Oil every 50hrs, plugs every season, it is a mechanical dream. I do about 6000kms a year and not worrying about your engine, it hasn't been to the dealer since the 10 hr break in check out.
This! Same as my tuned 2015 FX SVHO.
*Car-like engine reliability*
Very nice to hear that, very reassuring. The addition of all the fishing accessories makes Yamaha a very viable alternative to the Fish Pro. I’d go with the non-turbo version tho.
@tonyg3091 I should have mentioned that mine is not supercharged. It uses regular gasoline, saves 30 cents a liter on 2000+ liters a year.
@@craigaustin4779 Thank you. Yes I am considering the non-supercharged version. Some say it is not powerful enough but that’s crazy imo. I mean, I am coming from a kayak where I consider 4 mph very decent speed so I can only imagine how 60 would feel, 🤣
@@tonyg3091 The speed difference is largely acceleration, they are all limited to under 70mph, they save a little top speed for the big gun about 110kmh vs 100kmh.
Your definitely my favorite PWC channel to watch, and I love how in-depth your reviews get. Keep it up 👍
You and watercraft journal are the 2 best channels on PWCs, great job!
Glad you think so!
Very good informative video! Definitely considering Yamaha now after watching this!
Thank you for a very well done and thorough report! Excellent detail, and very enjoyable to watch. Thank you!
Love the Review. Great job!
got mine in water saturday great ski 4 hrs on it runs smooth rides smooth
Awesome presentation. Let’s see you get on an old school stand up jet ski🙂
Great video!!!
Great review for sure (even for a Sea Doo guy)....love to see what the other brands are offering. Well done, ya covered it all!
Much appreciated!
@@tkpowersports Keep them coming, love seeing all the feature and your commentary!
Watching from CT. Love the video and I'm rocking the 2020 FX SVHO LIMITED. I do fresh water 90% of the time. If you want more Speed and Maneuverability, RIVA got you covered. I bought in January from them, Great Discounts on New Year's. OG on a Ski!
I just bought a 2020 FX SVHO LIMITED this week with 34 hrs.
Great review. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Great video informative
Great review new subscriber
Thanks for the sub!
Modular engineering is awesome!
Great review. How do the Yamaha do in and rough open water?
Cruise and wake are very useful as a long-distance rider.
Seadoo: hold my beer…here’s 325hp boys send it
Very nice
I enjoyed this review as I had a 2023 reserved (cruiser seat) for this year. After extensive research I did not follow through with the purchase. I sat on it at the Toronto Boat Show and found the seat way too wide, so much so that I was uncomfortable on it. I’m 6 foot 200 lbs but don’t have wide hips lol. Secondly I agree with you that the Recdeck is great but it is an expensive accessory… an extra $2066 CAD. Also I googled FX low fuel alarm and those videos and comments sealed the decision and had me look elsewhere. You forgot to mention the SVHO requires premium fuel and that’s something else to consider not only for cost to operate but it can be tough finding premium fuel at marinas. Thanks for your channel and keep the reviews coming.
No PWC gets gas mileage like a Prius - even the Spark will use over 2.5 gallons / hour…. I have one of the largest and heaviest PWC Ultra 310 supercharged and yes it can suck gas if I ride it like I stole it, but knowing it is a recreational toy, don’t think about .a to .b - also on some days that I do combination of cruise and romping on gas I can go 6 hours and still have quarter tank remain. Lastly, Kawi narrowed the seat and lowered center of gravity…..
You gotta pay to play! Up here in Canada right now premium 91 octane is 7.22 a gallon .I’m guessing it’s a lot cheaper in the US. Gas prices were not the reason I said no to the FX, just thought fuel type should have been mentioned in this review @@bufordlife9781
I have a FXHO and looked into buying a new a new one with more of a fishing setup and if you include a rec dec, cooler and a decent GPS/Fishfinder it is almost 6K on top of the sticker price which brings the total cost to over 30K CDN for a machine that is more expensive and inferior to the fish pro trophy which costs 5K less. I am going to keep my Yamaha and order a Fish pro trophy for next year, best of both worlds.
Sea doo is taking over the PWC industry. Yamaha will be out of the game in less then ten years.
@@MR.TOYBOX dude, have you been to Sydney? Hardly ever see a seadoo on the water lol, all Yamaha and Kawasaki here, seadoos aren’t built for Australian conditions.
Carbo seal after carbon seal, we got fed up
Australians don’t like getting ripped off, we buy reliability..
I have the same machine of course it’s a 2014 which I bought it new and it was two years old and this thing is scary fast it gets up to 70 in ridiculous time. Mine is bright yellow which I like but it’s been a good machine.
Nice review big guy. Where is that
I agree with you about not getting black. I personally much prefer the older models with bright neon colors. For me it's a safety issue. The dark colors are so hard to see out on the water. I much prefer the white hulls with brightly colored seats.
Tell everyone ur a old man without saying it, black is the best selling color thats why they continued it every year since the release in 2020 on the fx svho
@@TemptatioN103 Young and dumb go together for a reason.
It's crazy they only offer one color and it's the worst color option to top it off.. Black sux because of the heat soak. The less visible nature is also there too but idiots that don't pay attention will still be dangerous..
How do you like the regular FX seat vs the cruiser seat?
Where i can find the moto with the same price showed in the video?
Good video man!!!
My question is that because the cost is so close, finally SEA DOO 325 “24 or Yamaha Fxcruise svho ????
They do different things. The RXT is a pretty good machine. Fast, reliable when stock and comfortable at slow speed/stationary stability. Where Seadoo wins is ergonomics. Everything is basically Tupperware.
There is a reason Catalina races only feature Kawi 310 & FX's in open water class. The buoy to buoy race scene is very different. In calm water, the GP is a rocketship but is harder to handle than a RXP. The RXP is very sharp in calm water and smoking fast from the factory.
Really depends on what type of riding you doing.
Yamaha will always beat out sea-doo for reliability and resale. No brainer if you can afford one like this
And handling. And looks.... and everything else.
Yes, After owning both brands I have found Yamaha do be a much superior brand in regards to reliability and quality control,
Having said that. I love the comfort and the looks of a seadoo. The storage area is easier to access and the unit itself is more user friendly, and I’m not a fan of the carbon seal, I would like to be able to run my ski and walk around it and let it idle for longer instead of having to count in my head all the time
Just my opinion
@@PotatoeJoe69 No Seadoo is handling king. Yamahas are good but no ergolock, feels like your on a couch
Just stfu sea doo is better all the way around more hp better handling more stable
I found seadoo more reliable than my yamaha, seadoo has 80% market share globally
My 2015 FX SVHO engine is a marvel.
It really has Modern car engine reliability.
Worlds more reliable than the old 2-strokes!
I agree, hours have become irrelevant. How many hours is a Japanese 4 cylinder car engine good for? 1000's at least, with maintenance. What kind of hours is far more important than how many hours.
We need a SxS 4 seat version.
I love the cruise control, except having to grip the throttle, which could cause a cramp in your forearm. It should be like a car, where you don’t have to touch the throttle (pedal or trigger), at all.
Does anyone know if the third seat will be interchangeable across years or platforms. My 23 Yamaha gp1800r svho third seat is just horrendous and I need something different. I know know, don’t get the gp model spare it!😂
Power to weight ratio, seadoo is still king! Cool ski tho
Never had my 19 svho rear end want to break loose on a turn.
This jet ski or the 23 Kawasaki ultra 310? Reliability, durability etc..
Crazy how when people talk about and compare PWC. They tend to only talk about or talk like there’s only 2 brands Yamaha / SeaDoo. But clearly we all know JETSKI is one of the top skis made. Personally I’d be likely to compare Kawasaki and Yamaha and not even think about SeaDoo.
Who??
Sea-Doo has 55% of the worldwide market.
Dang, I didn’t know Canada had jet skis yet!?
Woou
How reliable are modern pwc's back when I used to have a couple they were always breaking down even with preventative maintenance pretty much at the start of the new season I already knew to expect something to be wrong 😊
Where I can buy the fx svho
I just bought (6/13/24) pretty much, this ski. Garage kept with 6 hours on the clock. Decals are rolling up and falling off. Anyone else have this?
For the price 2024 Seadoo GTR300 easy bet.
Yamaha + Awesome is
Yasome
The black color is always nice but yea, the sit, ouch.
Thats a yacht!
Dream O meter...Max speed on stock machines in limited to 68 mph... Coast Guard rule!
2023 or new 2024?
I just drove one of these yesterday. Remember when the coyote use to strap his ass to an Acme rocket. Yeah, it's kinda like that driving one of these things. Stupid fast!
nice unit, but man they are expensive
handlebar adjustment?
Yep! The handlebars adjust up and down. Makes a pretty big difference when you're standing up. There's actually a shot of me adjusting them at 11:45
I Remember when $18K was a lot to spend on a car! 😮
The seadoo rxtx and rxp 325 would destroy that thing. No way is it a seadoo killer😅
As a factory ski yes. The Seadoo runs more boost, more RPM hence the power difference. Yamaha's are watered right down from factory for reliability. Once I'd tuned mime to 8k rpm or even 8200rpm to match the Seadoo, it wasn't a contest.. walks away from the 300 no problem.
Also, a RXT will never outrun a Kawi 310 or a Yamaha FX SVHO in heavy chop.
At Stage 2 & 3 on both RXT & FX SVHO - SAME rpm, same boost.. Yamaha has the Seadoo sorry
@@_jamesrose This guy is right, these yamahas are unbeatable in every way
I didn't buy my Doo for racing. Comfort and features outweigh speed for me. I get it if you're in your 20's or 40's. I'd prefer opening my storage compartment without having to reach over the steering, having the convenience of adding more accessories for longer adventures, the ability to raise or lower the handle bar.
😂😂 I'll sponsor it to tell him to send me one😅
I put in countless hours researching personal watercraft verses having a boat😮. Jet skis Sea-Doo whatever you want to call it I'll have the same issue when you dry dock them you can't just put it back in the water that's for sure😅 every time you don't ride it for a month or so be prepared to spend money for not using it😢
Does anyone know if you can get it to go over 70 mph if you want?
Tune, good for 80+
84mph here 🙋♂️ 2017 FX
Thats waaaaaaaay fast enough to be honest. At times it's actually too much especially in the ocean swell it works against you
my VX hit 66
Honda aquatrax f12x 165 Hp the same max speed 😄
My 2014 svho cruiser engine blew up with only 80 hours !
ecu flash eliminates that top speed limiter
Could care less about storage and attachments. I just want ergo lock, ST3 hull and HP. I’ll take the RXT 325 anytime.
If you are in calm waters - Yes
If its open ocean and heavy chop, leave it to the Kawis and Yamaha's. No contest sorry
Yamaha needs to make fixing their faulty waverunner fuel gauges a priority. Ridiculous
That's pretty cool... For the person on it. For anyone rlse trying to enjoy that lake though? It might be a good idea to include some discussion of appropriate etiquette, since a pec can operate quite close to shore, and so to canoeists, swimmers, people fishing. How loud is it? Will all your neighbors on the lake hate you? Also that thing is huge, almost 12 feet long almost 900 lbs. Don't get me wrong, it looks like a ton of fun, but the temptation to see everyone and everything else on the lake as the gates of a slalom course must be pretty intense. At least that's the pwc behavior i see on the lake here. Great video! Cheers.
Wake and surf boats are far more disturbing to a lake than a pwc.
@@craigaustin4779 they can be pretty unpleasant too, but I don't think they can get as close to shore. Either way, the idiots ruin the good stuff for the rest of us. Cheers.
@craigaustin4779 YES! The amount of dock repairs I have had to do in the past ten years is insane all because of idiots in these stupid wake/surf boats.
@cwkie3776 The big surf boats are ridiculous, I pass 600 ft Lakers with less wake.
20% of pwc riders are idiots, 80% of wake boaters idiots and ignore proper etiquette
Old news 2024 details are out .
You got about a month of riding right now before you have to put it up because you ain't going to want to ride it because it's too damn cold😅
See Doo killer. 😂
I somehow do not believe in the ability to voice command while the jet ski is running?
While moving at speed you are correct, it won't hear you. But while idling and at low speeds it will understand you.
@@tkpowersports What?
I always where Gloves goggles I am definitely water shoes I would see people Jets game with no water shoes and if you’re actually out there riding jumping waves in wearing nice water shoes and gloves goggles I don’t always wear but I wear them on top my head if i am riding and having fun 946 I’ve been riding JetSki‘s since I’ve been 19 yesrs old remember the first time I ever rode a JetSki this Guy would rent them and he will meet you at the beach they had two different boat ramps and the JetSki‘s always use the one boat ramp everybody who went to this beach they knew because the ramp where all the boats were larger parking lot but I was out there riding jumping waves and stuff like that and my body never did that before I couldn’t walk for three days life when I was younger I used to ride like I was Evel Knievel but once you fall off a few times and you hit that water don’t feel good I hate it real hard one time answer that I’ve already been riding for years so I was good at riding a JetSki but I learn to respect you a lot more than you know you’re following a large boat I need to jump in the week behind it I live in MarylandEverybody used to go to Hart Miller Allen on the weekends all the boats it would be like 300 boats on the weekends he had a poopy boat pizza boat and a snowball boat
You notice yamaha don't ever say the hp. Guessing as seadoo kills them
CHEVERE BOTE 🤑🤟
Throw water on the seat and it'll be fine.
A buddy of mine had an early 2000 model Yamaha Anniversary editionwave runner and we got it to fluctuate speeds of 93 to 102 mph in the bay at Destin Florida
Holy crap, I take it that was after modifying it? That’s some serious speeds!
Yamaha is much better and more reliable than SeaPoo
They need to supercharge the jetblaster ..we dont need the lazy boy features and giant fat weight
Looks top heavy with you on it😂
leave my homie alone 😭😭😭
Who goes to the lake in a button up 😂
Luke Combs
does this include the bank ruptcy lawyer in the warranty ???? and this is why the country is collapsing !!!!!
1990 my Sea Doo did 45. Think the world would have got extremely better by now. Nope.
Nah! I have a 22 fx svho tuned & bearly beat a rxpx300, onpy beat it when its calm, in rough that thing keeps up!
Tuned what stage?
@@dreknotz1996 just 91 oct tune & 7950 limiter & impeller.
@@oswaldocastillo6305i too am seeing similar results. Have a 23 FX SVHO with ride plate , intake grate, 8000 tune. Still can't beat an RXT & GTX stock. I'll get 2 skis ahead from a dig. But up top over distance they creep and pass slowly with a 1mph advantage. You report to have the impeller, here i was thinking that wouldve been key. What prop do you have and what is your top speed?
@@dreknotz1996 dean repitched impeller to keep it under 8k. Im just hitting 7800rpm & 72mph top speed. Also deans tune, stock rideplate, with 2 degree pump wedge & 1 washer on rear of rideplate to keep it from porposing & ribbon delete. Stock 22 rideplates are faster than older models. In choppy water maybe 2ft-3ft chip. Rxp is right next to me, once water calms i start leaving it. Fx hull is fast on calm watrr not fast in choppy. What i notice is the hull is slaping the watrr & jumping on it. Rxpx seems to slice through it.
Are you running a 13/20 or 13/18?
Did you mean most expensive? The HO is cheaper.
Yamaha or Kawasaki is the only way to go when purchasing a Watercraft!
That looks like socker moms grand voyager on the sea. Seadoo beats the looks 100 to 1
you are talking way too loud in the audio mix of this video
Kawasaki hulls are better and stronger
This is true. Im a avid Yamaha guy but credit where it's due. Whilst Kawi has its flaws, the hull isn't one of them. Absolute beast in the chop
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You must be kidding .. I guess you have no idea about seadoo 😂
I work in the boat lift/PWC drive on port business. Let me tell you this, do NOT buy a Yamaha UNLESS you want a cracked damaged hull. They are garbage. They are so thin and fragile.
What do you think about Kawasaki's Ultra 160/310 hull quality?
The 23 models do not have nano excel 2 hulls anymore. They are solid fiberglass now
And I'm sure you've seen plenty of smashed up plastic tupperware Seadoos, towed back plenty taking on water. If you look after the nanos, they are fine.
Owned mine since 2017, protective coating on the base, 350-370hp no problem 200+hrs and regular maintenance
@@northerniltreethe best! The Kawi is heavy for a reason. It has the old school SMC fibreglass hull top and bottom. It's known as the battleship of the ocean 👌
damn this thing is a whale. with fluids and everything it doesent weight much less than the kawasaki
BS had to only come into the video to call out Yamaha for their 💩 engine that you got to rebuild at 250h-300h and every 50h you got to replace the clutch BS, better get a seadoo or Kawasaki
Edit: oh and I forgot the part were everything that is Yamaha for some reason is more expensive and still worse than other brands 🤡🤡🤡
.there is no way there is enough storage for this guys lunch