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  1. Khalid

    Boat 2022 Yamaha 275 SE - 40 hrs - mint condition - $138K (Austin, TX)

    Listing for a friend who has just bought the new 2023 SDX Mint condition 275 SE with 40 hours on the engines. It comes with an Aluminum trailer. The boat is wrapped with a beautiful matt-black wrap (original color is grey), tint and the interior was treated with ceramic coating. My friend...
  2. Khalid

    255X Wake

    Yup. Yamaha’s (or any other jetboat) aren’t known to be great surfboats - for many reasons many have discussed. Photos attached are the for the best wake I was able to have. good luck
  3. Khalid

    255X Wake

    I find this setup to work well: 1) all ballast at 100% 2) 800 lbs ballast on seat above batty compartment 3) weight in the bow - about 400 lbs 4) the needed speed for the wake to form is 10-11 (9 is too slow - wake isn’t forming) or 12-13 wake is too shallow. If you set the target speed at 11...
  4. Khalid

    Moving to Austin

    I suggest dry docking for a little while and trying the few lakes around including Austin, Travis and Canyon. The issue with Lake Austin was a that IF you’re able to find storage, it’ll cost you well over $1000 per month. I personally dry dock which is both affordable + allows me to try...
  5. Khalid

    What’s 2016 Hull warranty?

    my brother doesn’t tow (I did some wakeboarding when I owned the boat.. however, the tower should be designed for that.. The holes in the tower as they came from Yamaha. (Poor selection of wiring holes on Yamaha’s part).
  6. Khalid

    What’s 2016 Hull warranty?

    So my brother did some research and found out that 2016 is the only year where the tower wiring is drilled at that corner location. Yamaha changed the design after that year due to tower integrity issues (the corner has a lot of stress on it.. so, duh) We’re going to try to get Yamaha to...
  7. Khalid

    What’s 2016 Hull warranty?

    Forum, My brother bought my 2016 Limited SE and has had it for a 1.5 years. Recently, the tower broke for no apparent reason. The hull shows some cracks (I haven’t seen the boat myself so, I don’t know how severe those are as I haven’t seen the boat myself but there must be enough flexing to...
  8. Khalid

    2021 Yamaha 255 XD hull crack

    I have the same boat and the same crack in the same location. I will take it to the dealership after this season ends
  9. Khalid

    Pulling out of a steep ramp with 2 WD truck

    We tried with 3 big guys on truck bumper and rear tires kept spinning
  10. Khalid

    Pulling out of a steep ramp with 2 WD truck

    So, my 4x4 has been at the dealership for some warranty items. My friend lent me his Ram Pickup to tow my boat. I didn’t pay attention to the fact that it was 2 WD. I ended up launching from a steeper ramp than the usual one and when trying to come out, the wheels started spinning and there...
  11. Khalid

    Portside motor shutting off.

    Thx. Will give that a try!
  12. Khalid

    Portside motor shutting off.

    Would a that only trigger one engine to shut off or both? I ask bc a friend is having issues with one of his engines shutting off on his 275 SE while accelerating.
  13. Khalid

    252SE Engine Won't Turn Over

    I recently had the same issue on my 2021 255X and it was indeed the Solenoid (thankfully not the starter). you can test that by connecting the 2 terminals after you remove the Solenoid using a screw driver. Make sure to get the blower going first to ensure there’re no fuel fumes in the engine...
  14. Khalid

    252XE Break in Service

    I feel ya.. Many on this forum (if not most) have reached the conclusion that we’re better off doing our own maintenance ourselves for the following reasons: 1) Yamaha boats maintenance is minimal and engine layout makes it all very easy to do on your own 2) many have had very bad experiences...
  15. Khalid

    252XE Break in Service

    Bargain! Makes sense
  16. Khalid

    252XE Break in Service

    Good call.. I’m actually surprised why they changed them. I don’t believe that’s called for in the manual. I have 160 hours on my 2021 255X and I haven’t needed to change them (you should be able to tell easily if they’re due) happy boating
  17. Khalid

    255X Wake

    Thx. That’s definitely a very different set up than mine I will give it a try this weekend and report back.
  18. Khalid

    255X Wake

    Thanks!!! I will try your setup I’ll need to test my speed with gps. It seems to be by a lot more off than 0.5 MPH. The weird thing is that I set my target speed to 13.5 and it never approaches that. It stays between 10-11 mph. And when I set my speed to 11, it still reads the same speed...
  19. Khalid

    255X Wake

    Thanks! Great pointer about the front weight to lengthen the wake. I’ll give that a try Do you put any water on the starboard? I thought the speedometer is supposed to use GPS speed instead of engine RPM to read speed. But, it doesn’t seem to do that at low speeds. Mine reads 10 mph although...
  20. Khalid

    255X Wake

    So, this is the 2nd season on my 255XE. Last season I put over 100 hours on it and it did great (I posted couple of the issues that needed to be addressed off season in a previous post) This season, I purchased 800 lb fatsac made for Yamaha to set on the back seat / platform. Needless to say...
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