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Perhaps the 24 is governed? Guess if same RPM, that's not it.. weird, maybe something off on that 24... who knows.. All I can say is my 1.8 and 1.9 in same hull are probably similar in top endThere was a guy was a 23 and 24 wave runner. Said the 24 was quieter but wouldn’t get past 59 mph. The 23 would do 67. Same rpms with both skis.
That makes sense then and probably why yamaha mentions about 6mph increase if I did SX to SX... maybe I'm seeing 2-4mph due to tower weight.So if you went from a 2019 SX190 to the 2024 AR190, I will say there is a slight weight difference due to the tower, which will make the boat 3-4 mph slower.
When I compared a 2023 SX195 to the 2023 AR195 I purchased, the mph was I believe 54 mph compared to 50 mph for my boat.
Long to short, the 2024 tower is slowing you a bit otherwise I believe you would have seen a bigger difference if say you purchased a 2024 SX190.