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2kwik4u

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This is really interesting


It's interesting to see the parallels drawn between this and a diesel electric locomotive. Fossil Fuel is still the primary energy source, but an electric motor is employed to smooth power delivery and enhance controlability. It's also interesting from the premise that our Yamaha boats were initially developed out of a successful crossover of 1000cc engine technology from the motorcycle sector.

Not to mention it's the size of a small pickup truck. That's just kinda cool in general.
 

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That’s really cool but I don‘t remember Kawasaki wave runners being the the most dependable back in the day.
 

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Can't imagine the noise that thing makes between the four props and the two motorcycle engines! LOL - still cool though. But can we surf behind it?
 
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