Wetbikes...anyone ridden any or have one?

[havasu bound]

We have two Wetbikes and let me tell you,,,,you get the looks from everyone on the lake when you lay these things down in a cove!! When we need a change of pace, we take these things out and have a blast on them . Does anyone else out there have any or ever ridden one?

[David]

What are these wetbikes?

[Banks]

thats the thing with the big yellow tires that floats

[havasu bound]

No, this is a wetbike, James Bond rode one in a very old 007 movie....back in the late 80's, the wetbike was made unitl 1979-1990, when the production stopped because there was a small crowd of people who would actually ride them, well we have 2 left that we ride on the lakes....1989's, I would show pictures of ours but we have none on the digi cam, here is a pic of an older one with bond on it.....

http://www.foils.org/wetbike-bond.jpg

[Hoots]

I saw a couple of those on Lake Conroe in Texas back in the early 90s. Haven't seen any since. How do they compare to jet-skis? Aren't they propelled by something like a snowmobile?

[David]

Pretty cool...Looks like a lot of fun...

[bigD]

Those are OLD SCHOOL:) I remember those havent seen one in years would like to try one though. I know what your saying on the change of pace ,I've still got my 2000 Yam GP-800 SHHHHH don't tell anyone.

[havasu bound]

i scanned a couple pics from last year at lake havasu, sorry they are kind of fuzzy.......but you get the idea.

wetbike carve (http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A4535523232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E2329%3D964%3D359%3DX ROQDF%3E23234%3C5%3B369%3C7ot1lsi)

[havasu bound]

HELP....can't get the pics to load.....any ideas....i usually use Snapfish, but it doesn't seem to work here. thanks

[havasu bound]

Wetbike carve

[havasu bound]

idle

[havasu bound]

carve

[blr]

those look like a ton of fun. there are a couple on ebay right now, looks like mostly parts though:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2472416065&category=26455&sspagename=WDVW

[Beau McCrory]

one for sale at dublin marine here in dublin texas. looks a bit old ?? price. been there for a while tho