About: jetskiworld

The Austrian personal water craft manufacturer has recently announced its cooperation with the Italian firm Benelli Motori (Pesaro/Italy). Hydrospace was the first personal water craft manufacturer who built a four stroke ski with pure race use orientation. Now, the Austrian personnel are working hard in order to produce a series of Runabout crafts which will be equipped with four stroke engines supplied by Benelli. According to a source from the Factory there will be three different engine packages available ranging from 160-300hp.

The IJSBA is pleased to announce two special World Championship classes at the 2007 quakysense World Finals. The IJSBA will be inviting the world’s top Runabout and Ski competitors to enter two special classes. The classes will allow modifications to the guidelines of the EJSBA’s GP Class. Eighteen riders will be invited for Runabout GP and twenty riders will be invited for Ski GP. Riders will enjoy a 90% payback in these classes which will each comprise of one qualifier heat and two motos. Qualifiers will take place on Friday, October 12. All motos will take place on Saturday, October 13. Ιnvitations are available to highly skilled Expert and Pro class racers only. If you are interested in participating in these classes, please send your resume to info@ijsba.com and title your email “GP Class Application.” All invitations will be finalized by July 1, 2007.

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This is the Kawasaki X-2 that is specially prepared by Pascal Barriac, owner of the JFC Team and he plans to use in the X-2 Cup in France. This particular race craft is equipped with a wet pipe from the Factory Pipe, Riva Racing carb filters, an intake grate and ride plate from R&D, Neken bars, specific jets for the carbs and a seat cover. Pascal has formed this set up in order to lower the cost for the participants and increase the rider input into racing. “The riders want to race and to be competitive. I do not want them to spend money in order to make the craft faster. I want them to train harder and harder in order to become better riders.” Pascal says and believes that he has found the right formula to promote a unique pwc race class.

The JFC Team has recently designed a new lightweight hood for the Kawasaki Ultra 250X in its effort to reduce the craft’s overall weight. The new hood consists of one piece and weighs 10kg less than the OEM which is assembled by four pieces. The team mechanic Jeremy holds one of the prototype hoods. Team manager Pascal Barriac believes that it is possible to remove a total of 25kg from the overall weight of the Ultra, a fact that will increase its overall performance. In order to get one,you just contact Barriac at barriac@hotmail.com

We visited the headquarters of the JFC Team of Pascal Barriac in order to test ride the new Ultra 250X in Montereau in the South of Paris. The newly designed hull enables you to ride it like a motorcycle, a fact that minimizes in a great percentage its original weight, helping you to ride it without put in too much effort. It is very stable when you are at maximum speed traveling in a straight line, even when the GPS showed 70mph constantly. Additionally it performed remarkably in sweepers with three quarters of the throttle, without having the tendency to hydro slide the rear end. You can lean it over and turn sharply around the buoy as if you are riding a racing 250 road bike. The stoke sponsons and ride plates seem to perform a lot better than on any other muscle craft. The adjustable handlebar enhances the ergonomics and the spray deflector works perfectly. The particular craft we tested was a preproduction unit and used an aftermarket hood which was lighter than stock. Overall the new Ultra is a superb muscle craft with great bottom end acceleration and strong mid power, ideal for the weekend warriors and Off-shore enthusiasts.

Specially tuned from the JFC Team of Pascal Barriac the new X-2 gets you all excited with its race breed performance. Its lightweight feeling and great handling enables you to get it into maximum lean when you go round the buoy. The power band is flawless, crispy enough to get you out of the turn but not too abrupt in order to bring arm pump to your hands. Straight-line stability is not an issue for the X-2 even at its maximum speed of 53-54mph. The Neken bars are quite wide enabling the rider to lean it on the curve with great feeling and good response. Body shifting plays a key role to the handling and to the way that the pump hooks up. You can change direction from one side to the other instantly, the R&D plate and intake grate enhance this performance in great respect. The newly X-2 Cup that is organized by Pascal Barriac in France along with Kawasaki France is bound to be a very exciting race series.