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Personal water craft sales have increased substantially in Greece during the 2007 season. Overall 283units were sold compared to the 217units from the previous season. The growth of the market reached a 30.4% which is a remarkable bearing, taken in mind the average annual income. Yamaha topped the sales list by selling 177units giving the company the 62.5% of the Greek pwc market. It is important to mention that the sales figures do not include the sales of grey imports.

The new Runabout series of HSR-Benelli has increased the interest of the pwc market. Recently the marketing manager Mr Thomas Breuss had visited Greece in order to discuss the terms and conditions of the HSR-Benelli with several different companies. According to Mr Breuss there is a possibility to have six dealers in Greece, though he will inform us about the final contracts soon.

TechOne Racing has recently released a new carbon fiber plate which is very easily modified (adjusted). The shape of this ride plate provides better grip at cornering while the special hole increases hook up and enhances grip and straight line stability. The ride plate is accompanied with a particular plug in order to shut the hole. The T1R carbon ride plate costs $225 and is available from techoneracing.com

This is the Pro 440 Superstock that was used by Christy Carlson for the entire 1990-1993 pro racing inventory for 2 IJSBA National and World Championship winning, professionally built jet skis, and complete parts maintenance inventory. These are the boats that were raced, tested, and practiced with. They are not duplicates or replicas! From 1989-1996 Christy Carlson was one of the top Pro Jet Ski Racers, winning 100’s of National, World, and International races and titles. Look up the history of Jeff Jacobs and Christy Carlson and you will dig up a deep history of championship winning machines built and maintained by jet ski engines tuned by guru Bill Chapin. The boats and complete racing parts inventory to maintain a fleet of Pro 440 Super stock racing skis are featured under the Tests section.

A new safety and security system has been released from HSR-Benelli for all new models of Series-S and Series-R. Each craft is accompanied by a magnetic card (actually two cards: the Learning card and the Full Power card). By using each of them, the rider can activate them on his/her craft. Each craft has its own cards and these can not be used on any other HSR-Benelli craft. This unique safety and security system is used for the first time in personal water crafts.

The Austrian based company recently released the pricelist and the availability of the new line up. Therefore, the prices are: S4-9.785, S4 Pro Ed.-10.985, Series S Pro Ed.-13.990, Series S Race Ed.-16.490, Series R Naked Ed.-11.250, Series R Pro Ed.-13.500, Series Prestige-17.900 and Series R Race Ed.-19.900. The S4 is already available and all models of the S- Series will be available from March. As far as the new Runabout is concerned, the Naked and Pro will be released in April and the rest (Prestige and Race) in June/July. The prices do not include VAT and transportation costs.

The roots of Kawasaki Jet Ski have gone deep to the late sixties with the JS 400 being the first ever model that was released by the Japanese company and marked the beginning of a new sport. The narrow tray, the heavy handle pole and the short bars made them difficult to ride, though it was the predecessor of the successful Kawasaki’s JS550 and JS750. This particular model still exists in the premises of KMC USA and is stored among other famous Jet Ski’s.