We had some XL700 WaveRunners. The Red one is a 2001 model. The blue ones were 2003. All three were ex-rental models and served us proud (well the red one not quite so proud but close enough).
Red 2001 Yamaha XL700 This is our first ski. Bought it back in 2001. Crashed it in 2003. Hit a dock at full speed while trying to "splash the dock".
Oops.
Sold the ski for parts for $400 and sold the trailer for $100. Not the best investment I ever made :-)
Blue 2003 Yahama XL700s To replace the crashed 2001 XL700 we bought these 2 blue XL700's. These were 4 stroke where as the 2001 model was 2 stroke. Better fuel efficiency, and more reliable but not much else was different.
Didn't cost as...