REVIEW: 2010 Yamaha FX HO/Cruiser

With the best-selling VX models below, and the powerful, high-tech FX SHO models above, Yamaha's FX HO and FX Cruiser HO were in danger of being overlooked. No longer. Last year Yamaha gave the craft the SHO's big-displacement 1.8-liter engine, along with those model's electronic throttle enhancements. Add in the lighter weight NanoXcel hull, and you've got one potent middle child in the Yamaha lineup.

By Jeff Hemmel

February 22, 2010

With the best-selling VX models below, and the powerful, high-tech FX SHO models above, Yamaha’s FX HO and FX Cruiser HO were in danger of being overlooked.

No longer. Last year Yamaha gave the craft the SHO’s big-displacement 1.8-liter engine, along with those model’s electronic throttle enhancements. Add in the lighter weight NanoXcel hull, and you’ve got one potent middle child in the Yamaha lineup.

I recently reviewed the 2010 model for PersonalWatercraft.com. Click here to read my full review.

Written by: Jeff Hemmel

Jeff Hemmel writes for boats.com, Boating, PersonalWatercraft.com, and Powersports Business. The former Senior Editor at Watercraft World, Jeff is a multi-time award winner as well as a 2008 inductee into the IJSBA Hall of Fame. His first book, "The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon...and 101 Other Things For Young Mariners To Try, Do, & Build On the Water," received a bronze medal in the 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.