Sea-Doo model line
GSX Limited
The Sea-Doo GSX Limited is recorded for three consecutive model years, 1997 to 1999. Every GSX Limited year on record is a carburetted two-stroke, with the engine recorded as 947.
At a glance
- Years made
- 1997 to 1999
- Engine, as the records hold it
- 947
- Strokes
- Two-stroke
- Fuel system
- Carburettor
- Hull type
- Sit-down
- Model years on record
- 3
- Checked
- None of the three GSX Limited model years verified, which needs a check against the maker's own document, which the row names, and an engine figure; all three name a source below.
Sea-Doo numbers are the ones the sport names each engine by, and can differ from the measured size: a 787 measures 781.6, a 947 measures 951.
Not your year? For other GSX years: GSX, 1996 to 1997; GSX RFI, 1999 to 2001.
The Sea-Doo GSX Limited from 1997 to 1999, one square for each model year, a decade to a row; follow a square to its row.
How we know: The 3 GSX Limited rows in the year table, with each row's grade and the engine cells it prints in bold.
Year by year
| Model year | Engine, as the records hold it | Fuel system | Strokes | Hull type | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 947 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | Late-production introduction of the 130hp 947 RAVE twin. Early white-engine units had teething problems later addressed on the silver engine. | Source 1 |
| 1998 | 947 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | BRP's own Sea-Doo parts catalogue for the US lists this machine for 1998 as "GSX Limited" under the GSX Limited family. | Source 2 |
| 1999 | 947 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | BRP's own Sea-Doo parts catalogue for the US lists this machine for 1999 as "GSX Limited" under the GSX family. | Source 3 |
Sources
- SeaDooSource model reference (secondary, author-stated from memory) (model year 1997)
- BRP, Sea-Doo parts catalogue "Sea-Doo USD" on the Sea-Doo online store, Sea-Doo Watercraft, 1998, GSX Limited, entry "GSX Limited", sea-doo-shop.brp.com (Shop by Vehicle, Sea-Doo USD, Browse Catalog; the tree is navigated in the page and has no per-model URL). Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model year 1998)
- BRP, Sea-Doo parts catalogue "Sea-Doo USD" on the Sea-Doo online store, Sea-Doo Watercraft, 1999, GSX, entry "GSX Limited", sea-doo-shop.brp.com (Shop by Vehicle, Sea-Doo USD, Browse Catalog; the tree is navigated in the page and has no per-model URL). Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model year 1999)
Related
On the Sea-Doo model timeline
The timeline dates the GSX Limited by release year, which can sit a year from its model years here.
Other Sea-Doo models named GSX
Cite this page
“Sea-Doo GSX Limited”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/reference/sea-doo/gsx-limited/
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