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View Poll Results: Do you mask your secent and with what ??
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Yamaha
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51.32% |
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Honda
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21.69% |
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Mercury
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11.64% |
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Suzuki
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4.76% |
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Evinrude
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9.52% |
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01-01-2006, 07:15 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Everett,Wa.
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Free outboard,what would you pick?
If you were to receive a brand new outboard of your choice free of charge,what would you pick?
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01-01-2006, 08:08 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Hillsboro
Posts: 3,819
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Main motor would be Merc Trolling motor would be Yamaha
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01-01-2006, 08:27 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Boring, OR
Posts: 14,608
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Main motor would be Merc Trolling motor would be Yamaha
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01-02-2006, 09:46 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Oregon, USA
Posts: 2,510
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Why do folks think Yamaha is so hot?
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01-02-2006, 10:12 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 533
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Need to clarify whether kicker or main motor... Even if free, nothing less than gold standard of kickers - Yami T8.
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01-02-2006, 10:19 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 856
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Can't speak for everyone else but I've owned five Yami's and all of them have been absolutely bullet proof.
I've got numerous friends with Mercs. They have been OK but tempermental. A couple have imploded.
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01-02-2006, 12:26 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Everett,Wa.
Posts: 2,162
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Need to clarify whether kicker or main motor... Even if free, nothing less than gold standard of kickers - Yami T8.
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You can pick ANY outboard you want.
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01-03-2006, 07:04 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 328
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
I've owned a bunch of ancient engines of various lineages, two late model Mercs (both 40s and both did very well) and now two Yamahas (115 and 8). I've been totally impressed with the Y's. One item I noticed two years ago in the back country of British Columbia, where the majority of people had to boat in from the islands to work -- nearly everyone ran 60 hp Yamahas on their every-day boats. I thought that was a pretty good recommendation, given that this area had virtually no roads and the boat was pretty much taking the place of the family car. Larry
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01-03-2006, 01:52 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 189
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
I like my T8 yamaha's features, but after the problems that I have had with the lower cylinder it is going to take me some time to trust it again.
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01-04-2006, 02:31 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Forest Groove
Posts: 3,243
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Need to clarify whether kicker or main motor... Even if free, nothing less than gold standard of kickers - Yami T8.
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You can pick ANY outboard you want.
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This is one of those questions we start asking ourselves as kids... any car, any boat, etc...
Well, after 30+ years of pondering this question, there is only one answer...
I would get the outboard I could most easily sell for more than any other... then sell it and buy what I need. :smile:
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01-05-2006, 09:01 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Pierce, Idaho
Posts: 245
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
a lot of the motors anymore are built by the same people. johnson=suzuki, i've heard that some power heads used by merc are honda, etc
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01-06-2006, 01:03 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 3,133
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Suzuki main...Yamaha kicker
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01-06-2006, 04:24 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Salem
Posts: 2,383
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Merc power heads are Yahmi.
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01-06-2006, 04:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pacific City
Posts: 2,321
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Merc power heads are Yahmi.
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This is exactly correct for a fraction of the price! 
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01-06-2006, 05:54 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: May 2000
Location: West Valley
Posts: 6,160
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Merc power heads are Yahmi.
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This is exactly correct for a fraction of the price!
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Yeah, but there is more to it than just the power head. Just because it's the same head, doesn't mean it's the same kicker. 
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01-19-2006, 10:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 3,970
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Mmmm Evinrude E-tech... I'll take one 
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01-20-2006, 10:35 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Oregon City
Posts: 1,001
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Mmmm Evinrude E-tech... I'll take one
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I got the 90...it's incredible how far OB's have come in recent years...this motor is light years ahead of the rest IMHO....funny also how little we in the NW know about Tohatsu/Nissan...they are outstanding motors and extremely popular elsewhere
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01-20-2006, 10:37 AM
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Merc power heads are Yahmi.
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This is exactly correct for a fraction of the price!
CAPT KUJO
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Yeah, but there is more to it than just the power head. Just because it's the same head, doesn't mean it's the same kicker.
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The little Merc's are Tohatsu - who also makes Nissan Outboards
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01-26-2006, 07:56 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Boise
Posts: 294
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Very impressed with the E-Tech.Light,quiet,powerful and look pretty cool too!
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01-26-2006, 12:08 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 160
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
always had mercs never a problem.
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01-30-2006, 09:34 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: St Helens, OR
Posts: 1,049
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
Mercury
Number one on the water
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01-30-2006, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Beverly Beach, OR
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Re: Free outboard,what would you pick?
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Mercury
Number one on the water
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But a distant 3rd on ifish. 
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