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Well I spent my money!
Bought a 115 hp Evinrude G2 today, hot price of $14,995 inc Gst. 20” leg. Get it fitted next week. 5 yr warranty and 300 hrs before first service. Last one available!!
Anybody looking for a 130hp Johnson 1996 big looper, done 300 hours and had head gaskets and thermostats done? If so I’ll list it under buy, sell.
You do know BRP have dropped the E-Tech manufacture - should not worry you with parts warranty I imagineQuote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
But came as a shock to me
Yep guaranteed spares 10 yrs, I’ll be 80 who cares!!
Honda couldnt match huh
Not those prices GA, best I could find in Honda was a 150 with 2000 hrs on it foe 13k, this is new and I've only ever owned Johnson or Evirude motors in the past 5 boats I've owned, was looking at 23/24 k for new 4 strokesQuote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
You got a great buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Honde would be twice that - that price on the 115 is less that the 90 was from memory
I had the 200 HO - got 10 years trouble free out of it - corrosion got it in the end as it was never flushed and in salt water 365 days on mooring
Did you see what a 150 E-Tech was priced at ??
I had Evin RUDE and the thing shat itself under 100 hrs. Managed to find a second hand part to get it going. That was immediately before the Bombardier took over. Had a good run out of a Mariner (Merc I think). Now have 70 two stroke Yamaha and from new in 2006 it’s done 250 faultless hours. The 8 hp 2 stroke Yammie auxilliary runs 100:1 and will go all day as a trolling motor without issues.
That said, I was impressed with GA’s Honda, even though it’s a 4 stroke.
The 140 was about 17k but all gone in 20"Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
It’s on the boat!!Attachment 143836
The deals on Evinrude are real good, just bought a 6hp 4 stroke auxiliary from Trev Terry, its a re badged Tohatsu
$13k+ gst + fitting and $600 for a prop if I can’t use my 4 blade
A beautiful thing. Had an older 115 in Cairns, no worries at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
That looks real "sharp" on the back there @Maca49Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Hope you get a good run from it
Any good ideas for covering the spare holes in the dash? Was thinking I’d glue some laminate over the lot? I don’t know how bad it is yet
Get a thin piece of Stainless cut to to a visual appealing shapte and then get a signwriter to cover it with a fake carbon fibre pattern, at least thats what I have done in the pastQuote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Thought of laminating from the bottom and filling from the top? Sand and a lick of paint...Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
First rip on the lake, got it out to 70 k/hour, very quiet. Plenty of grunt out of the hole, impressedAttachment 145344Attachment 145345Attachment 145346 and said goodbye to the old oneAttachment 145347
Nice one :)
haha you youngsters and ya phones :)
Photo of the boatAttachment 145365
Its not even dirty, and how old?
1997 when I was only 48!!
One neat feature is “auto trim” tuck the motor right under on take off and it trims automatically, touch the tilt trim and it’s back under your control, I’ll become even more lazy !
Looks like a pretty speedy unit. And the boat looks fast too :)
Have you ever had it on the salt. It looks in great nick ( no smart comments this time :ORLY: )
Haven’t had in the salt much, this summer we will probably have back in Tauranga for fishing and skiingQuote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
