Re: Haters of 2-strokes

[David Stanton]

When I hear someone talking about buying a 4-stroke for an older (1950s/1960s) small boat, I advise them to look at motor weight. Most 25 to 40 HP 4-strokes weigh 80 to 100 pounds more than same HP 2-stroke, and that’s too much weight to add to a lot of older small boats. Exceptions that are lighter are the 20 Honda and I’m told that Yamaha redid their 25 this year to make it lighter, but I haven’t looked it up. Their 25s were lighter 10 or 15 years ago, but they got heavy after that.
Dave