Repowering the old girl....

[Spaniard_King]

is there a significant price difference for the reduced warranty, and is it the same service network?

The Honda Product is cheaper and The Honda warranty department does not cater for the Tohatu product.

[ShaneC]

Howdy blokes,

Having just booked the motors in for a service I feel I can now offer a bit of insight with regard to my new motors.....

I have done a few heavily loaded trips (800l of fuel, 300 kg ice, three fat bastards and enough food to feed them) and they have performed well. The first trip was not a fair assessment of the motors, they were a hole too low and whilst they performed well the boat wanted to drag her bum at any speed below 18 knots and wallow like a pig. We lifted the motors, played with the props a bit and got her right. The subsequent trips have left me very impressed.

What I can say is this. After 132 hrs of use, I have had no dramas with them, they have performed well and I have noticed a significant fuel saving. In a recent trip from Scarborough to an area well wide of Mooloolaba I used 250 litres for the day, with my old motors using 260 litres just to get there and back in the same conditions. I generally use 50-60l a day sounding around so at this point in time I can confidently say I am saving 15-20% on my fuel costs, and I am pretty happy with that!! I cannot comment on usage for my trips up north as no two are ever the same and fuel used depends on what the fish are doing. But all in all, I am very happy with my decision thus far...

Hope this helps someone in their decision. Cheers.....