New Motor

[Sniper]

Trying to decide between a new Nissan 9.8 or a Honda 9.9, any opinions?
Not many used motors in my area.....

 

[po1]

I looked at both when I decided on Nissan in 2008 when I brought a new 18hp 4stroke from onlineoutboards.com. Best price around (no sales tax was a big savings) and delivered right to my driveway next to my boat in 3 days. This spring I'm ordering a 9.8hp Nissan (got a few lakes around here with a 10hp limit). This has made fishing so much easier. nothing like hitting the starter and I'm off to the next fishing spot.

 

[Sniper]

Favorite Crappie Lake has a 10hp limit........could actually put a 25hp on boat, but the extra mph isn't an issue yet. I have a 3.3 Merc 2 stroke now & it's a little to small, but a really great running little motor. Electric Start worth the extra money?

 

[cyberflexx]

I looked at both when I decided on Nissan in 2008 when I brought a new 18hp 4stroke from onlineoutboards.com. Best price around (no sales tax was a big savings) and delivered right to my driveway next to my boat in 3 days. This spring I'm ordering a 9.8hp Nissan (got a few lakes around here with a 10hp limit). This has made fishing so much easier. nothing like hitting the starter and I'm off to the next fishing spot.

I bought my Tohatsu 9.8hp 4stroke electric start from onlineoutboards.com as well.. Here is a tip.. the Tohatsu and Nissan are the EXACT same motor.. save a couple hundred and get the Tohatsu, no complaints!

 

[Sniper]

Anyone have experience with the Honda 9.9? Worth spending the extra $$$ for?

 

[Specknreds]

Anyone have experience with the Honda 9.9? Worth spending the extra $$$ for?

I know several guides with Larger Honda's. They love them, except the parts are more expensive than just about any other outboard. But, they rarely need to work on them.

 

[danmyersmn]

I looked at both when I decided on Nissan in 2008 when I brought a new 18hp 4stroke from onlineoutboards.com. Best price around (no sales tax was a big savings) and delivered right to my driveway next to my boat in 3 days. This spring I'm ordering a 9.8hp Nissan (got a few lakes around here with a 10hp limit). This has made fishing so much easier. nothing like hitting the starter and I'm off to the next fishing spot.

I bought my Tohatsu 9.8hp 4stroke electric start from onlineoutboards.com as well.. Here is a tip.. the Tohatsu and Nissan are the EXACT same motor.. save a couple hundred and get the Tohatsu, no complaints!

They are selling the Tohatsu 20hp tiller, short shaft electric start for more then the Nissan same model.



Oh wow.. I know my 9.8hp 4stroke SS was a couple hundred cheaper

 

[po1]

Electric Start is well worth extra money, it's a nice way to keep the battery charged when you're out on the lake. Having a electric start just makes everything from launching the boat easier, to moving from spot to spot easier and quicker with more time on doing whats important. Fishing and relaxing.

 

[CarlF]

The main complaint I hear about Honda other than price is finding a person to work on them & the price of parts.
I have run a Nissan 2 stroke 18 for 10 years. If the 4 strokes are as good the 2 stroke, the Nissan/ohatsu are a better deal for the money vs. the honda.

 

[coachlaw]

I love Nissan/Tohatsu 2 stroke motors, but when they quit selling 2 strokes, I gave up on them. I'm back to an old Evinrude. Yamaha still sells 2 strokes and if I buy a new motor, that's the way I'll go. I just don't think 4 stroke makes any sense in small motors. It means a lot more weight and one of the reasons most of us have small boats is the portability factor. I tried to pick up a 4 stroke Tohatsu 15 horse at a dealership and I almost had a quadruple hernia/heart attack/anurysm. :LOL2: