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| Friend of mine wants to buy a 4 stroke 9.9 I told him a Yamaha or Suzuki. He's looking at all brands. Looking for advice out there. Lets have it so I can relay the info to him. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Is your friend looking to use this 9.9 for just a small boat or as a kicker motor on a bigger boat? |
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Location: Davenport, IA | My advice- stay away from small suzukis. I have 4 horse and it takes 50 pulls to get started, I'll be trolling just fine and it'll die and not restart. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | I got a Merc 9.9 a few years ago as a "Canada special" - used at a lodge in Canada then factory re-conditioned. I saved quite a bit buying slightly used, and really get tired of Mauser complaining about it when he has to give it 2 pulls to start! Once, it took three yanks, I may have flooded it, though. It's a 2 stroke, still nice and quiet.
It's worked great and the only problem I've had was a busted tiller handle. m
Edited by mikie 4/17/2007 6:23 AM
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| Motor is being used on a 12' Lund in Canada. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I would suggest either a Mercury 9.9 Fourstroke or the Yamaha 9.9 Fourstroke. But personally I haven't heard to much good about the Suzuki small engines. But the smaller Mercs are basically Yamaha motors built over seas so you really can't go wrong with either or but I would still go with the Merc. But I might be biased. |
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| I wouldn't trade my Honda for any other brand.
For anything that uses a motor it's hard to beat a Honda. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'd go with a 9.9 Mercury Pro Kicker. Very light, strong motor with built in tilt. |
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| Merc 9.9's are now, and have been, Merc/Tohatsu for a while. Good motors, smooth and quiet.
I'd get the regular 9.9 Merc for that boat. The Prokicker has the bigfoot gear case, a lower gear, and a low pitch prop. Yes the power tilt is nice, but then you'll need a battery for that. I think the regular model will be a better performer on that boat.
As for the Suzuki. Thet is the same motor as a Johnson. I know one touring FLW pro that would have chopped his off with an axe two years ago, if someone would have handed him one. Rough runners, hard to start, wouldn't stay running at idle/trolling speed. Ran too rich, we actually drilled a small hole in the butterfly to get it enough air at low rpm.
Edited by Shep 4/23/2007 11:50 AM
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Location: Columbus, Georgia | I have the 4-stroke Mercury 9.9 Pro Kicker on my rig (Crestliner 1750 Fish Hawk) and the electric start works like a charm. It's really great on gas when trolling. My only mistake was getting the tiller model. It's a real pain to be steering from the helm and have to go back to the motor to vary the speed. I understand that the tiller provides more precision when trolling, but I'd still like to have the dual throttles at the helm.
It seems that we learn what we like/dislike with every new boat that we own.
Craig
Edited by cjrich 4/23/2007 11:56 AM
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| Try the troll master for adjusting the speed on your kicker at the helm. |
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Location: Columbus, Georgia | Thanks hoss,
Looks interesting. I'll give them a call.
Craig |
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| Absolutely use a TrollMaster in conjunction with the steering rod, and control your speed and steering from the helm. Very precise speed control, and you always have the ability to backtroll with the tiller if you should need to. The only way I'd set up a kicker. |
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| Absolutely use a TrollMaster in conjunction with the steering rod, and control your speed and steering from the helm. Very precise speed control, and you always have the ability to backtroll with the tiller if you should need to. The only way I'd set up a kicker. |
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Location: ohio | 4 stroke -Honda
2 stroke-johnson or mercury. |
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| cjrich, Get the ProTroll! Best accessory you can put on a boat used for trolling! |
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9.9 hp motor