"NOYB" wrote in message
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OK, Gene. You've had your own machine shop, so you have the skills to
machine and assemble the parts. Go hire some R&D engineers, some
marketing
people, and some procurement individuals that'll obtain the special
alloys,
bearings, seals, and plastics you'll need, and build me a 225 hp
four-stroke
(no patent infringements! Better hire a patent attorney!) that costs less
than $21,000. Oh yeah...and you have to pay yourself a salary too.
Afterall, the managers at Yamaha aren't working for free.


Your posts are beginning to border on the edge of absurdity.

P.S.--Better arrange for a BIG line of credit, 'cause you'll need it.




Your post is the absurd one. You can buy all the parts for an engine for a
lot less than 5k. You could buy everything, and cast a block and still be
in maybe 10k and thats quantity one. Why does a motor cycle, costs less
than an outboard. And they are not making that many more bikes than O/Bs.
Add in all the other small engines they, especially Honda, produce and you
can see where the O/B is very much overpriced. My Yamaha T-8 is probably
about $2800 list. I paid $2300. A small 8 hp fourstoke. I can buy a 6 hp
lawnmower for about $250 and that includes about $60 in government mandated
safety equipment and loads of cost of liability insurance if some dodo cuts
off his toes. My gearbox should cost $2550? The big Honda is the same
engine as one of the passenger cars, with a drysump added to run on end.
And that engine does not cost $10k. Hell, a Ford Powerstroke is only about
$7500 complete. Same with Volvo and Yanmar diesels. $20k to power the
boat? I am buying a new 2004 Chevy LT crew cab 4x4 duramax. About $42k.
Leather, CD changer, etc. And it is also overpriced! But Chevy can get the
$$$$.