On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:07:54 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On 6 Mar 2007 20:00:23 -0800, "mystro" wrote:

Interesting comments but contradicts some very positive reviews from
people who have actually owned of this little motor:

http://reviews.basspro.com/2010/50120/reviews.htm

"As for the motor itself, it ran great. Starts easy, has lots of pep.
It sounds a bit like a tractor motor rather than an outboard. At low
rpm it does have quite a bit of vibration - you can feel the cylinder
firing every other stroke (4-stroke). And I think it killed my Timex,
it stopped ticking. But the price is right, considering that a
comparable new outboard would cost...."

Some people are too cheap for their own good.

I don't about the B&S, but I bought a Sears air-cooled 5hp
back about 1970. Used it for many years on fishing boats
I rented in IL and WI.
It cost about $150 instead of the $3-400 for a smooth Johnson or
Evinrude.
It was loud, shaky, and lousy for trolling, but it always started
after only 10-15 pulls. I swore if it ever took me to twenty pulls I
would sink it and get something decent. Sadly it always started.
Sadly, I never felt good about clamping it on a transom, knowing
the putt-put hell I was going to suffer when it started.
You're right.

--Vic