"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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The manual states to not run my Honda four stroke 90 HP (2001 model) for
more than 5 minutes at full RPM. The throttle actually backs off
automatically after about 1 minute of full RPM action.

Anyone know if running at full RPM can really affect the engine? When I
have
14 people on my 25 foot Bennington pontoon boat, running on anything but
full RPM is slow (below 13 MPH according to my GPS) (especially when I go
against the current on the river that I am on).

The reason I bring this up is that when I use my Honda lawn mower to mow
the
lawn, that thing runs at full RPM from start to finish, which is sometimes
hours - the mower has been working like new for the last 3 years.





You really need a larger outboard. It will be temping to want to run
that 90 at WOT. I bought a bennington 20 ft with a Merc 50 a few years
back. After the first year, I traded up to a 90. I am SO MUCH happier
with the larger engine. and the 50 is much happier on the piece of crap
bass boat it wound up on.

My original thought was that we would just need a big enough engine to
put-put around the lake on... grin... I knew I had screwed up after
the first time out..


db