mike rousseau Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 well... i posted my outboard on kijiji saturday morning and it was gone sunday at lunch... way faster then expected... so i had to scramble a bit to find a new motor... i just had 3 phone calls back and forth with clayton marine in NY and i get my new yamaha 50hp tiller on friday.... super pumped to have the extra power and reliability that comes with a new motor... especially a yamaha... and the multi function tiller handle looks awesome... just so pumped to hit the water and try it out... ive never owned anything like this new... always second hand.... anyways... had to share... ill be dreaming about it all week...lol mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Congrats Mike !! Enjoy that New Motor smell for a bit, then get out there and break it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenboater Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Great news the Honda sold fast and on getting the Yamaha last week. maybe take some video of it running after the break in period is over, I want to hear how quiet this baby purrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Heres a pic of the handle.... Everything right where you need it... Can't wait to get my hand on it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just 3 more sleeps!. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smally21 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 treat yourself and enjoy your fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerGuy Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Congradulations man!..you will love that yamaha! I'm still break'n mine in. Check out this fuel report from my first long weekend with her on the water. With my old johnson 60hp tiller on a 16' ranger fisherman. I would fill the boat (12 US gallons) and bring 2 more 25 litre cans of fuel with me. We would burn through all of it on a long weekend Saturday till Monday (on monday I would have to choose where I went so I didn't run out) This weekend I filled the lund up when I got to LakAir 29L to top her up to full. I went home with the gas gauge reading just under 3/4's of a tank used..CRAZY!!! 15 hp larger motor, 2' longer boat and I burned a 1/3 of the gas. NICE! Edited August 7, 2012 by RangerGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Eyes Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Congradulations man!..you will love that yamaha! I'm still break'n mine in. Check out this fuel report from my first long weekend with her on the water. With my old johnson 60hp tiller on a 16' ranger fisherman. I would fill the boat (12 US gallons) and bring 2 more 25 litre cans of fuel with me. We would burn through all of it on a long weekend Saturday till Monday (on monday I would have to choose where I went so I didn't run out) This weekend I filled the lund up when I got to LakAir 29L to top her up to full. I went home with the gas gauge reading just under 3/4's of a tank used..CRAZY!!! 15 hp larger motor, 2' longer boat and I burned a 1/3 of the gas. NICE! Seeing as you were still breaking it in, I imagine that you were not driving WOT as much? This makes all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerGuy Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Yeh I can't keep her wide open for more than 5 minutes at a time but I averaged around 25-30 mph with 4minuted wide open bursts. I'm very impressed with the milage, I'm assuming it might even get a little better when it's fully broke in. If not I'll still be very happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 when they were getting me a motor from the warehouse they found one with a 1 inch surface scratch on the cowling... so they asked if i wanted that one at $200 less... no brainer.... yuuuuup... ill throw a sticker on that... than i got an email the next day... he decided to throw in the prop for free... :thumbsup_anim: so far the people at clayton marine have been awesome... one more sleep...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 when they were getting me a motor from the warehouse they found one with a 1 inch surface scratch on the cowling... so they asked if i wanted that one at $200 less... no brainer.... yuuuuup... ill throw a sticker on that... than i got an email the next day... he decided to throw in the prop for free... :thumbsup_anim: so far the people at clayton marine have been awesome... one more sleep...lol We like to treat our Canadian friends right..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 We like to treat our Canadian friends right..... Is that why yer still trying to sell the Bills to us? LOL I pay a dollar for that. Enjoy the new motor Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Is that why yer still trying to sell the Bills to us? LOL I pay a dollar for that. Enjoy the new motor Mike. And that's twice as much as you would ever get for the Leafs..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 And that's twice as much as you would ever get for the Leafs..... I would say, it would be an even trade.You might be on the losing end. Ok,enough Hijacking.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 You will love your new Yammy! Ridiculously good on gas, they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungelarry Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Both my boat have Yammies,60 tiller,150 Skeeter, my buddy has a 75 tiller on his ranger, and we put many hours on them......your going to love it.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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