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Old 03-28-2002, 06:40 PM   #1
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Honda 130 4-Stroke

Man is that thing quite . Spent 2 hours today breaking her in and contrary to what FW/BC think, I'm 20% there on getting it done. In fact after the 15 minute ideal, 45 minute 2000-3000 stint and the coooooooooold hour long 4000-5000 rpm run, I'm basically good to go for the next 8 hours. I just need to not run at full ideal more than 5 minutes at a wack, which shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Aside from the obvious silence, I love the power curve (for lack of a better term) of this motor, as compared to that Suzuki. With that old 2 stroke you either idealed slow or were up on plane, nothing in between worked. This motor is slick and I'll be able to run at all rpm's. I hate trolling but this puppy will troll silently at under 3 mph, which is unreal. Only drawback is the motor height is definately wrong and I've got to get that changed, because I can't trim it up much at all before it blows out.

Planning on a freshwater trip Saturday and maybe another hour on it.
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Old 03-28-2002, 08:17 PM   #2
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Sounds like your dream motor Bob. Good luck with it.

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Old 03-28-2002, 09:00 PM   #3
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good luck with it ,Bob

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Old 03-28-2002, 10:27 PM   #4
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Bob glad to hear you are all set with the new motor. I know how much the old one was bothering you. Good luck

Ps just got back from first real try for fish down here and got 3 small ones on GS RUBBA looks like that was money well spent at the GS booth on Sat.
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