[Gerry Zagorski]

Thanks guys. From everything I'm reading and hearing from people, the 4 stroke Yahama's and Suzukis's are great and on the 2 stroke side, everyone seems to loves their Etechs. The one dig on Suzuki's although less expensive then Yahmaha they don't have as extensive Dealer network and that limits their serviceabily and parts.

No one seems to have very good things to say about Mercury Verados. A friend of mine had a pair and although they ran fine, they seemed to be very particular and tempermental with the electronic systems. Batteries had to be direct run with no other connections to them and if they weren't fully charged, they wouldn't start. This was their earlier generation motors so maybe things have changed.