Thread: 2 stroke vs 4 stroke outboard. 5-8 hp range

Originally Posted by XR500

How many hours do you intend to use the motor yearly?

A 2 stroke is vastly less finicky over storage, irregular use, maintenance costs etc etc.

The 2 stroke isn't that much noisier than a 4 stroke of that size.

Taking it on and off regularly, you will appreciate the lighter 2 stroke.

An 'old' 2 stroke may still only have a hundred hours on it, so decades worth of use still left.

Mostly intend to use it when my mate who owns a boat doesn't want to go but conditions are good. I'd say probably 50-100 run hours a year, once I find a good spot i usually sit there til they go off the bite.