I believe Evinrude stopped production of their outboards a few years ago. Which would probably make both Johnson and Evinrude parts hard to come by in the future
(EDITED) I was just told that Evinrude stopped producing the outboards, but their parts side of the company is still operational.
So, I would think parts wouldn't be an issue
I've always fished the local bass tournaments in our river system and out of all the bass boats motors they are probably 80% Mercury Optimax. Most of them being from 1995 to 2010
I'm not sure what the fixation of the older mercury 2 stokes is but the people around here obviously love them
I used to be a huge merc fan. We had mercurys on our river, bay and gulf boats. I always used to say "I would rather drive a Lamborghini (Mercury) for a day than a Prius (Yamaha) for a year
Now on the other hand we do not own a single mercury outboard, after a few powerheads replaced under warranty and one not under warranty we swapped to Yamaha. The Mercury is fast and mean but not the most reliable, meanwhile the Yamaha may not have as much torque, but I believe they last longer and have a lot more turnkey reliability.
Just my two cents, I am not an outboard mechanic
Last edited by Bradley Goins; 08/29/24 09:39 AM.
