My cunning plan about how to get an outboard...

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okies, my 2stroke outboard is almost totally shafted, so i was thinking:

1. I need a new one
2. I dont have much money
3. I really should have a back up motor

So I was thinking of a cunning plan. If I were to replace my existing one with an electric motor, I could use those two for a while until 2 strokes become llegal in mariners (next year?), then, i could pick up a powerful 2 stroke and tada!

I have two outboards, one for up and down the river, and a little quiet one for mooring up/marina use for not a lot of £wanga...

so:
1.When do 2 strokes become illegal?
2.How much do you think second hand 2 stroke motors will come down by?
3.Am I just talking crap and should i just buy a honking great motor and be done with it...?

Mat
 
I don't think they do, it's just that new ones cannot be sold - what a nonsense when one considers that the pollution from one transatlantic flight will probably exceed that from all the outboards worldwide.
 
Depends on size two. Actually sales of new 2 strokes will not be illegal - the rules prohibit carb fed ones (all small ones in other words). Direct injection two strokes meeting emission targets will be legal as new purchases.
 
Just for your interest, Tohatsu, have just hoinked up the prices on their two stokes! (ratbags) /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, on the basis that there is going to be a big demand for them, when the new legislation bites. Hope they catch a nasty cold!

Charlie.
 
Sure hope for my mates sake, that they don't ban all 2 strokes engines.

He has a 40ft+ mobo fitted with a Foden 2 stroke diesel.
What a cracker of an engine.
 
There's so much misinformation about this. The sale/import of 2-strokes will not be banned per se from next year. The sale of any engines, 2-stroke or 4-, which do not meet the new emission regs will be. This effectively means goodbye to small 2-strokes EXCEPT that they may be sold for rescue and commercial use. As for retailers being stuck next January with loads of stock they can't legally sell...well, if they have that little foresight they've probably gone out of business already.
 
Actually dealers are allowed to sell new stock after 1/1/07 - so no problem there. In fact if they are astute, they will probably increase their stock rather than reduce it!
 
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As for retailers being stuck next January with loads of stock they can't legally sell...well, if they have that little foresight they've probably gone out of business already.

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Any engines held in stock by EU importers or dealers, which have been tax paid, are exempt as though they had been sold prior to the regulations. According to my information.
 
Saw a post somewhere (the SOS Seagull site I think) from a bloke who had seen an old outboard that had had the n motor removed & a car starter motor bolted to the side of the gear casing in its place (Fan belt to pulley on drive shaft) with two big leads ending in giant croc clips (ie like jump leads) to connect to a battery. I would reckon it would be pretty powerful but battery might not last that long on one charge.

Sounds fun to try tho' if you have a duff old motor to play with. Not a pretty sight to behold tho'.
 
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