[Normagain]

Since you mentioned resale and fuel I would go with the Suzuki. I wound up with the Yamaha 115 four stroke because I couldn't pass up the price on a used motor but really wanted the Suzuki 140. The Suzuki is like 17% larger cylinder displacement than the Yamaha 115 so it is not just a hopped up smaller motor. I am getting good performance for 115hp but have noticed already when I load the boat down the performance is suffering. That being said, I am still getting better than 4mpg at cruise even with a heavy load, and have seen as high as 5mpg with a light load. I've only had the boat out 4 times so far so still dialing that in. I've heard from a decent mechanic most blown four strokes are from being either over propped or mounted low and water flooding the cowling in heavy seas. If the flooding issue is true, this is a consideration for some but shouldn't effect you with the higher transom. When I was looking around the one thing that looked like credible issue was an exhaust corrosion issue on the earlier Suzuki 140's. I would be most concerned if the motor was sitting in the water. The problem was a galvanic issue with a bolt from what I remember. It was correctable, I'm not sure which year Suzuki fixed the problem, may have been right around 04 or 05.