Well as far as I’m concerned and what I read so far, the new Yamaha 425 V8 specs and pics are unveiled, and many including myself are amazed at the 1000lb weight. And there are already pics of quads on a 45’ Grady. That’s 4000lbs of outboards on her ass. Unreal. Looks like Yamaha is targeting the 40’ plus market. On the contrary, tonight the mercury website got updated to reveal the new 250-300 hp V8s, weights are beyond impressive. The new gen 3 Vrod 300 is now 600lbs, around 60 lbs lighter than current 300 Vrod. The regular non Vrod 300 is around 530 lbs!!!! Big score for mercury... so I currently have a 250 gen 1 Vrod that weighs 662. If I go the regular V8 300, I can get 132 lbs off transom, and gain 50 hp, while going from a straight 6 to a V8...... nice!!!
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