A new friend for my 90

Post by **Carl** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:45 am

Nice addition...

With all these boats poping up I'm going to have to head down south to pick one up again

Carlco

Post by **Gordo** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:49 am

Hey Markus great choice on your kicker. I have a Yammy on my boat as well and it's great.

Gordo

Post by **Markus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:01 am

I picked up a kicker plate also, but I'm considering mounting it dirrectly to the transom. I've seen a few on kicker plates and I don't ike how they shake around when trailering. This 9.9 is heavy. My plate is rated for the weight, but I think the trnsome might be a better option.

Also, can you mount a transom saver on the side were the kicker is? Or do you think thats nesessary?

Post by **eye-tracker** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:08 am

Nice Kicker Markus...

I have been looking at the Merc 9.9 Pro Kicker to add to my boat this year. Same reasons as you... saftey, less time on big motor and less Gas.

Panther - MarineTech make a great steering rod that connects to the main outboard steering bar and then to the kicker.
http://www.cabelas.com/information/Boat ... 00930.html

I am sure you will enjoy that Yamaha...

cheers'

-et

Post by **Markus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:12 am

I've seen conector rods that attack like that one ET - at the top and I've seen the bars that connect the two shafts.

Has any tried them both?

Is there a certain mounting rule of thumb that dictates which way to go?

Post by **M.T. Livewell** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:16 am

Carlco wrote:Nice addition...

With all these boats poping up I'm going to have to head down south to pick one up again

Carlco

Mark, it sure is gonna be nice trolling with the wind at your back without the blue smoke blowing back on ya. Now you won't go home smelling like you lawn mowed your trout.

Carlco brought up something that I cannot find. I was looking for the thread about "show me your boat" or whatever it was called.
With Spring coming, and everyone getting excited about their new rides, or just tweaks and cleaning they have done to the old, I think we need to see a few shots of boats.
Moderators, can you find that thread?

M.T. Livewell

Post by **Hoover** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:00 am

If you want a some stainless tubing to m ake up a connector between the two i can grab some at work for you. We just use pneumatic fittings so you can snap it on and off like on your air compressor

Post by **eye-tracker** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:02 am

Markus wrote:I've seen conector rods that attack like that one ET - at the top and I've seen the bars that connect the two shafts.

Has any tried them both?

Is there a certain mounting rule of thumb that dictates which way to go?

Most of the Professional Walleye Tour boats that I have been on or seen all use the bar like the link in my post to you. The bar on the inside allows you to quickly disconnect in the boat to use the tiller handle to steer. The bars at the back would be hard to disconnect once in the water.

I am sure they both work fine...

cheers'

-et

Post by **Wallyboss** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:02 pm

A buddy of mine had a transom saver homemade by a friend of his who was handy with a welding machine I'm sure that somebody u know is!!
it went from the lower unit of the kicker motor to a welded bracket on the trailer and he put a pin thru with a hole and cotter pin assemply.and a big strap around lowerunit.

Post by **fishforfun** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:32 pm

I would go with the bracket ET posted, I have a buddy with the other one and twice last spring he climbed into 54 deg. water to reattach it

Maybe it was a bad one but!

Post by **Markus** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:34 pm

fff, i'm leaning that way too. I think BigO uses the shaft conection and had it professionally installed. I'm curious what he thinks.

Post by **nighttroller** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:32 pm

You are going to love the kicker. Your big motor will love you too as they aren't designed for trolling! I had the linkage like ET showed and so did my dad and it worked great. I also had a trolling plate but I took the motor on and off when I trailered it! Either way, you are going to love it!

Post by **Hoss** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:13 pm

Congrats on the new kicker Markus. I have the same motor(15hp) but exact same weight and dimensions. This is my third year and it has run perfect.

I have the exact same bar that Eyetracker linked to from cabelas and it works great.....(also a lot cheaper than the ez steer setup that goes on the back of the shafts)

As far as the transom savers go...I got one from cabelas as well that is very quick to put on. Just bolt the mounting plate on the trailer and the bottom of the transom saver fits in the hole. No bungees or crawling under the trailer. Just a bungee around the motor.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... lts1.jhtml

Holy link batman

Post by **big-o** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:08 pm

Marcus...congrats on the new kicker. As far as the linkage goes, i would think the one Eye tracker posted would be the way to go, mine is a little different than most....I had to have it custom made, I'm not going to be using the kicker this year, I'm going with a trolling Plate, I realy find the kicker a pain in the butt, unless you have a throttle control at the drivers postion, going back every few miutes to adjust the speed....well I think Ill put my 10 hp, in storage, take off the kicker bracket , the kicker Bracket , in my opinion is not made for Four Stroke motors(SEEM TO BE TO HEAVY), they shake and are hard to put down and lift up....but with one you don't need a long Shaft motor...I will be looking into a better system...and there is no hurry...2.5 MPH for salmon is easy with the Ninty...I bought the kicker for Quinte, I think the trolling plate will work just as well.. I'll still have the 10 on the back at Quinte , good back up motor ..just incase you run into problems with the main motor

Post by **Wall-I-Guy** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:11 pm

Thanks for the link Hoss!

You reminded me I was gonna buy that TS in the Fall, decided to wait for Spring....Just ordered it!!

One more thing out of the way