Honda 225HP | BF225DLRA

Honda's BF225DLRA is a 225-horsepower V6 four-stroke running a 20-inch shaft. The spec sheet lists 617 lbs. Steering runs by remote mechanical cable to a console rather than a tiller handle. Starting is electric only at this size, and the lower unit spins in Honda's standard direction, built for single-engine use rather than as the mirrored half of a counter-rotating pair. Displacement is 3583cc across six cylinders, fed by Honda's EFI electronic fuel injection rather than a carburetor.

Matching hull to shaft

Measure your transom against that 20-inch figure before ordering; getting the length wrong here affects both cooling and top-end performance. Full throttle on this block runs 5000-6000 rpm. Buyers at this horsepower are typically replacing an aging outboard or power-matching a new transom on a center-console or bay boat.

Standard equipment

Rounding out the package, standard equipment includes the charging system, a freshwater flush fitting, and power trim and tilt; Honda tops it off with the manual and five years of backing. The propeller ships separately from this engine.

Why standard rotation instead of counter-rotating? It's built for a lone engine, or for whichever half of a paired install isn't running the mirrored gearcase.

Could this pair with a second engine later on? Only as the standard-rotation half; it carries no counter-rotating gearing for a mirrored twin setup.

Does a 20-inch shaft suit a deep offshore transom? No, this is Honda's short-shaft option at 225 horsepower, better suited to lower-transom hulls.

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