Honda 8HP Power Thrust Portable Outboard | BFP8DK3XHS

Listed here, Honda's BFP8DK3XHS is rated at 8 HP, portable, and it carries a 25-inch shaft, a push-button electric starter. Generally, built for small-boat use, not a , genuinely, big rig that needs a remote helm.

Check the shaft first

This motor carries a 25-inch shaft, which Honda labels extra long. Check that against your own transom measurement , here, before ordering.

Thrust over top speed

This Power Thrust , admittedly, gearcase pairs that with a power-thrust propeller matched to the gearcase for more push off the line.

Comes with

Along with the motor, the charging system, a stop-switch lanyard, the owner's manual, the external fuel tank, the fuel line, and a power-thrust propeller.

Two cylinders drive this four-stroke. It's fed by a carburetor, not injection.

It's a 222cc powerhead. It runs on regular unleaded gas.

On a small boat, whether , clearly, as kicker or primary, low weight and simple tiller control matter , particularly, more than raw speed.

After each trip in salt or brackish water, flushing and rinsing it down helps , practically, the whole motor last longer.

It's an easy , typically, engine to live with, not a project motor. Parts and service are the ordinary , simply, small-outboard kind, nothing exotic.

For running two side , plainly, by side? confirm rotation first. Run fresh gas and drain the carburetor , basically, before storage.

Honda covers it with a 5-year warranty.

Before you buy

Propeller included? Yes.

New or used? New.

Warranty? Yes, 5 years.

Electric start? Yes, plus a pull-start , notably, backup.

Weigh this against the rest of , arguably, Honda's small-outboard lineup before you decide.