Manitou Legacy

[smoker62]

Looking at a 25 Legacy SHP with a Honda 250 V-Tec motor. I am partial to the Merc Verado as I ran a 250 Vrod on my Ranger 620. What kind of speeds do you think I would get with the Honda ? I have read some test reports that the Hondas were not up to par on top speed with the etec ho's optis and verados.

[tms0425]

I've also been looking at the new BF250 as an option on a 23' Manitou. I talked to Greg at Manitou and there just aren't any reports with the 250 on pontoons in the field yet. I've searched everywhere and all I could find is a single JC test report on a 25' which was in the Honda promo. It swings a bit bigger prop with a different ratio so it may take awhile to sort out the typical setups. Please let us know what you're able to find.

[GaCarolinaTn]

For what it is worth, I have a new 25 ft Manitou Xplode (love it) with a Suzuki 250SS on it. With myself, the wife, 2 kids, and our water sports gear we've hit 50 mph. This is also with a fair amount of gas in the tank also. On a calm day less the additional bodies, gear, and gas, I'm very curious to know what she will run.

I tested some other tritoons, Manitou's with the SHP are the best!

My guess is that the Honda would perform similarly to the Suzuki?

[Bamaman]

The Legacy is absolutely gorgeous boat, and it is THE top performing hull.

I looked at the Manitou's before buying my new Bennie. We just don't have any good dealers closeby stocking any boats. The dealer I visited (340 miles away) carries Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and ETEC. He's been in business since 1972, and is completely objective on the above brands.

They used to equip all pontoons/tritoons with Honda outboards--until ETEC got their act together. Now, he only stocks the VP hulls with 150 hp ETECS, but he said they'll run circles around the 4 stroke motors out of the hole, and they are 3-4 mph faster (43-44 mph). I've heard the Hondas are very trouble free, but they're expensive--and not the fastest motor on the market. Who knows about the new 250 hp motor, however.

The boats I was looking at were ordered at new boat showing a year ago. Manitou gave the dealer the H.O. motor for the price of a regular ETEC and he got a deal on a $700 option package. They also charged something like $500 for the center hull storage that's well over $1,000 the rest of the year.

It's nice that you really cannot go wrong with any major brand of outboard motor. An in water demonstration might be warranted.

[tms0425]

One of our local Manitou dealers has a 23' X-plode SHP and a 25' SES SHP, both rigged with the Suzuki 250SS. They also sell Merc, E-Tec, Honda, and Yamaha SHO's, but Honda has been their go to pontoon motor. I thought maybe they rigged the Suzuki strictly on price, but he quoted only about $600-700 difference vs the Honda 250 or Yamaha 250 SHO.

[ScottE]

For what it is worth, I have a new 25 ft Manitou Xplode (love it) with a Suzuki 250SS on it. With myself, the wife, 2 kids, and our water sports gear we've hit 50 mph. This is also with a fair amount of gas in the tank also. On a calm day less the additional bodies, gear, and gas, I'm very curious to know what she will run.

I tested some other tritoons, Manitou's with the SHP are the best!

My guess is that the Honda would perform similarly to the Suzuki?

Cool info! I'm looking to get a 2013 Manitou 25 Xplode with a 300 e-tec early next year. Was hoping to be able to hit 50mph in it.

[GaCarolinaTn]

50 mph with a 300 HP Etec shouldn't be an issue!

Given the right conditions, I would expect 55-60mph!

SHP hulls are the best on the market, which is why I bled a little more than I wanted to when I bought mine a few weeks ago.

Good luck!

[Bryden24shp]

Yes they are, and yes it will... Thank you very much!!!
Bryan