yep had a yamma once and loved it. Bought a honda when they first came out because some simple minded thug lifted my 7.5 merc off my boat on christmas eve, l;ittle did he know that the shifteing dogs were screwed up. that first japanese motor was awsome. It was only a 7.5 four stroke, but for steelhead fishing in thwe river it was perfect. Sold it several yrs later for the same price I paid, and the guy ran it for yrs.Sold the boat with the yahmaha on it, got another piece of american technology[merc], it was a dawg. Got a fourty merc four stroke now, and its three yrs old, never a bit of trouble, only thing wrong with it, it seems to make gasoline.But it was made in china, not mexico.