I had a 1969 outboard that gave me good service until 1990, when I sold it. I saw the guy I sold it to using it 2 years after that. That's for a kicker. It was beat by that point, but still running. Probably had about 2500 hours on it.

Lots of guides run motors for a year and then sell them. Figure 200 days a year, 8 hours a day, that's 1600 hours.
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