When it’s time for off-season storage, don’t forget to give your kicker outboard a little love, in the form of an oil and filter change. Because auxiliary outboards spend most of their life at idle or very low rpm, it is common for condensation to...
Changing the gearcase lubricant in your 75hp and higher Mercury® FourStroke outboard* is routine preventive maintenance that will help keep your engine performing at its peak. Gear lube protects vital components within the gearcase, or lower unit, from corrosion and wear. It should be changed...
In winning the Sudden Death Round of the Major League Fishing General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops on Turtle Lake in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Quicksilver pro Jacob Powroznik, of Prince George, Virginia, proved once again that he can find and catch quality...
Replacing the Quicksilver fuel filter on many Mercury outboard motors is an easy job thanks to the quick-disconnect fittings. No tools are required to change this filter, which is featured on late-model four-stroke Mercury outboards from 75 horsepower through Verado models. The Mercury maintenance schedule calls...
A propeller provides a direct connection between a boat and the water, transforming horsepower into thrust, lift and steering control. That’s why having the right propeller on any boat is critical to all-around performance. Quicksilver® utilizes superior engineering, manufacturing technology and materials to produce a broad...
Winter brings the end of the season for many owners of outboard-powered boats. When you lay up your boat, correctly preparing your outboard motor for months of storage with premium Quicksilver® products will help assure that it’s ready to go next spring. In cold climates,...
Your two-stroke marine engine is a hard-working machine. You ask it run under heavy load at wide-open throttle for extended periods, a duty cycle that could destroy an automotive engine. Even more challenging for two-stroke marine engines are extended periods of operation at low speeds,...
Marine grease has a tough job. Not only does it have to lubricate and protect bearings and other parts, it must withstand extreme moisture conditions, extreme to the point of being submerged in water. While marine grease and “regular” grease both have the same job,...
Although Katherine has raced nearly everything with wheels, from Karts as a girl to Indy and IMSA, this weekend marks only her second drive in a NASCAR. Her first drive was at Mid-Ohio just a couple of weeks ago, but ended in a DNF with...
Automotive and marine engines are engineered to run quite differently. In order to meet emissions and fuel economy standards, automotive engines are calibrated to run within a certain RPM range and seldom see any heavy loads. Most of the time they are running at low...
Mark Daniels Jr takes home his first Bassmaster Elite win from Lake Oahe. Going into Championship Monday with a 6+ lb. lead, Daniels struggled Monday morning to get bites to keep his chance of winning the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe presented by...
Nashville, TN (June 16th, 2018) This was my first race with the new boat in the NGK F1 Powerboat Championship Series. The course was a loop on the Cumberland River between the Woodland Street & Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridges downtown Nashville. A lot of factors put our...
Mark Daniels Jr (MDJ) reeled in 14th places his rookie year at the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic. With catching the Berkley BIG Bass on Day 1 weighing 6-11. {No big deal.} That brought MDJ's Day one total weight to 15-14. That bass kept him in...
The famous yellow mustard flowers are blooming around the banks at Kentucky Lake this week at the Bassmaster Elite, and that means the bass should be biting. Straight-shooting veteran anglers Greg Hackney and Jacob Powroznik preview the event that begins Friday and concludes on Monday near...
When I [Jacob Powroznik] was growing up, if I wanted to learn about fishing, I looked to the men in my life to teach me. Just as many of the other professional anglers did. If one of my idols was fishing in a tournament, we...
Austin, Texas (April 22,2018) Austin, Texas and Circuit of the Americas (COTA) hosted Round 2 of the MotoAmerica season. It was an abbreviated race weekend for MotoAmerica as they shared the venue with MotoGP. This stop is MotoGP's only US appearance so...
Katherine Legge is a multi-series racing driver who is having another incredible year with her new team Micheal Shank Racing in 2017. Born in England, she competed successfully in various series in Europe such as British Formula 3, British Formula Renault 2000 and DTM. Now...
Where the Road Ends Moto (WTRE) is an epic 5 month, 18,571 mile, motorcycle journey from northern Alaska to southern Argentina. Approximately 7,500 miles into the adventure in Panama is the dreaded dense jungle and river network known as the Darien Gap, a 100 mile...
Braselton, GA (April 15, 2018) One Fifth, One Fourth, One Crash, and One Gremlin. That was the essence of the inaugural race for the Quicksilver LEXIN Hudson Motorcycle Racing Team in MotoAmerica's Round 1 at Road Atlanta. Our Superbike hero, Bobby Fong, had a strong first day by placing...
QCREW Pro Team member, Jacob Powroznik, finished fifth in the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. Powroznik primarily relied on a wacky rig. He made that with a 5-inch V&M Chopstick Worm and No. 2 Mustad TitanX Neko Wacky/Neko Hook. For a full...