New-b here. Been looking around the forum for a few months and have read a ton about my 1st Blaster. Looking forward to jumping into blasty-bliss with all you guys.
Heres the long story(SORRY
):
I 1st laid eyes on the first Blaster when my cousin got one in the late 80's. Loved its racy style. I always had 2-stoke dirt-bikes and loved them-Yamaha was what I had had mostly. Never owned a quad till this Blaster.
I have a nephew who I got onto dirt bikes a few years bike and after 3 upgrades, he finally entered his 1st competion on a XR70. It was a rainy(and messy) day full of worries, but he did great. He had a fellow in the pits offer him to take his quad for a ride and he was hooked. So began the quest of finding him a quad. I had never had one(had 3 wheelers, though...), and thaught I'd get something to call mine, but tell him he could ride it anytime he wanted. I knew I wanted a 2 stroke, somethiing popular, and something affordable. I picked up a beat up blaster for a few hundred bux and so the journey began.
The 96(?) Blaster(drum front, rear cable) I baught was running(rough), and has an extended axle, Maier race front plastic, Snyder +3, +1 a-arms, and a rebuilt motor w/a stock stroke Vito's crank, fresh topend(.80 over), and aftermarket CPW carb,. Douglass aluminum rims w/RAZR tires all around, FMF pipe + silencer, WORKS front tripple-rate shocks in the front w/remote rezzi's(banshee, I believe), and a 400EX rear shock.
I didn't get any pictures of it before I disassembled it, but have had a few since I started the project of a complete tear-down. I easily found a local guy(w/in a mile of work) that parts out blasters, so anything I needed was well within my grasp, and he is a great guy and has super-fair prices too...
1st problem: Broken engine mounts. Front and bottom-welded numerous times(unattractively too I might add...). Also had the right peg break off the frame and same yahoo booger welded that up, too.
Got another frame from the partsguy. did a disassembly, but before-hand I started the engine and let it warm up and it ran good, but was kinda noisy. I took the clutch-side cover off and found the balancer gear had come apart. Ebay solved that delima + I believe this is why the engine mounts were broken in the past(it shook like the heavens when I reved it up...).
I have encountered several other issues I will add later cuz I think this read is long enough for now.
Pictures to come(if I can figure it out!).
Glad to clime aboard! Everyone seams very knowledgeable, and I have read some great posts here with excellent advice. More to come!
Heres the long story(SORRY
):I 1st laid eyes on the first Blaster when my cousin got one in the late 80's. Loved its racy style. I always had 2-stoke dirt-bikes and loved them-Yamaha was what I had had mostly. Never owned a quad till this Blaster.
I have a nephew who I got onto dirt bikes a few years bike and after 3 upgrades, he finally entered his 1st competion on a XR70. It was a rainy(and messy) day full of worries, but he did great. He had a fellow in the pits offer him to take his quad for a ride and he was hooked. So began the quest of finding him a quad. I had never had one(had 3 wheelers, though...), and thaught I'd get something to call mine, but tell him he could ride it anytime he wanted. I knew I wanted a 2 stroke, somethiing popular, and something affordable. I picked up a beat up blaster for a few hundred bux and so the journey began.
The 96(?) Blaster(drum front, rear cable) I baught was running(rough), and has an extended axle, Maier race front plastic, Snyder +3, +1 a-arms, and a rebuilt motor w/a stock stroke Vito's crank, fresh topend(.80 over), and aftermarket CPW carb,. Douglass aluminum rims w/RAZR tires all around, FMF pipe + silencer, WORKS front tripple-rate shocks in the front w/remote rezzi's(banshee, I believe), and a 400EX rear shock.
I didn't get any pictures of it before I disassembled it, but have had a few since I started the project of a complete tear-down. I easily found a local guy(w/in a mile of work) that parts out blasters, so anything I needed was well within my grasp, and he is a great guy and has super-fair prices too...
1st problem: Broken engine mounts. Front and bottom-welded numerous times(unattractively too I might add...). Also had the right peg break off the frame and same yahoo booger welded that up, too.
Got another frame from the partsguy. did a disassembly, but before-hand I started the engine and let it warm up and it ran good, but was kinda noisy. I took the clutch-side cover off and found the balancer gear had come apart. Ebay solved that delima + I believe this is why the engine mounts were broken in the past(it shook like the heavens when I reved it up...).
I have encountered several other issues I will add later cuz I think this read is long enough for now.
Pictures to come(if I can figure it out!).
Glad to clime aboard! Everyone seams very knowledgeable, and I have read some great posts here with excellent advice. More to come!
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