Let me start by saying sorry for the book but its realy important to this site and the ppl on here that inspired me to spend weeks on here reading and learning and spending a fortune of my money. So for those of you who think your the reason I am a member today and why I love my Blaster and this site, take one time out of your life to read what I have to say because I spent HOURS of mine life to read YOURS. THANK YOU ahead of time
So I stumbled across this Forum a few months ago and it is my BIBLE! I picked up a stock 02 blaster 8 months ago for only $500 that sat in a garage after being only riden the summer of 02 it was bought. Right off the bat I flushed all fluids, changed air filter, new plug, upgraded wheels and rims, greased all zerks. Basically everything common sense would suggest. While searching on Google for hours and hours on what next to make it better since im 25 years old and 212 lbs riding a common kids quad I found many posts by this site.
It started out by seeing the stock oil injection is bad news so I ordered the Vitos block off and ran 40:1 which is what my local shop told me. I than found out I should probly use 32:1 to be safe thanks to this site. Then I started reading all these other mods and upgrades and basicaly Bike Candy and Bike Performance stuff. But also thanks to this site I read that you cant just put stuff on and be ok to go. This site turned into a free school for me, I spent manyyy nights and hours reading and book marking pages and pages. I learned the PROPER way to plug chop and way, the PROPER way to jet your carb for every part change and way, the PROPER way to mix your oil and why(how to find your right mix, what increases the mix does and how it oils your jug and so on and so on), the PROPER way to do just about anything and everything.
Low and Behold I was out on the trails and blew a hole threw my crank case which turned out to be a blown apart top end, bottom end, just everything and everything was toasted. So I brought her in to my local shop and they said to put her back stock it would be roughly $800-$1,200 and I said you know what I can pick up another one highly modified and runs great for $600-$1,100 localy on craigslist (Many Thanks to Philadelphia For That). But If I build it I know what it has and I can put WHAT I WANT on it.
Now this next part is the KUDOS to all you BlasterForum people and admins and many thanks to AWK08 and BlasterFreek30 and Bronco79 (not sure I even got those right) but you people insprired me so much that it literaly changed my life. I had nothing going for me and have been struggling but picked up a quad to give me some life back and give me that hour a week to myself and hit the trails. Since I was doing this build I was gonna go big. 3 weeks ago I started buying parts like crazy and piling them up.
Now for the parts and why. The first thing I went and bought was a DG full exhaust, before it arrived I stumbled across a thread about how DG is basically stock design and to ditch it and get FMF Gold (lil to late and now I have an extra exhaust but Ill live lol) so obvioiusly I ditched it and got the FMF Gold. All the rest was Highly researched but to save time Ill just list. VForce 4 reeds, Outerwears open box kit, DynoJet Stage 2, Wiseco Bottom End Kit, used crank halves, Tusk Heavey Duty Clutch Kit, Transmission Bearing Kit ($175 from Yamaha), Air Scoops, Vitos Timing Plate Advanced +4 (running 32:1 93 Octane), Banshee Front Shocks, 400ex Rear Shocks (with Ken Occoners Bushings and Bolt), Shock Covers for Candy, Home Made Silencer Coupling, Throttle Cover for Candy, Handle Bar Clamp for Candy, ITP +3 all what way around with Hole Shot tires, 14 40 Gearing with Blue Chain, Iron Cross Front Bumper, Aluminum Racing Grab Bar that I custom converted made a Tail Light Bracket to bolt to the Number Plate spot on the grab bar, Wiseco Pro Light Piston Kit, Bored .02 over for fresh jug, Port and Polish for Agressive Trail Riding, Used Show Car Fender 10mm Allen Head Bolts with Blue Washers and Replaced Most Factory Yamaha Bolts with Them.
Thats most of what I can remember at the Moment, should be getting it back next week and Ill add pics. Still want to get skid plates, convince some of you to sell me these custom Case Savers your make and Fly Wheel Covers, have a VERY GOOD common repair I dont see on here that I want to make a thread on with step by step pics and details but the cold weather is holding me up.
One more time, Thanks you all for writing me and providing me my BIBLE and I hope I just added a page to its credits.
So I stumbled across this Forum a few months ago and it is my BIBLE! I picked up a stock 02 blaster 8 months ago for only $500 that sat in a garage after being only riden the summer of 02 it was bought. Right off the bat I flushed all fluids, changed air filter, new plug, upgraded wheels and rims, greased all zerks. Basically everything common sense would suggest. While searching on Google for hours and hours on what next to make it better since im 25 years old and 212 lbs riding a common kids quad I found many posts by this site.
It started out by seeing the stock oil injection is bad news so I ordered the Vitos block off and ran 40:1 which is what my local shop told me. I than found out I should probly use 32:1 to be safe thanks to this site. Then I started reading all these other mods and upgrades and basicaly Bike Candy and Bike Performance stuff. But also thanks to this site I read that you cant just put stuff on and be ok to go. This site turned into a free school for me, I spent manyyy nights and hours reading and book marking pages and pages. I learned the PROPER way to plug chop and way, the PROPER way to jet your carb for every part change and way, the PROPER way to mix your oil and why(how to find your right mix, what increases the mix does and how it oils your jug and so on and so on), the PROPER way to do just about anything and everything.
Low and Behold I was out on the trails and blew a hole threw my crank case which turned out to be a blown apart top end, bottom end, just everything and everything was toasted. So I brought her in to my local shop and they said to put her back stock it would be roughly $800-$1,200 and I said you know what I can pick up another one highly modified and runs great for $600-$1,100 localy on craigslist (Many Thanks to Philadelphia For That). But If I build it I know what it has and I can put WHAT I WANT on it.
Now this next part is the KUDOS to all you BlasterForum people and admins and many thanks to AWK08 and BlasterFreek30 and Bronco79 (not sure I even got those right) but you people insprired me so much that it literaly changed my life. I had nothing going for me and have been struggling but picked up a quad to give me some life back and give me that hour a week to myself and hit the trails. Since I was doing this build I was gonna go big. 3 weeks ago I started buying parts like crazy and piling them up.
Now for the parts and why. The first thing I went and bought was a DG full exhaust, before it arrived I stumbled across a thread about how DG is basically stock design and to ditch it and get FMF Gold (lil to late and now I have an extra exhaust but Ill live lol) so obvioiusly I ditched it and got the FMF Gold. All the rest was Highly researched but to save time Ill just list. VForce 4 reeds, Outerwears open box kit, DynoJet Stage 2, Wiseco Bottom End Kit, used crank halves, Tusk Heavey Duty Clutch Kit, Transmission Bearing Kit ($175 from Yamaha), Air Scoops, Vitos Timing Plate Advanced +4 (running 32:1 93 Octane), Banshee Front Shocks, 400ex Rear Shocks (with Ken Occoners Bushings and Bolt), Shock Covers for Candy, Home Made Silencer Coupling, Throttle Cover for Candy, Handle Bar Clamp for Candy, ITP +3 all what way around with Hole Shot tires, 14 40 Gearing with Blue Chain, Iron Cross Front Bumper, Aluminum Racing Grab Bar that I custom converted made a Tail Light Bracket to bolt to the Number Plate spot on the grab bar, Wiseco Pro Light Piston Kit, Bored .02 over for fresh jug, Port and Polish for Agressive Trail Riding, Used Show Car Fender 10mm Allen Head Bolts with Blue Washers and Replaced Most Factory Yamaha Bolts with Them.
Thats most of what I can remember at the Moment, should be getting it back next week and Ill add pics. Still want to get skid plates, convince some of you to sell me these custom Case Savers your make and Fly Wheel Covers, have a VERY GOOD common repair I dont see on here that I want to make a thread on with step by step pics and details but the cold weather is holding me up.
One more time, Thanks you all for writing me and providing me my BIBLE and I hope I just added a page to its credits.
