Howdy:
I replied to a CL ad for a 2006 Blaster today...the guy wanted $900 so I was thinking pretty incredible deal. Then he said, Oh there are a couple of things you should know:::We had been riding it back in February and it suddenly stopped/stalled. He said the first thing he noticed was the kick starter would not budge and he figured the piston is seized. He said he had just bought it from a "mechanic" who told him everything was fine. For whatever reason he was unable to get them to fix it or never tried very hard, likely the used bike risk we all pay.
So I asked what the lowest he would take for it was and he said $600. I drove nearly 2 hours to meet 1/2 way and decided to take on this project. It has some goodies: Razor tires and rims front and rear, Pro Circuit Pipe and Silencer, nerf bars. He said it was upgraded shocks but they are covered so I have not looked yet. Also included the stock tires and rims, the front fenders, brand new chain, both sprockets and spark plug.
It is a little bit dark out right now but the bed of my truck is covered in oil so apparently there is a decent leak...maybe that means it ran out of oil on the bottom end rather than going lean on top. Seems like it would all have leaked out by now since it died in Feb, but maybe our loading it up sloshed whatever was left around.
Anyway, I am having some buyer's remorse because I just picked up a 2001 Blaster the last week for $650 and now I am in these two for $1250. I guess I am hoping to Frankenbike it enough and do an engine swap from the 2001 to the 2006 and have one pretty good bike as a result. I started out with a smaller budget and now seem to be soaring past pretty quickly---yeah, that would be the 2nd Blaster putting me over!!
Other thought is to try and fix the 2006 motor. I have done lots of work on 2-strokes in the past for lots of reasons but never with a seized top end. I sure would welcome any tips on getting the cylinder off without too much additional collateral damage. I am thinking the motors should swap out pretty easily, but the 2001 is all stock so maybe I am setting it up for disaster with the race pipes?
Thanks Awk for the pic posting tips!!
I replied to a CL ad for a 2006 Blaster today...the guy wanted $900 so I was thinking pretty incredible deal. Then he said, Oh there are a couple of things you should know:::We had been riding it back in February and it suddenly stopped/stalled. He said the first thing he noticed was the kick starter would not budge and he figured the piston is seized. He said he had just bought it from a "mechanic" who told him everything was fine. For whatever reason he was unable to get them to fix it or never tried very hard, likely the used bike risk we all pay.
So I asked what the lowest he would take for it was and he said $600. I drove nearly 2 hours to meet 1/2 way and decided to take on this project. It has some goodies: Razor tires and rims front and rear, Pro Circuit Pipe and Silencer, nerf bars. He said it was upgraded shocks but they are covered so I have not looked yet. Also included the stock tires and rims, the front fenders, brand new chain, both sprockets and spark plug.
It is a little bit dark out right now but the bed of my truck is covered in oil so apparently there is a decent leak...maybe that means it ran out of oil on the bottom end rather than going lean on top. Seems like it would all have leaked out by now since it died in Feb, but maybe our loading it up sloshed whatever was left around.
Anyway, I am having some buyer's remorse because I just picked up a 2001 Blaster the last week for $650 and now I am in these two for $1250. I guess I am hoping to Frankenbike it enough and do an engine swap from the 2001 to the 2006 and have one pretty good bike as a result. I started out with a smaller budget and now seem to be soaring past pretty quickly---yeah, that would be the 2nd Blaster putting me over!!
Other thought is to try and fix the 2006 motor. I have done lots of work on 2-strokes in the past for lots of reasons but never with a seized top end. I sure would welcome any tips on getting the cylinder off without too much additional collateral damage. I am thinking the motors should swap out pretty easily, but the 2001 is all stock so maybe I am setting it up for disaster with the race pipes?
Thanks Awk for the pic posting tips!!
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