Wow that brings back memories for me too. Exact same year and same color even. Only sad thing different for me was i bought mine with the same exact piston and rode it around for a year. I only noticed that half my skirt was gone when i took off the top end to inspect my piston. Imagine my surprise when i took off the top end and saw that. By the way my blaster was running just fine for the year and a half i had it at that point