Got a second Blaster

[Kane]

Guy came to the shop yesterday AM, looking for Mojave parts (I can't imagine why, is there any worse piece of crap out there?). I had sold the engine and used the front hubs, calipers, spindles and such on my Tecate hybrid, no tires or rims and crappy plastic. He asked if I might be interested in swapping it for some blaster parts. I told him bring the stuff by but no promises. Well after all's said and done we swapped my junk for his Blaster-in-a-box. Basically, an entire Blaster will all parts but disassembled in a couple of boxes. He wore the crank out (common, eh?) and I guess he just got bored so he took the entire chassis apart. Anyway, it's a 95 and in very decent condition with sharp plastic and seat, as-normal useless rear caliper, missing the rear wheels but thats fine since I got a couple sets extra with my previous Blaster swap. He even had a new Hot Rod stock replacement crank in a box for the engine. I was just going to rebuild the engine to sell on Ebay and keep the rest for spare parts but my brother borrowed the '02 Blaster all afternoon and upon returning showed a considerable interest in one. That suprised the hell out of me as he's a dedicated ATC250R freak as well as my size only more built. He didnt care for the mini-kicker any more than I do though. He had an interesting idea though. He asked me what I thought about stretching the frame about 4 inches in the engine cradle area, shoehorning an aircooled '84 ATC250R engine in and compensating for the difference in front length with YZF450 front fenders and tank. Since I have the stuff in my parts area I'm giving this some thought. Any comments?

[blaster2000]

Man you get the best deals i have a better chance of falling off a 40 story building and surviving than getting a deal like that

[370banshee]

Originally Posted by Kane

Guy came to the shop yesterday AM, looking for Mojave parts (I can't imagine why, is there any worse piece of crap out there?). I had sold the engine and used the front hubs, calipers, spindles and such on my Tecate hybrid, no tires or rims and crappy plastic. He asked if I might be interested in swapping it for some blaster parts. I told him bring the stuff by but no promises. Well after all's said and done we swapped my junk for his Blaster-in-a-box. Basically, an entire Blaster will all parts but disassembled in a couple of boxes. He wore the crank out (common, eh?) and I guess he just got bored so he took the entire chassis apart. Anyway, it's a 95 and in very decent condition with sharp plastic and seat, as-normal useless rear caliper, missing the rear wheels but thats fine since I got a couple sets extra with my previous Blaster swap. He even had a new Hot Rod stock replacement crank in a box for the engine. I was just going to rebuild the engine to sell on Ebay and keep the rest for spare parts but my brother borrowed the '02 Blaster all afternoon and upon returning showed a considerable interest in one. That suprised the hell out of me as he's a dedicated ATC250R freak as well as my size only more built. He didnt care for the mini-kicker any more than I do though. He had an interesting idea though. He asked me what I thought about stretching the frame about 4 inches in the engine cradle area, shoehorning an aircooled '84 ATC250R engine in and compensating for the difference in front length with YZF450 front fenders and tank. Since I have the stuff in my parts area I'm giving this some thought. Any comments?

hmmm not sure if it'll work. but it sounds good

[Kane]

Well, I'm not bragging (being a 4-stroke, this wouldnt be the site to do so, eh?) But this is not a Raptor. Its a pile of parts given to me to prove whether I had the skills to do so or not. The subframe and rear caliper from an 83 KLR600, the front frame and suspension from an 87 LT250R, the rear suspension and axle from an 86 ATC350X, the engine was an 83 XS650 that was converted to a 277 crank with an 850 big-bore kit and altered web cam, the entire body plastic and seat and tank from an 01 Raptor, and those are just the larger items. The machine comprises the parts from no less than 25 different others. The idea was can I build a racer for less than $250 if I had the stuff. Kinda like that lame-ass jesse-whoever show but I couldn't call buddies for a $10,000 "freebie" part. I had to use what was in the pile, the money was to be used for consumables such as welding wire or gas or new flapper wheels and emory belts. No new M/C or ATV parts allowed. It ran like a bat outta hell and won several ice drags and ice oval races, that being the season I built it. It cost me $128 in consumables. I sold it for a mint 78 CR250 elsinore, a nice condition 97 Mojave (they suck even in nice shape) and $1200.

[370banshee]

cool quad but a H2 engine would been cooler. but thats just because i'm a very biased 2 stroke lover. but yeah i'm diggin the pile of parts made into a winning drag racer. thats kinda what i'm doing with my Z but not nearly to that extent

[Axxman007]

how long did take to build

[Kane]

Considering both the insane weight of the XS650 engine and the work required just to get it into the 70hp area, I would have gone with something more easily workable as well. But, as I said, I had to use what was at hand. I would have liked an H2 or T500 to use but couldn't. It took me 2 weeks, working in a 5' X 9' storage shed. I had to do it at home. Being the most vibrating bike in existance, getting it smooth was the hardest part. After having to learn that area putting any dirtbike mill into a quad frame is reasonably easy for me now. For you guys with dirt mills in quad/trike frames having foamy brake fluid problems......buy some two-part casting rubber, mix with a thinning agent if needed, cap one end and fill the handlebars full. If you're experiencing really bad vibration, you can drill holes in the top of your vertical frame tubes and pour the same stuff into the frame itself. It works miracles. Having a mill and lathe really helps in making some custom parts like engine mounts and floating bar mounts. Anyhoooo, I saw people were talking about a liquid cooled DT200 mill being put on a Blaster. Never seen this Canadian bike, anyone got an idea as to how hard getting one would be? 31hp stock over the blasters 17hp would be pretty cool. (also save a nice 250R mill for where it belongs)

[370banshee]

the DT200 and the blaster are the same engine. actualy youi can proabably unbolt teh blaster engine and bolt the DT engien right in. i'l have to do a bit of research to seeof that in fact was teh right engine (Dt200 that is) i'l check and post agin. o i understand about the "using what you had" thing. i just like the big 750 triples

[high_octane94]

Originally Posted by 370banshee

the DT200 and the blaster are the same engine. actualy youi can proabably unbolt teh blaster engine and bolt the DT engien right in. i'l have to do a bit of research to seeof that in fact was teh right engine (Dt200 that is) i'l check and post agin. o i understand about the "using what you had" thing. i just like the big 750 triples

yeah the dt200 bolts right in it just has to have the swingarm pivot hole enlargened and a battery is required to operate the powervalve actuator. Theres quite a few here in ontario...i almost bought one but then decided i should build a chassis to handle it first.

[370banshee]

ok i didn;t know the Dt200 was a PV engine. hell yeah i say drop one in a blaster and go kick some 40ex ass!!!!!