Finally got on the trails today for the first ride on our 2001 Blaster including some nice aftermarket parts I had raided off a worn out 2006 Blaster. I did a lot of neighborhood jetting combos before taking it out...finally ended up with a 250 main and although it is just a tiny bit on the rich side, I feel better with it that way.
This is my best jetting fit for the following: Full Pro Circuit Pipe and Pro Circuit 304 Silencer, stock carb, No Toil air filter, airbox lid ON with snorkel, oil auto mix pump ON and working just fine.
So it ran great, can toss the rear end around even under my 200+ lbs. It also stops on a dime because I ordered a set of AWK's rear GSXR brakes and they are a must have over that old POS rear brake it came with.
Almost immediately the front left shock blew and amazingly enough it was able to pump fork oil out continuously for the entire day and it got on everything including me...I didn't think one tiny shock could hold that much oil being that its so small. Anyone ever rebuilt one of these? I do not want to spend much more $$$ on it at this time as I am over my imaginary budget, so just curious if there are seal kits avail for a few bucks.
I bought this Blaster for my son, but he really did not get into it because of all the clutching and shifting. I tried to explain 2-strokes and 4-strokes--hmmm...so I ended up riding it pretty much the entire day. Man, I was totally surprised!! I currently have a couple of 400EX's, a Yamaha Raptor, and I used to have a Polaris Predator 500. This thing is so light and nimble on the trails, you can just toss it around and for me it really hugged the ground tons better than I thought it would. I have not widened it but it still held onto the tight trails and boulders just fine.
I took a "no kids" ride alone later this afternoon and kinda got myself in a pickle when deciding to go after some rock-crawler stuff just to see what it would do...poor choice. I wheelied it up one long and harsh climb but on the downward side, I had to jump off about a 3-4 foot ledge, then noticed it was followed by a series of ledges one after another---all around the 4 ft variety give or take...ughh. That was way more than I wanted to test it out on but there was no option to turn around after that first ledge...no way I was going to be able to turn it around and go back up that ledge. I just gravitied it on down but I probably won't take that trail for awhile, if ever--ha!! But what a cool little machine, now I see why there are entire sites dedicated to this critter.
I noticed that even with most of the left front shock oil finally bled out, it still handled very well on bumps. I do think the back shock far exceeds the front shocks overall though.
This is my best jetting fit for the following: Full Pro Circuit Pipe and Pro Circuit 304 Silencer, stock carb, No Toil air filter, airbox lid ON with snorkel, oil auto mix pump ON and working just fine.
So it ran great, can toss the rear end around even under my 200+ lbs. It also stops on a dime because I ordered a set of AWK's rear GSXR brakes and they are a must have over that old POS rear brake it came with.
Almost immediately the front left shock blew and amazingly enough it was able to pump fork oil out continuously for the entire day and it got on everything including me...I didn't think one tiny shock could hold that much oil being that its so small. Anyone ever rebuilt one of these? I do not want to spend much more $$$ on it at this time as I am over my imaginary budget, so just curious if there are seal kits avail for a few bucks.
I bought this Blaster for my son, but he really did not get into it because of all the clutching and shifting. I tried to explain 2-strokes and 4-strokes--hmmm...so I ended up riding it pretty much the entire day. Man, I was totally surprised!! I currently have a couple of 400EX's, a Yamaha Raptor, and I used to have a Polaris Predator 500. This thing is so light and nimble on the trails, you can just toss it around and for me it really hugged the ground tons better than I thought it would. I have not widened it but it still held onto the tight trails and boulders just fine.
I took a "no kids" ride alone later this afternoon and kinda got myself in a pickle when deciding to go after some rock-crawler stuff just to see what it would do...poor choice. I wheelied it up one long and harsh climb but on the downward side, I had to jump off about a 3-4 foot ledge, then noticed it was followed by a series of ledges one after another---all around the 4 ft variety give or take...ughh. That was way more than I wanted to test it out on but there was no option to turn around after that first ledge...no way I was going to be able to turn it around and go back up that ledge. I just gravitied it on down but I probably won't take that trail for awhile, if ever--ha!! But what a cool little machine, now I see why there are entire sites dedicated to this critter.
I noticed that even with most of the left front shock oil finally bled out, it still handled very well on bumps. I do think the back shock far exceeds the front shocks overall though.
It is a HOOT. has a little porting and Fat Bastard pipe. When your son gets tired of auto clutch or cvt he'll be wanting to ride the Blaster I:I
