Had a 89 Blaster when I was a 14. brand new loved it.
My girlfriend has a 12 yr old so now 23 years later I thought .. Hmm I loved my 2smoke. He's been riding small Automatics for a couple years now so i thought this would be a good bike to start teaching him how to work a clutch.
I picked up a 89 fixer upper off CL for 500 bucks. all stock . Ran When i bought it.
I forgot how much snort these little bikes had.
Now i am digging into it for my boy. PO problems up the Wazoo.
Initial Leak test was good. Compression was at 50PSI. Yikes. had been run rich it's whole life am guessing. Plug was dark, piston too, otherwise Jug was clean. Had to go .030 over on the piston. Installed my newly bored Jug. Compression test 120PSI. Awesome! Fired up 2nd kick. idled great with choke on, warmed up, Idled great choke off. Took for a test drive around the block taking it easy. Sat and let it idle a few minutes idle shot through the roof. Now it only runs right with the choke on. Guess I developed a leak somewhere. Hit the kill switch let it cool off. Went to grab my leakdown tester. I ran the SOB over puling out of the garage.
so need to find the leak.
PO installed a twist on it. I personally like it. I had one installed on my first blasty. Need to switch to a thumb throttle for son. But on top of that I think the PO took a full throttle from a bigger quad. The Tors unit was Siliconed to the top of the carb cause it is bigger than the carb.
I think that is the major stuff.
Oh yeah the Nerfbars are from a different quad too, barely held on.
I love this little bike. I have a line on a motor that I am sure needs a topend rebuild for 150 bucks. I am going to grab that and Start building me one too. I want something a bit more powerful tho So I am sure i will grab a Vitos 240, probably do a +4 swinger, broaden the stance a bit maybe a +4 or +6 A Arm swap.
GFs Father has a GREAT Shop so I am hoping to one off as much as I can.
I think having a little quad that can run with the big dogs is a brilliant thing.
Hopefully it won't be long before I can Start a build thread. I look forward to soaking up some of your knowlegde.
My girlfriend has a 12 yr old so now 23 years later I thought .. Hmm I loved my 2smoke. He's been riding small Automatics for a couple years now so i thought this would be a good bike to start teaching him how to work a clutch.
I picked up a 89 fixer upper off CL for 500 bucks. all stock . Ran When i bought it.
I forgot how much snort these little bikes had.
Now i am digging into it for my boy. PO problems up the Wazoo.
Initial Leak test was good. Compression was at 50PSI. Yikes. had been run rich it's whole life am guessing. Plug was dark, piston too, otherwise Jug was clean. Had to go .030 over on the piston. Installed my newly bored Jug. Compression test 120PSI. Awesome! Fired up 2nd kick. idled great with choke on, warmed up, Idled great choke off. Took for a test drive around the block taking it easy. Sat and let it idle a few minutes idle shot through the roof. Now it only runs right with the choke on. Guess I developed a leak somewhere. Hit the kill switch let it cool off. Went to grab my leakdown tester. I ran the SOB over puling out of the garage.
so need to find the leak.
PO installed a twist on it. I personally like it. I had one installed on my first blasty. Need to switch to a thumb throttle for son. But on top of that I think the PO took a full throttle from a bigger quad. The Tors unit was Siliconed to the top of the carb cause it is bigger than the carb.
I think that is the major stuff.
Oh yeah the Nerfbars are from a different quad too, barely held on.
I love this little bike. I have a line on a motor that I am sure needs a topend rebuild for 150 bucks. I am going to grab that and Start building me one too. I want something a bit more powerful tho So I am sure i will grab a Vitos 240, probably do a +4 swinger, broaden the stance a bit maybe a +4 or +6 A Arm swap.
GFs Father has a GREAT Shop so I am hoping to one off as much as I can.
I think having a little quad that can run with the big dogs is a brilliant thing.
Hopefully it won't be long before I can Start a build thread. I look forward to soaking up some of your knowlegde.
