This is going to be a total overhaul, but since the engine is going to be
switched to a 2003 KTM SX, I felt this was the right forum for this.
My son bought a Blaster with hole blown in the bottom of the engine from this broken piston skirt:
We repaired his engine with JB Weld and fiberglass (I should have taken pictures) and it is working wonderfully.
I really liked his Blaster. Light, peppy, agile. I started looking for one of my own.
The ad said "Blaster with 240 kit and lots of parts, runs well but needs reeds".
I called, 20yr old told me "it runs if you push it, lots of power, yes, the brakes work."
I get there, it is rough. No compression. One front brake.
No spacer in the other wheel so it is flopping loose.
It has papers (very important here!). We negotiate a price.
One hidden danger on this gem was broken handlebars, hidden by offsetting the brake under the clamps.
Thank God it didn't run. I could have been killed on a test run! Don't ever pull this kind of garbage.
This is quickly discovered and reveals what sort of an idiot (hopefully) or a cheat you really are:
Didn't get a picture of it when I bought it. Got it home, pulled the motor.
No 240 kit, it was only 0.020" over, messed up piston, bad crank. Reeds were fine!.
A quick size up revealed a KTM 125 (35hp) would easily fit and maybe even a 250 KTM.
Here is the bike with new front and rear push bars, and the motor and rear suspension removed:
Cut the front mounts a bit and sized the 250 KTM and a 380 KTM motor to see what I could fit:
The 380 was a bit too tight. The 2003 KTM 250 SX was an easier fit.
One goal is to be able to retro-fit the Blaster motor at some later date
and I wish to keep frame modifications to a minimum.
The frame was dimpled slightly to get a lower fit in the front:
An interesting problem were these cracks in the bottom of the swingarm.
I suspect they are from torsion on the swingarm, but there are none on top.
switched to a 2003 KTM SX, I felt this was the right forum for this.
My son bought a Blaster with hole blown in the bottom of the engine from this broken piston skirt:
We repaired his engine with JB Weld and fiberglass (I should have taken pictures) and it is working wonderfully.
I really liked his Blaster. Light, peppy, agile. I started looking for one of my own.
The ad said "Blaster with 240 kit and lots of parts, runs well but needs reeds".
I called, 20yr old told me "it runs if you push it, lots of power, yes, the brakes work."
I get there, it is rough. No compression. One front brake.
No spacer in the other wheel so it is flopping loose.
It has papers (very important here!). We negotiate a price.
One hidden danger on this gem was broken handlebars, hidden by offsetting the brake under the clamps.
Thank God it didn't run. I could have been killed on a test run! Don't ever pull this kind of garbage.
This is quickly discovered and reveals what sort of an idiot (hopefully) or a cheat you really are:
Didn't get a picture of it when I bought it. Got it home, pulled the motor.
No 240 kit, it was only 0.020" over, messed up piston, bad crank. Reeds were fine!.
A quick size up revealed a KTM 125 (35hp) would easily fit and maybe even a 250 KTM.
Here is the bike with new front and rear push bars, and the motor and rear suspension removed:
Cut the front mounts a bit and sized the 250 KTM and a 380 KTM motor to see what I could fit:
The 380 was a bit too tight. The 2003 KTM 250 SX was an easier fit.
One goal is to be able to retro-fit the Blaster motor at some later date
and I wish to keep frame modifications to a minimum.
The frame was dimpled slightly to get a lower fit in the front:
An interesting problem were these cracks in the bottom of the swingarm.
I suspect they are from torsion on the swingarm, but there are none on top.
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