My friend just got a 96 yamaha blaster for $250. It still has the factory tires and it only has one scratch on the front. the only thing wrong is the caubuerator needs cleaned from sitting to long. my ? is what problems do blasters normally have and what stuff is best for them that's cheap? We both have streetbikes and now we can play on the quad to. hopefully we can bust out a few moves. I also heard that the brakes are shitty on them, i know that it has disc brakes but that's it. What can be done to improve? new to the quad scene so any info would be great. thanks

 

Yeah the brakes on pre 2003 blaster's suck. They are a mechanical drum in the front, and mechanical disk in the rear. In 2003 they got updated to the hydraulic disc front and rear. I had NO problems stopping when I had my 03 blaster. I guess the old brake setup worked well when it was working, but brake shoes wore very quickly and needed to be adjusted constantly.

I would upgrade your brakes first!

Good Luck!

Bill

 

**** for 250 you can't beat it. It is just what it is called a BLAST. fix the carb and ride the **** out of it them tell us what you think.

 

thanks so far for the reply's. where can i get brakes at? what kind and how much? are they just like a bike to change?

 

i might be wrong but what bill is saying about the 2003 model is cause they have the same rear break setup as a raptor...so i think you might be able to just get a raptor rear break setup and throw that on.....but im not sure if it is 100% the same.....

steve

 

for 250$ I woudn't complain


Bryan

 

hey bro you live in quincy? You ever come up to keokuk?

 

Yeah i come up there once in a while. It doesn't seem like their is anything to do up there. I'll be up there next week to pick up some parts for my zx-9r at Irvine cycles. Do u ever come to quincy and do u ride bikes also?

 

yea occasionally i come down to Quincy, no i dont ride bikes yet, hopefully if things work out ill be gettin my bike this summer, i just ride quads as of now. Have you ever rode at the riding park in loraine??

 

cant complain about only spending 250.00.......even if it doesnt run