1998 Blaster for my son

[Sc0tt]

I am going to look at a 1998 Blaster this evening for my son. I was wondering if any of you Blaster or previous Blaster owners knew of anything special that I should ask or look for? I know the obvious 2 stroke stuff. Here is the ad from Craglist1998 yamaha 200 blaster

Wish me luck!

Thanks in advanced

Scott:wink:

[Stoopidbot1]

Seems like a fair deal, nice looking machine. I think your son will love it.

[Sc0tt]

Thanks Bot!

[outlander560]

looks nice i think its a good deal but the back brake caliper is it just missing that or is it missing everything like the brake lines and the brake lever?

[SunLrider]

i wuld suggest a hydrolic rear disk conversion. very good compared to the brakes on the blaster. i would look into rebuilding the carbourator(i found a kit for $15) also buy spark plugs, if you even attepmt going at an incline you will screw up your plug, trust me. 3 months of constant tearing apart isnt worth $3

[Stoopidbot1]

i wuld suggest a hydrolic rear disk conversion. very good compared to the brakes on the blaster. i would look into rebuilding the carbourator(i found a kit for $15) also buy spark plugs, if you even attepmt going at an incline you will screw up your plug, trust me. 3 months of constant tearing apart isnt worth $3

You were fowling plugs, You can't drop a 2 stroke into low RPMs to lug it up a hill. You have to make that thing SCREAM!

[Sc0tt]

Well we got it. I can't believe I bought it with out starting it but it seems that the carb problems are worst than I thought. We are getting any gas through the carb it appears. I think the compression is a little low too. I will have to get a compression tester on it. It has a full Graydon Proline exhaust on it. It has been bored but we don't know how much. Tires are in good shape and it has a new set of bars on it. I did manage to get it for $350 dollars though. I am going to take the carb off tomorrow and see what I can find out.

[Stoopidbot1]

It shouldn't be too hard to get it going. Congrats on the father-son bonding toy.

[Sc0tt]

Thanks yep that is what it is going to become. I think I am more excited than he is.

[powermaddd400ex]

Thanks yep that is what it is going to become. I think I am more excited than he is.

your son is lucky scott,

I have to beg my dad to help me work on my quad and come riding with me

congrats on the new toy

[Sc0tt]

Well bad news is we have to rebuild it. Compression is down to 50 psi. The carb is not in too good a shape either. I am looking on Ebay to find a carb and maybe the rest of it too.

[jigolbeep]

Sound like a great project... even if it does need some work you can ususlly find blaster parts pretty cheap, even aftermarket stuff... how old is you son? is this his first ride?

have fun and good luck

[Sc0tt]

My son is 14 and no he is graduating from a Polaris Predator 90. I am picking some stuff up. I need to sell his to get the money to do the majority of the work but I will be pulling it down this weekend to see what the inside of the cylinder looks like.

[Ajmboy]

My son is 14 and no he is graduating from a Polaris Predator 90. I am picking some stuff up. I need to sell his to get the money to do the majority of the work but I will be pulling it down this weekend to see what the inside of the cylinder looks like.

Good luck with that. Take some pictures and post them up...