Money is tight...he's looking to spend under 1k.

We found a 96 blaster that supposedly (haven't looked at it yet) runs good and looks good for $800.

Riding is strip mines, hill climbs, jumps, and woods/trails. He doesn't have to be the fastest of the pack by any means...

Will a stock blaster be way to small for him? (6'1", 200lbs)

I'm thinking throwing a lot of gear on it and it'll run good enough. thoughts?

 

blaster will be a little small physically but thats a great deal and it would be good to learn on

 

it would be where he would bump his knees on the handles bars. my buddy is about 6' 3 and he loves his blaster because he can just throw that thing around like nothing. i'd go for it

 

i wiegh about 180, and the thing fly's with me and i can fit 2 ppl on it being really squished, should deff be enough

 

Yeah my buddy is 6'1" about 205 lbs and he loves his Blaster. I ride it sometimes and it's fine for me - I'm about the same size as my buddy. It is a little small when you're used to the bigger bikes, but if that's all I could get I would buy it and ride the heck out of it.

 

Me and my buddy had blasters years ago. I'm 6'2 and wieghed about 170 and my buddy was 6'1 and about 200 hundred pounds. We had a blast on those things. They were a touch small but we still had fun. They are pretty peppy for just a 200cc air cooled engine. My buddy piped his and had the head ported. Would outrun my stock blaster and a buddies warrior. The only thing I hated about them was that the brakes were horrible. They use cable operated drums on the front and a cable operated disk on the rear. They switched to all disk brakes on the newer models. They also like to break the clutch cable alot.

 

He may be a little cramped, but he'll fit. I agree the brakes on those early years leave a lot to be desired. The good news is parts and hop ups are easily available. These motors can be built to have good power fairly cheaply. On the other hand, if routine maintenance wasn't kept up to date, any older quad is going to cost $$ as you replace bearings, bushings, brake pads, etc.

 

the older models can have the disk brakes if you mod them corectly

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]Mite be a little small,But that,s a Great Buy on it!!!Heck he could ride it for awhile and then resale it and Make a little $$$$ on it I think.They are a great Little Bike,I have a 2002 that everybody rides,Grandson,Wife,Son-law,dauther,it,s a extra I picked up, But I paid almost 2 times that fer it,But it is a Low-Hour,Low Milage bike and I knew the Owner that got it New!!! Go fer it.

 

well thanks for the feedback everyone. He went and test rode it...and it's physically a little small, but enough power to haul him around...only problelm was the owner didn't have the title...which is required here in PA....so he passed for now.

he did find a suzuki 250R for 1k.....supposedly runs good...we'll ahve to see if it has a title or not.