heres the deal.. i just bought a raptor and me and my brother kinda just both ride that quad but we want another one so we can ride together when we go camping...but we dont have alot of money so we are looking at used blasters or quads like that in that price range..anyone with a blaster here: pros/cons of the blaster??

 

Alrighty there is a few of these topics around here somwhere but ill put what I have read to make it easy on you.


Blaster Pro's:
Cheap.
-Fast.
-2 stroke (thats a pro IMO cause 2 strokes are cooler than 4 strokes [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] )
-If they break simple to tear down and rebuild.
-Great first quad for the money new or used.
-Not a Honda... (that means alot to me lol, yes hondas are reliable im just not a honda man)
-Lots of mods available.
-Small for smaller trails too.
-Lightweight.
-Great for trail riding and MX

Im sure there is many more, feel free to add...

Con's:
-Said to break often but I dont belive alot of it, also much simpler to work on if it does break tho.
-Not the best suspension
-Disliked by alot for some reason...(maybe cause there only 200cc's and can beat 250's 300's 350's and keep up to 400ex's with mild work?)


Well this is all the stuff I have heard... Im looking into a blaster myself and gonna get 1 too. Alot of people say there slow... but hell at the local trails there is ALWAYS 8-9 people out riding and I know a few and Ive seen a piped blaster beat a stock warrior, many warrior riders swear up and down blasters cant beat warriors sure stock for stock a warrior can beat a blaster... but look how much the warrior cost more and for only aorund 200$ ive seen with my OWN EYES a blaster piped beating a warrior and switching riders and still the blaster winning, and I dont belve the 300ex even compete with the blaster thats my opion... but ive heard stock for stock the blaster walks the 300ex, and I dont care if anybody replys and says 300 is faster stock for stock... when I see it Ill belive it.

IMO great quad for the money.. I got quoted 3500$ out the door for a 2004 Blaster and 5000$ out the door for a 2004 300ex, and the blaster is faster (that rhymes [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] ) and hell even if its not... you got an extra 1499$ to spend on mods and with that kinda cash in mods you would smoke a 300ex into the dirt and send him home crying, and still cost less than the 300 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Also im sure you can get a used blaster for alot cheaper too maybe even 1500$ or less for a decent 1... (lots in the paper for that much too)

 

thanks for the info man i really appreciate it. I know a blaster can smoke a 300ex. my friend i ride trails with has a 300ex and his brother has a blaster(what are the chances) and the blaster with an fmf pipe and silencer schools the 300 like its nobody's business. anyhow thanks for the input

 

No problem Anytime.