Yamaha is not going to put the yzf in the blaster frame. I will bet u mmy 88 250r that they won't. If they put any motor in the blaster it will be the air cooled ttr250 motor. THe blaster is not a high performance quad, but a begineers quad, they would not put a high performance engine in it. Bottom line.

matt

 

12 hours to go..... New 660 4x4 for sure,,,maybe a gear change and some new colors for the Raptor,, I think a re-engine job on the Blaster is unlikely, but,,it could happen. What else? See you in the morning... 10:00 AM Mountain time....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

You are right 92lt,the Blasters engine came from a cycle and the Raptors engine came from a european dual sport cycle.
Bearman

 

Didnt the Banshee's engine come from a bike as well?

 

Yes, it came from the RZ-350

 

Bash you gotta use common sense on this one.There is no way in hell Yamaha will ever put a YZ250F motor in a Blaster chassis, think about it.A very expensive and pretty powerful motor in a Small, skinny, drum and mechanically braked machine?!? Its about affordable performance, the 200 in it is the best engne it could have, a 250 4stroke Blaster WOULD be a 250EX.

 

They're out!

Grizzly 660 looks pretty cool.
Raptor 80? Was anybody expecting this???
Looks like they all have brake lights now, and its about time, too!
Also, the addition of metallic silver (found on the Grizzly, as well as accents on many others) is a nice touch... looks pretty cool. In fact, I'd have to say that the black/white Banshee looks about as good as the blue/white...

 

And it looks way better after that Blue creases, making it a pretty white streaked machine, which it will from just about any flex in the plastic...

RoostKing...

 

That Raptor 80 is pretty darn cool. I wish that I was about 8 again so I could ride one. I might just have to buy one to match anyway.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

The reason they are offering the 300 deal is the same reason Honda had a deal on the 400ex's, to move them so they arent sitting around and losing even more money on them when the nest model year comes out. Most people, when they go buy a new quad, want the current model year and not a new 1 yr old one, even though they sell them a little cheaper usually. It is just a matter of business, trying to do a first in first out type deal on them. I know if I were yamaha, I wouldnt want to be sitting on year old inventory. Just the way I see it from a business standpoint.