| Author | Message | ||
     Mikej |
Brad, Someone just posted a $3,200 Blast on the site here. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Thanks for the info Mike. I need to wait till spring before I think seriously about a purchase. I find out in the next few days weather I have a job or not. Since the FTC finally got off their butts and approved the Pillsbury/General Mills deal we all find out our fate very soon. Since GM is the conqering victor, us folks at the "Dough Boy" are the first ones in the cross hairs. Hopefully they realize they need more network folks than they have and will decide to keep most of us around. It would suck job hunting right now. BTW, I think a jaunt across the Rockies about now would be VERY interesting! Brad | ||
| Mikej |
Brad, Yep, mergers suck bigtime. And a Rocky Mtn. meander about now would also be extreamly cold. Hey, one of the IT people here were talking some time back about Duluth having a mini-boom of IT type people and startups. Either the dot-com'rs headed north for the winter, or it might just be a localized phenominum. Hope all bodes well for you. MikeJ. | ||
| Pinkpank |
Interesting dicussion on the M2 prices . . . so the $4500 I saw (was supposed to have been $4000) '99 was NOT a fluke then, eh? Rode the Blast to the hotel where my friend is staying last night, and now that the bike is "naked" (no stickers ANYWHERE) the bellhop walked over to me and said "What kind of bike is THAT?!? I like it, a lot!". Of course, as with most people that take an instant liking to the Blast, he was not very tall . . . . ;-0 Oliver '00 Blast, now 99 miles and still not on reserve! | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Mike, Not exactly a merger, more like an outright acquisition. Kind of sets down who's who and who gets to make decisions, right or wrong. No way in hell I'm moving to Duluth! It's cold enough here already! BJ | ||
| Blastin |
Oliver, Expect ~100-115 miles (~2 gallons) city driving with a lot of WFO. Especially if your carrying ~250lbs of person and stuff.  Jerry | ||
| Pinkpank |
Hey Jerry, I've driven the poor thing pretty hard, so in the past I've gotten to about 100 miles and then was able to fit 2.2 gallons (for about 45 mpg, considering it's stop-n-go with WOT driving and anywhere from 220 to 370 pounds on the little bike). That has always confused me - I thought the whole tank was only 2.8 gal, but from this board I keep hearing that reserve should be required way before then. My bike is still puttering along fine when I must be down to what should be 0.6 gallons, without flipping to reserve. But no biggie. Easy enough to find out - this bike really lets you know when it runs out of fuel! ;-) | ||
| Joey |
Hey Mo! The problem with your clutch switch is most likely mechanical. I found that when it doesn't start, the plunger on the switch is sticking. If you hold the clutch in and push it in a little with your finger, then let go, it will pop out and let you start. I had the problem numerous times, and did that about 5 times, when it cleared up completely. It was my Pirelli that went flat! Has anyone tried the Stradas? (120/90, 100/90) Will they actually fit? Pirelli tells me those are the recommended tires if you want to go more expensive and longer lasting. Note: I don't get to read this board very frequently... | ||
| Xgecko |
I tried a 129/90 in the back and it wouldn't fit (at least in my first swingarm). The 100/90 should fit in the front though (tight fit). | ||
| Sarodude |
Curiousity... Anyone have any idea how much HP/Torque the Blast belt is rated for? I had a slightly psychotic thought which was immediately hampered by a few doses of reality - the belt being among them. The rear pully / sprocket / whatever a belt rolls on is full width. Is the front? -Saro | ||
| Xgecko |
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the XB uses the same belt ...at least in width. | ||
| Englishman |
Looks like we should be able to get replacement belts from the Maytag man? | ||
| Mikej |
I thought the XB belt was wider, like the same width as the M2/S3/X1 belt. I could be wrong. | ||
| Phillyblast |
Saro, simple math, because I'm a simple guy - if the belt on the X1 will take 105 hp, and blast belt is half the width, it should be able to take ~50 or so without a problem. I reserve the right to be wrong, as always. Whatcha got in mind? I'm back on the "make more power from the Blast" trip, so I already had the same thoughts on the belt, and that was my conclusion. Out of curiosity what's the biggest tire anyone has squeezed onto a Blast without swingarm mods? How did it change the handling? | ||
| Phillyblast |
http://www.sporttwin.com/nallin/ coming nov. 15 to a blast near you? | ||
| Fssnoc2501 |
Yea!!!!!!! Ain't it great. Now if we can get a suspension option, we would be in heaven. Ray | ||
| Aaron |
Very near me. 2 months ago  It works good. I'm rebuilding mine with his latest piston, I was using the 1250 kit piston before. I plan to do some more development work, too. Should be able to exceed the 46hp I was getting before. These bikes are quite a bit more fun with 20+hp over stock. AW | ||
| Phillyblast |
Ray, I was thinnin' - cut a little off the soft end of the front springs, and put in a spacer block the same length ought to stiffen them up. Also, wouldn't running a little more oil in them increase the dampening? Now for the back . . . Not a clue myself. I'm going to do some hunting around to see what other shock might fit. | ||
| Xgecko |
Blast!!!!(pun intended) that 515 kit looks too good. So I flew the "Idea" past the wife...she bought it as a next year while in Japan thing. I can still pull my head and send it off when I go on Cruise only when I get back I'll have lots to upgrade the bike with. Now I just need to find a Dyno in the Yokosuka area to tune my bike once it's done. Life was so much easier when I was just making payments. Now I have the title and am looking for ways to spend that "payment". | ||
| Prof_Stack |
50 hp sounds good. My question for Aaron, and anyone else that knows about this stuff, is: Where in the rpm range does the peak hp hit? What will the torque curve look like? If the 40+ (rear wheel) hp comes above 5500 rpm (after we all have a new rev limiter), what would that do to engine reliability? Any thoughts? Prof (gotta keep an eye out for all those slimy leaves on the ground) | ||
| Aaron |
Prof: My guess is that most any 50hp configuration will likely be pretty peaky. See the 46hp dyno sheet I posted around here somewhere. You can broaden out the curve with appropriate cams and exhaust, but expect to lose some on top. I would expect a well tuned setup could still pull well over 40hp on top in a very streetable powerband. But this is just my speculation based on my one very limited build-up. I haven't actually built one up with streetability in mind. I'm sure as more of these kits get out there and more different combinations get tried, we'll see how they perform. Reliability? The candle that burns twice as bright ... AW | ||
| Xgecko |
Thanks Prof that's something I hadn't thought of. Especially since that is one mod I don't want to do. On a Seperate note, I wrapped my Header in that often hated fiberglass tape this weekend. after "cooking" it on (and stopping a good samaritan for taking a fire extinguisher to my motor) I can't say if the HP is effected but the sound my bike makes was drastically changed. The note that the exhaust makes was lowered about an octave. Gone is the cracking (breaking plates) sound that my V&H pipemade at any RPM over 3K | ||
| Ezblast |
would a 120/70 fit the front and a 140/80 the back the numbers work but thats just theory - any takers for an answer - winters comming larger rubber would be nice | ||
| Glockinbuell |
GPS anyone? Has anyone successfully mounted a GPS unit to thier Blast? I have a Garmin GPS III+ and have been looking at the various mounts (Garmin, Cycoactive, and RAM) and I am curious if anyone has already tread this road before. Any input would be appreciated. --Mac | ||
| Phillyblast |
Reliability? Reliability? We don't need no stinkin' reliability! Actually, reliability is great, but considering I've had the bike a year and I'm already planning on tearing the motor apart, well . . .My big concerns are 1. bottom end and 2. transmission. Since the tranny is essentially the unit from the 1200 (correct me if I'm wrong here) it ought to hold up okay. On the bottom end, I'm not too concerned, either. I'm not gonna try to get 8 grand out of the motor, probably keep close to the stock rev limit on it, say 7200 or so. The new piston and valve train should handle a few additional revs, and look to be heavy duty. Besides, top end work is, relatively speaking, easy compared the other stuff, and if I decrease motor life by half, and the motor was designed to go, say, 50 K, I'm okay with that. Keeping tires on it might turn into a hassle, though :-) | ||
| Englishman |
Hey Glockinbuell, A writer for our magazine has tried a bunch of different ways to get the GPS unit to function properly. His main problem had been the tendancy of the unit to shut down when subjected to vibration. For this reason, he's been unable to mount it on his bike at all (rigid evo Big Twin), last time I saw him, he had the unit zip-tied to his arm! I've been trying to convince him to find a way to convert the display to a reversed LED and then mount it in the chin of his Darth Vader helmet and use it as a HUD. | ||
| Pinkpank |
A friend of mine (that has driven the Blast) just said his buddy bought an M2 Cyclone, and reported that the tranny is NOT clunky or sensitive to the speed of the shifts. Hmmm. I thought these trannies were basically the same? I know, it's the old "how to shift the Blast" issue, and I've learned to drive mine without clunking, but when I'm in a hurry there is NO way to shift quietly. Re: GPS, I use the Garmin eTrex, and it has never shut down due to vibration. Oliver | ||
| Glockinbuell |
Pinkpank, Which of the various mounts do you use with your eTrex? And are you running off of alkalines or the Blast battery? Thanks. --Mac | ||
| Pinkpank |
Hey Mac, I have to admit that I just stuff it in the tank bag top (map pocket) and run off the AA cells. Although since I bought the Blast, I have not needed it, so my experience was with the ZX-11 and my Suzuki. Is the Blast THAT much harder on the gear?!? Oliver | ||
| Xgecko |
I couln't not run a 40sec antishake CD player mounted on a stack of T-shirts in the tank bag. Forty seconds after take off it would skip....a lot. Destroyed an Incubus CD that I really liked. |
