Yamaha Blaster, rider weight limit?

[altair]

Keen on a Blaster, for general beach riding (not in the dunes) and maybe an occasional trail ride.

I'm keen on the 2 stroke engine bit, (love 2 strokes) and kickstart, plus they are light enough to throw around, plus cheap enough.

But I'm 130KG, 5'11. Not wanting a race bike, just weekend general cruising on the beach, I'm not a fast rider.

Heaps of big buggers ride these in the states, any big blokes here ride a Blaster?

Would have liked a LTZ400 or EX400 but they go for more on TradeMe plus would be expensive to do motor work on, plus no kick start etc.

So could I have fun on a Blaster? Would probably do the big bore kit etc myself if I bought one. One on TradeMe at Sargent Motorcycles for $2500 at the mo.

Cheers

[unstuck]

Weight Capacity 220 IBS


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[fridayflash]

staying with yamaha two strokes..maybe a banshee 350? im guessing theyre not as cheep tho
but fruck they look fun! banshee has the old rd/rz 350 pv engine and blaster the old it200 donk
afaik

[dino3310]

+1 on the banshee, man those things can boogie, pretty fast for a plod along the beach but...

blaster should be alright, like Budha say's easier to gain horse power than lose weight

[altair]

Thanks guys, sounds like I might be just too big for a Blaster..bugger! Have a real soft spot for Blasters.

Will keep looking round, also like the EX Honda 400 and Suzuki 400, both 4 strokes, which worry me as most ads say they have been rebuilt at around 120hrs..WTF??? That's only one year of beach cruising!

Will keep looking, and getting more confused...lol

[dino3310]

what about something like this http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-611893833.htm could be a cool project finding one with a blown donk and shoe horning a gixxer or simular in there.

i like the look of these http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-615411241.htm

will be hard to find another 2stroke kick start bigger that the blaster unless there are a banshee or 2 around still... the Blaster maybe ok, should be enough grunt, maybe just some suspension work if its bottoming out over the ruff stuff.