- The response - No, I did not do it. Jason was
not able to travel to Glamis with us last Thanksgiving so
he never got around to bugging me about making his bike
faster. I'm wondering if he's going to call me soon
though since Easter is coming up fast.
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- The last time we were there together he melted down a
piston while cruising back from Mexico. If you've ever
done the ride to Mexico from Glamis you know it's a long,
flat boring ride if you take the dirt road. It requires
cruising at (on my bike) about 7000 RPM for about 25
miles. You have to be jetted right for that kind of
riding. What changed on the way back from Mexico was the
speed at which we were traveling.
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- On the way to Mexico we were going about 6500 - 6800
RPM in 6th gear. My motor was running about 1170 degrees
(f). On the way back we stepped it up a bit. I was
taching about 7300 @ about 1210 degrees. Since Jason was
cruising beside me I think the additional speed
necessitated the installation of a larger main jet in his
Blasters carburetor.
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- To make things worse, my brothers (Bill) motor went
lean while towing the dead Blaster (burned the exhaust
side of the piston away just enough to prevent the motor
from running). Since we also had a Jeep with us on that
ride, it towed his TRX while I towed the Blaster. Screw
the dunes (at that point). I went down the highway at
7500 RPM in 6th and under the additional load of the
Blaster and its passenger actually made my TRX run a few
degrees cooler since the throttle was opened that much
further.
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- Rick
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- Sorry to hear about your
mechanical problems during your Glamis trip. Jason'll be
back around soon, looking for some Blaster "Easter
Eggs"--just let us all know how it works. We learn an
awful lot through practicing the art of just listening.
Those LT80 racers that are sandpapering the insides of
the stock plastic are fully 33% (that's ONE THIRD)
lighter than stock overall. They are into acid dipping
"non-critical" (?) parts to save weight. They use glass
fish tanks, garage sale stuff, to dip the parts in. When
a part has a threaded hole, they can (and do) coat it on
that spot, to protect it from the acid bath. They drill
lightening holes in things and then salve them in with
plastic filler and re-paint. The idea being to hide it
and plastic filler is lighter than steel.
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- Flyin' Ryan
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- Mechanical problems I can deal with. Though a little
tougher to repair out in the middle of the desert -
certainly ot impossible. I know many people who have
wrecked a top end (leanout - seizure) driving the road to
Mexico. Since there's so much less drag on the motor, and
you're not using paddles out there - a rejet is required.
The throttle position while cruising at 7000 on a hard
pack road is very different than the same RPM cruising on
sand with paddles. This difference is enough to melt down
many a motor. A couple (or more) jet sizes up on the main
will prevent it from happening.
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- I like the idea of lighter parts. However since I'm
not a professional I haven't gone to those extremes. I
like the idea of a stock looking bike though. I wouldn't
cut the fenders or make it look any other way. That's
just a preference though. I hate the look of the larger
fuel tank I put on my TRX, but I made that exception
because I hate more to run out of gas. Additionally I
added the hood from an 89 TRX to get the additional
headlight - I like to go fast at night too. The other
thing I think of that's heavier (and quite a bit so) than
stock is the High-Flight Desert seat I have. My knees
used to get so stiff after riding that I started to hate
to get on the thing for long rides. I added the seat to
let my legs stretch out. It helps a lot. I messed up my
knees when I was a younger riding and racing
motorcycles.
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- Rick
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