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Post by Kurt on May 24, 2003 15:12:28 GMT -5
me and the guys at VCA/Valley Manufacturing/Project Blaster were thinking about the possibilities of making a Customized extended Blaster frame that we could unleash to the market. It's not certain yet, but if we do start on one, we will have lots of R&D time before it becomes available for sale. It will be 2" to 3" longer, making it so much better for motocross/cross country/drag/hillclimbs... hell, just about everything.
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Post by Tony19 on May 24, 2003 16:14:09 GMT -5
Good idea  . DO you have any idea how much they will be? |
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Post by Kurt on May 24, 2003 16:36:02 GMT -5
no, not yet. Like I said, it's just something we would love to do. It will be one of the best control/handling improvements you could make to a Blaster.
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Post by JeSse on May 26, 2003 17:40:52 GMT -5
i bet it will be about 1300 bucks maybe more
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Post by HighFLyingNick on May 26, 2003 18:20:48 GMT -5
Thats definatly gonna break my pocket.. lol if you decide to market the frame Will there be more leg room?? And will ALl the Blaster parts fight right in??
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Post by Malisiak05 on May 26, 2003 20:40:36 GMT -5
Ya i would think there would be more room all around, sounds like a great idea. I cant wait till you get it out if you can....Good luck and i hope you can make the frames.
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Post by Kurt on May 26, 2003 23:25:46 GMT -5
Actually, no there won't be much more room because we are just lengthening the frame up front so it will be longer making it handle a lot better. This will help when going over rough sections because it will glide easier. It will probably be around $300-$500 but I'm not positive yet.
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Post by phragle on May 27, 2003 12:39:56 GMT -5
well gee...not to uhmmm..sound like a jerk, but if you want to extend a blaster frame...maybe I'm the one to consult.?.?.? I have built more extended blasters than anyone else on the planet..won baja on them, 2nd overall at ama nationals (against the big bikes) 2 world endurance records, press in all the magazines, espn, speed vision..................
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Post by Malisiak05 on May 27, 2003 12:50:00 GMT -5
I think you guys should help each other out . |
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Post by Brandon on May 27, 2003 14:24:34 GMT -5
Phragle, Welcome to this board. I think your help on the extented frames would be greatly appreciated by Kurt, as I've seen some of your frames and they look SWEET! Do you have an AIM name, that he or I could get ahold of you on? Thanks.
Brandon
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Post by Kurt on May 27, 2003 17:30:04 GMT -5
Yea, I've seen your frame Phragle, it's pretty trick! What we're trying to do is make one for motocross, yours is set up for long duration events. I really don't like to talk about it out loud like this, but we haven't worked with it yet, it's just something we have planned. VCA sat down and thought it up and the frame will be extended but still stay low to the ground allowing all stock parts to fit as well as making it longer (not wider.. not possible). Also another factor is money. I don't want to throw too much money into this so most people won't be able to afford them, I wanted to keep it around $300-$400 with a core charge of the old frame. Let me know if you've done any work on an MX frame.
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Post by phragle on May 27, 2003 18:30:23 GMT -5
I have some ideas.. one of the biggest problems youll encounter is steering shaft angle, keepeing it in the plastic. the 03 plastic isnt so bad with triming but the earlier noepiecs were pretty tight. look at adding a little more rake to the front end. this will let the a-arms sweep back as they hit a bump and also help point the shaft back a bit. also, by changing the upper shock mounts you could use 250r shocks allowing more travel and used 250r shocks oem, and aftermarket are plentiful. my enail is phragle@hotmail.com if you would like to discuss this further away from public view.
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Post by Kurt on May 27, 2003 23:52:45 GMT -5
You have some good points, and I'll show this to the manufacturers at VCA. I'm not sure when we'll start r&d on our frames, but when we do I'll let you know and probably need some help, lol. Thanks!
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Post by DmcBlaster on Jun 2, 2003 22:45:57 GMT -5
Why cant you make it wider? Plastic wont fit?
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Post by Kurt on Jun 2, 2003 23:18:23 GMT -5
well nothing would fit if I made it wider... you get a-arms and axle to make it wider, if I made it wider in the engine area, it wouldn't make a difference anyway.
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