baddest blast I ever did see

[wifarmboy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-Buell-Blast-/261840177008?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

This thing is bad a$$

 

[DSHUMAKER]

Wish my blast looked like that!! That's killer!!

 

[jazzybeats]

I'm impressed.

 

[jetlee]

Full of No.

Velocity stack with stock exhaust? No.
Subframe added with stock left alone? No.
Mounting tabs for rear hugger still poking out? No.
Painted-over swingarm sticker? No.
Dunlop tires? No.
Missing front fender? No.
Missing fork caps? No.
Clutch line routing that will give you arm pump at stop lights? No.
Orange-peel rattle can paint? No.

Just. *******. NO!

Now my Rat Blastard is no show queen, but I'm also not touting it as awesome and asking $3500 for it.

IMHO, my wife's near-stock blue Blast looks nicer. Clean often looks more appealing than incomplete-modified.

Custom Built Cafe Racer built on a 2001 buell blast platform.
Motor completely rebuilt with all new gaskets and bored out cylinder head 3.563"
CNC Pushrod Covers
CNC Velocity Stack
Custom Tail Light
Bell Removable Headlight Visor
Cafe Bars / Grey Grips
Powder Coated Triple Tree, brake and clutch levers and Engine Covers
Pirelli Tires
Custom Fiberglass Cafe Seat Pan
Custom Built Subframe
Ignition and Cam Timing Set to Spec
This Bike runs perfectly and everything has been gone over and checked.

Where to start...
-Buell Blast platform? No, I'm staring at a Buell Blast with a seat swap
-3.563" bore is 510cc, not 550cc
-Pushrod covers are not CNC, maybe the base, not the covers
-Triple and engine parts were powder coated from the factory
-ONE Pirelli tire, the other is the horrible Dunflop
-That subframe isn't custom built, it's modified from something else...you can still see the tabs where the other bodywork attached to it.
-which means the seat pan isn't custom either
-Ignition and cam timing set to spec is a "feature"? Holy ****, RB's mod list just got a lot longer!

I don't believe that the case was split for proper powder-coating. With the lack of effort that went into the subframe, swingarm and pegs...I don't believe for a millisecond that these guys took the time to split the cases and powder-coat it. That's engine header paint.

 

[streetfighterx]

That seat looks so uncomfortable and with the way those thump. But it does look cool [up]

 

[ali]

I'm with Jetlee, once you look over the photos, it seems like a hack job

 

[DSHUMAKER]

It does. I paid less for my xb12ss.

 

[Cooter]

I like it's look in the pics but it's not "custom". It's a Rat Bike by definition. Re-using old parts in the cheapest way possible.

Anything on e-bay that says "Custom" means 'Bought from Huang Kong Province, China' and I bolted it on.

It used to mean:
One-off
I made it from raw materials into this pretty thing
I didn't use a rattle can
It's first time you've seen this because I made the first one
I used new technology, or new applied new ideas to an existing platform
It would be extremely hard to duplicate this.

I don't think any of those apply to the Blastroid above.

 

[jetlee]

I looked it over again...they only painted the top of the case. The bottom and trans are oil-covered and unpainted.

Lol

 

[rchuff]

If you really look it over the oil filter looks like it has oil on it, and the rear tire on the side wall, and rear rim has oil on it. not worth the money at all.

 

[wifarmboy]

Looks like I shat in jet lees Cheerios by say as a whole its a slick lookin blast...

 

[Cosworth]

This is a cool blast http://thekneeslider.com/buell-blast-cafe-racer/

 

[rchuff]

I'm with Cosworth on that blast. That one looks cool.[up]

 

[djs2k2]

I don't want to put an opinion! Cause that blast got blasted on its looks "pun intended"!

 

[jetlee]

Looks like I shat in jet lees Cheerios by say as a whole its a slick lookin blast...

Not you in particular, it's just that I've seen this thing on every forum (now) and all over Facebook and everyone drools over the piece of ****. I'm annoyed with the lack of craftsmanship that went into it yet people still ogle it.

Cosworth's link is a good Blast.

Though I still prefer the Sundance Blast:

 

[wifarmboy]

Ooooo. That one is very nice....

 

[jetlee]

THIS is a badass Blast!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Buil...tr=true&hash=item20faada7ea&item=141644638186

Every bit worth the asking price.

 

[daninr8]

I still like EZ's Vader better, but it shows that not every Blast has to look so ordinary.

 

[snrusnak]

the only good blasts were the ones they threw in the dumpsters...

 

[djs2k2]

Jetlee that one doesn't look bad minus the 1980 fairing!