Modern Buddy

If you remember my previous posts, I have a 2006 Blur with less then 4k BDU's with a blown motor.

Someone on ADV where I also posted my story sent me this link today at crashedtoys.com where there is a 2007 Blur 150 crashed that says it has a good motor. Bad part is its in Hammond, IN, so quite a drive to go pick up a crashed scooter. - http://www.crashedtoys.com/index.php?fu ... id=2697615 The next bid would be a $100 plus the equivalent buyers fee which is $75 at that amount. That wouldn't be too crazy at that price, but 3 people have already bid on it. The auction ends today at 1:20pm ET, so not much time to decide either. I've been contemplating just selling the scooter like it is or parting it out. In the mean time, it's been a nice decoration in my kitchen for the past couple months. Getting kind tired of just looking at.


BTW, I should update my other thread, but I tore the motor down all the way and took the head off. Looks like for what ever reason, the valve made contact with the piston and bent one of the valves. Whether that was what started the chain reaction of events or just one of the symptoms is hard to tell. The rod could have broken first and that let the head go up further then it should have and hit the valve and bend it.

That's a good price for an engine if they can guarantee that it runs right. I'd still tear it down and inspect it. It'd make for a fun winter project if nothing else. There's several shipping/trucking companies that could probably send it down your way. At least you wouldn't have to worry about it being damaged in shipping, lol.

Yeah, I'm a little skeptical of how it runs. All they say is it has keys and runs. Not a whole lot to go on right there.

BTW, anyone recognize if that was a members scooter from here or a friend?

You could "bulletproof" it by installing a 60mm crank and a bigger bore ceramic kit. Just throwing that out there. That's what I'd do, you know, if'n it were already on the kitchen floor and all.

Well, I didn't jump on it. Just no way to verify that the motor was in good shape before the auction ended plus the logistics of getting it.

bluelghtning wrote:Bad part is its in Hammond, IN, so quite a drive to go pick up a crashed scooter.

Hammond, IN is the bordering town to the north of where I live. If you'd like, I'd be happy to go check it out in person and offer up my opinion.

Rob

Rob wrote:

bluelghtning wrote:Bad part is its in Hammond, IN, so quite a drive to go pick up a crashed scooter.

Hammond, IN is the bordering town to the north of where I live. If you'd like, I'd be happy to go check it out in person and offer up my opinion.

Rob

That would have worked out great if there had been more time, but the auction ended today at 1:20ET which was only about 3-4 hours by the time I saw it.

I would have felt much better if someone could have just cranked it up and told me how it ran, but hardly any time to even ask them questions about it.