Advantages: Lightweight, powerful 200cc two-stroke motor, proven over time Disadvantages: Wheel base and width cause instability in some situations.
The Yamaha Blaster is a legend in its own right. It has been in production for many a year now and has sold in large numbers worldwide. Its success has mainly been down to the large spread of potential buyers that it caters for. Although its main target is the rookie rider, it has sufficient power to thrill most users while providing good value for money and great reliability.
I have had my Blaster now for 7 years and had very few mechanical issues with her. Of course i have had to change tyres and top up fuel and oil levels when needed. I do as a matter of good maintenance, keep the chain and other moving parts oiled and greased, but this level of maintenance is expected on all such machines. I have recently rebuilt the top-end of my blaster engine and was very pleased to see that the condition of most of the internal waer parts was ...
01ict587 16.12.2006 (01.09.2009)
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Advantages: Plays CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Remote control Disadvantages: As Henry Ford said - any colour you like as long as it's black.
THIS IS A COMPLETE REWRITE OF SOMETHING, WHICH WITH HINDSIGHT, WOULD HAVE GOT ME LABELLED A CHURNER OF "120-WORD WONDERS" IF I'D KNOWN WHAT ONE WAS AT THE TIME!
I bought the YamahaCDX-496 as a replacement for my trusty Technics machine, which was about 10 years old, and bristling with features. My main reason for upgrading was the fact that the Technics was starting to get choosy as to which make of CD-Recordable disk it was going to play.
Older CD players were built before recordable CDs were even thought of, and since a CD-R does not comply fully with the original specification for an audio CD, play-back could not be guaranteed, until recently that is.....
Having a CD-Writer in my PC means that I make a considerable number of compilation albums, and having to choose a particular make of CD-R was limiting me to the expensive ...
BNibbles 09.11.2000 (05.06.2001)
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Advantages: Value for money, good sound Disadvantages: Won't fill large rooms, confusing remote
When the police come knocking at your door saying `we have reports of gun shots coming from this house`, you know you have a top notch home cinema system (or a rough neighbourhood) But belting out True Lies or Terminator 2 at full volume is not going to prove anything if you don?t have the correct sound system.
All DVD players on the market are equipped with Dolby Digital (the theatre standard digital sound) and the likelihood is your VCR will attain Dolby Surround (the theatre standard of the Eighties and early Nineties) The only way to reproduce this sound in its entirety, is with a Home Cinema amplifier or decoder and the Yamaha RX-396RDS is just one of those amplifiers waiting to be heard.
The Yamaha what?
Ok, they make bikes and their hi-fi equipment is renowned for being somewhat expensive but anyone into their sound will ...
