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For you guys who have ridden both. which did you like better and why?
Personally I don't have a lot of fun on the Blaster.
Exactly what he said.Depends on how comitted you are. Blasters are pretty easy to go ride close to stock and perform well. If you don't like to get creative mechanically go with the Blaster. If you like trading motors around and pretending you are on Orange county choppers then an X2 is fun. After you get a big block in it and a good prop without a worn out pump you have a few more options for tricks. A good X2 will do any trick a Superjet will do as well as any trick a Blaster will do other than seat grabs. It is easier to stab than the blaster and has the potential to do flatwater rolls if you have power and trim. You should be able to get an X2 for a few hundred dollars then spend your money on a motor and prop. A blaster will be $1500 to $2000 on average. Personally I don't have a lot of fun on the Blaster. If I had to ride something other than the X2 I would ride a Superjet.
Jerry, did you ever think of putting an XFT trim system on a Blaster to do tricks?
The only reason the blaster walked on the x2 in the early years was because of the 650 slug of an engine. A well tuned modified 750 motor makes up the difference.