I happen to love Blata bikes, but parts can be hard to get. Blatas major problem in this country is Blatausa and its staff. Ras and the rest of them don't give a rats @ss about their customers. Unless you want a new bike they will ignore all your emails and phone messages.
Polini parts are easy to get and plentiful. Bikes are more refined and easy to upgrade. You have alot more options for engine parts and accessories.
I've owned Blata elite 11s and 13. I still have Polini's a 910 and 911.
i have a blata b1, and love it. its fast and easy to repair, not that you need to fix them that often just general maintenance. the biggest repauir i have had to do on the bike is change the clutch.
I happen to love Blata bikes, but parts can be hard to get. Blatas major problem in this country is Blatausa and its staff. Ras and the rest of them don't give a rats @ss about their customers. Unless you want a new bike they will ignore all your emails and phone messages.
Polini parts are easy to get and plentiful. Bikes are more refined and easy to upgrade. You have alot more options for engine parts and accessories.
I've owned Blata elite 11s and 13. I still have Polini's a 910 and 911.
am i the only one who loves blata! COME ON! i have tried a polini and did not enjoy it at all. Blata i say is one great performing bike. huckster, bigbone someone help me out on this one
One thing I can say is that Blata has the market cornered in Canada. A new Blata is easy to get and relatively inexpensive. I wish there was a Polini dealer here. I'd love to ditch a couple of my bikes and buy a 4.2hp 910 for parking lot riding. I really like the look of the Polini bikes, and there are a lot more upgrades available for Polini than Blata.
how did blata steal china's c2 look when blata hasnt made a bike that looks like that. and the c2 was made after the elite 14's and b1's. as well china stole the frame design for the c2 from the banshee china stole the banshee frame design from GRC.
from left to right (oldest to youngest): GRC frame desgin, Banshee Frame Design, c2 Frame Design.
oh shoot, sry didnt mean to grind your gears. Well lets just use that as a learning tool for how china can steal many ideas. and john P i can see you are very smart about blata's just read your profile thingy. sorry everyone
But Blata's IMO still suck, I have yet to see one do well domestically in many many years. Polini motors are still much easier to get parts for, and are actually less expensive to work on. Also BZM now makes kits to fit a Polini kit. I have build several hybrid Polini/BZM engines that kick *** on the track.
Regardless, you won't go wrong by either, still much more reliable than any china engine.
I've ridden , Blata, Polini, GRC, and currently ride DM. The Blata elite chassis is very nimble, and the motor is pretty nice. But I really prefer the DM over all the bikes. And because it's Polini powered, which is very easy to get parts.
You are just talking about parts. I prefer the Blata WRS. It's alot easier then a Polini 911 to race. Here in Europe Blata parts is avalible from day 2 day just like polini and bzm.
I've ridden an Elite 13, and I race on a 911 rep. The Elite 13 felt too cramped for me. It restricted my ability to reposition on the seat, and laying it down on fast sweepers just felt weired. The 911 feels great for me, I'm able to reposition myself a lot, and I can adjust lean angle quite easily. The front end took some getting used to though, super stiff. The 911 also tires me out a lot more indoor, counter steering in hairpins..
I prefer Blata, polini are more common and they doesn't impress me with their performance...Blata is a bigger bike as well and i can drive it and corner much better
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