Well i've decided to tear my baby down and polish her up a bit
As you can see its in pretty rough looking shape, but you have to factor in that it is now 21 years old, frame is straight and all welds are good though!

Pics


frame before


swinger rear carrier


motor & other parts


front end ( I need to fill up that cooler one day )

I was going to have the frame and all other parts re-powder'd but I decided to clean the frame up for this year so I can get it back together and enjoy it next summer


new DMC exhaust


LSRacing front travel arms

If there is any atv guys on this site feel free to chime in!

Sweet, a fellow Banshee owner here on XS! Good to see I'm not the only one who loves 2 strokes these days.

I've did some work on the frame and got it for the most part cleaned up, I need to come back over it again though will get pics up once some decent progress has been made.

Feel free to post your shee up boddah!

they had atv's 21 years ago??!! now im interested hehe....

i gave up on kick starts when i shattered my ankle jumping a 2 stroke dirt bike... electric start only my man... hehe

Yep, mine is a 1987. The first year of the banshee.

If you shattered your ankle kickstarting a 2 stroke there was probably some work that needed to be done

I agree the new 450's are some badass quads, but they are pretty pricey nowdays along with it takes alot more money to make power.


I got the frame cleaned up, it looks a hell of alot better than the before picture.
Its still a little rough around the edges but suits me for now. I plan on switching to a newer A-arm chassis in the future anyways.

i have a yamaha kodiak... its too slow for me now
i want a sport one now... im thinking a 400ex or a yfz450

You will not be dissapointed with the yfz 450

Hah, nobody would want to see my stock POS. Right now it's naked (no plastic), as it needed a new head gasket when I got it, and still has a pesky leak somewhere around the radiator that I haven't been able to find. Once I put some money and time into it, I might post it up.

I do love these "dinosaurs", though. Nothing better than the powerband of a good 'ol 2 stroke.

I haven't bought a new set of plastics yet so mine doesnt have any right now

The leak around the radiator shouldn't be hard to find, just start it up and give it gas. You should be able to locate easily that way.
Yeah it does take some money and time.



Yes and once you get into porting and other mods shit starts getting fun

A pic of my new radiator grill

For those interested sorry for the lack of updates. I have it back to a rolling chassis now.

I will take more pics once it has been powerwashed.

I will also be sure to post vids once it's done.