SANDSTAR

Everyone needs to drop the old "jobs are going overseas" whine. Unemployment is at a historically low level. Last I looked, unemployment was around 6%. 4% of these people are transitional workers--in the middle of changing jobs. That leaves a 2% jobless level. If your job was worth what you were getting paid, it would not have gone over seas. Does it make you feel like a loser that Chico in mexico can screw nuts on a car just as good as you? EDUCATE YOURSELF. Make yourself so valuable that your boss can't afford to ship your job out. Or better yet, be your own boss. As far as canada's great health care system, I have a buddy that grew up in canada. He told me his mother died of pnumonia because they had to wait 5 weeks to get a hospital bed. I find our health care system just fine. If you got cash, you got a hospital bed. As for Iraq----Think of your Mother, Sisters,Daughters----Now think STATE SANCTIONED RAPE ROOMS. F-ck Saddam. We did what we had to do.

I use the 0000 steel wool, and it will get off anything that melts on those chromed beauties. Go to a Harley dealer and they will sell you some stuff that removes the heat "blueing" that you will get on T-5's and T-6's from using the Toomy jet kit.

Try the dry graphite spray lubricant. Works great and sand can't stick to it. I get mine at Napa.

Works shocks will do just fine in the sand. A very big improvement over stock.

T-5 / T-6 pipes are very easy to install. The jets are a little more involved, but not difficult if you are handy with tools. The price is cheap compaired with other mods to get this kind of power. You will not be dissapointed, however, pipes tend to bring on an expensive disease called "mod-itis". Prepare to work overtime to satisfy the craving for more power.

Here's what you do.......you go to that little shits apartment and tell him you are not gonna be pimped out by him any more. Then repo that blaster and sell it. Tell your old lady to never ask you for money unless it is for a medical purpose (breast implants). If she gives you shit, start thinking real seriously about how her and her son are treating you and your wallet. 22 years old and no money? If you let this go he will be 32 years old with no money. One last piece of advice- Never never NEVER tell anyone you are in the process of saving some money for Banshee parts. People that don't ride tend to see that as a waste of money. Get your parts and be happy.

Those covers look tight. Damn, now I gotta go get some polishing wheels and rouge.....

The only way to make an even comparison is to spend the same dollar ammount on both quads and see which one is FASTER. Spend 12k on a shee, and you will pass a 12k cannondale very quickly. As for MX or scrambles, that requires riding skills that are hard to quantify. Take 'em to Glamis or a flat drag, and dollar for dollar, the Banshee wins.

Whoops are formed when Honda and polaris quads are buried in Banshee roost. Dig down into one and you might find a mint 250r!

Litterers suck. Enjoy sand now, for it will be off limits soon...

The canal rules! I used to wash my ass in there after a long weekend of riding.

Right on, Dunedemon. Those weekend warriors are kick ass. I've heard the longer ones will hold a rail with skinny tires mounted.

Now all I have to do is tell the wife about it.....

I got a winnebago, it dosen't do to well in soft sand. I arrived after dark and didn't realize I was within smelling distance of the shitters. I went the motor home route in order to pull rails. (paid my down payment monday! Got a delivery date of mid Aug) :D

Masterbate before you go ride. It will calm you down and warm up your wrist.

The proper way to ride a 2 stroke is high in the powerband. Putting around will cost you plugs.

No that dosen't sound like riding in sand. That sounds like riding in a plowed up tabacky field. Hope your honda dosen't get cancer.

Yeah, I'm gonna need it. I stayed at midway (buttercup) my last time out and the outhouses stunk sumthin' fierce. If you stay at midway, park away from the outhouses. But be sure to get to pair-a-dice for their breakfast bowl. (probably why the outhouses stink so bad!)

I am interested about info regarding sucessfull Banshee turbo mods.

Racelogic....$80.......hauls ass.

Wallrat, Whats the weather like at Dumont? Glamis is getting kind of hot.

The more cash I dump into my Banshee, the more time I spend at the hill. I have camped at both places and I agree with you fully. I think after this off season, my banshee might become a (gasp!) trailer queen. I'm workin on a turbo setup that will be too fast/unreliable to dune with.(Trailer to the hill) On the other hand, I almost have the ol' lady convinced that we need a Tatum!

Dunedemon, I'm not baggin on the washes or the people that like to camp there. Nor did I contradict myself. It just looks that way when you use those "quotes" to chop my orig. statement up. To make my point perfectly clear, If I had to chose between not going to the dunes at all or staying at the washes, I'm staying at the washes. But if I had the choice between parking my motorhome at the washes and parking my motorhome at Midway, Gf, roadrunner, sweetmaries,pad4..Etc., I personally would park in a safer, more quiet spot than the washes. At one time, when I liked to party hard, I would search out the wildest spot. I'm done with that chit now. To each their own.

Don't get me wrong, the washes don't suck if you like to party hard, but if you are a bit of an anti-social type and you forgot your dust mask at home, the washes are not for you. Buttercup is where you need to go if you want peace and quiet.

Is pad 4 over by the ranger station? If it is, that place is great for motorhomes.