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In an e-mail I got a while back. Guess I should have shared. More to come.

I'd look at the jury and say there's no way in hell you could expect me to know she wasn't 18. With that big of tit, you must aquit!

You can lop off the intake necks and weld on ones taken off YZ 125 cylinders. Voila, YZ 125 reed cage will now fit. (I'm not sure what year YZ 125 cylinders, and I believe stock 125 intake manifolds were also used, they look the same as a banshee) Thats what a local builder did to his bike and its bad ass. I dont know how much the reeds/intake actually helped though.

November Dirt wheels has oh so top secret spy photos of the new 06' Honda 450r along with an article of the features are rumored to have for 06' . BFD, I saw 2 of them at a po-dunk little OHV park this weekend. Wouldn't ya think they might ask the local Honda dealership when they are going to be for sale to the public before putting out this article? I wonder if Honda put a little more pep in the motor for 06' to keep up with the YFZ?

I dont know about the mudmachines but Rockey Mountain ATV has the GBC Mudsharks on closeout sale right now for $30 per tire - 21x12x9. I suppose the mudsharks may be getting discontinued too.

Sounds right. The instructions on my case saver said to use blue locktite on the screws.

You'd probably really like the sand stars. They are superb for playing in the sand and have plenty of hookup for a piped shee.

Motion Pro twist throttle is how I deal with the hard to push thumb throttle. I actually prefer the thumb, it seems easier to controll the throttle over woops, but the twist wont wear out the thumb or wrist when your just playing around. It was a necessity for me with my duel 34mm carbs with stiffer than stock springs. It will wear out your wrist if you try to hammer your way through a long wooped out sand road.

I bought a +4 arm off e-bay a couple monthes ago and it seems to be very well built. It uses rectangular tubing for the main beams and uses the stock axel carrier. It only cost $220 shipped with new needle bearings, ($185 before shipping and bearings). I just got it primered and painted it myself but you can get them in chrome or PC'ed for pretty inexpensive too. They come in all sizes +or- and the guy has an e-bay store. PM me if you want a link, also I got a stock arm to sell.

The mud sharks look pretty heavy but I'm not too worried about that and the price is right. I want to use 21" rears for a couple reasons (+4 swinger, 13/41 gearing) and need a lot of traction but there aren't many 21" choises available. I use 13T front in the sand and for some reason with the new swinger the chain adjustment will only fit a 13T or a 14T front, not both, so now I'm stuck with a 13 unless I get another chain 1 link longer for the 14T front. I could probably fit a 39T or 40T rear to go with 20" tires. Also, the +4 swinger makes it even harder to hook up in the dirt. I dont want to go with 22's, I rather go with 20" I-rasrs before i go 22's. Just wondering how many of you have ran the 21" GBC Mudsharks and how well you liked them. I need some mean traction in a bunch of different conditions including hill climbs, creek bed sand, gravel, rocks, dirt road, pretty much everything.

Get a set of pipe seals like the ones sold by chosenperformance.com

Stock pilot is 25 I think. You should be good with a 260-270 main.

A builder that is local to me sells and uses LRD's on his shee. He claims they are the best pipe to increase overall power from the bottom end all the way to top end and he has an insane dyno curve on his bike, power comes on early and revs out at dune port type RPMS (around 9k) tops out at 78 HP on stock stroke, ported stock cylinders and its not even a drag port, more of an MX port. His banshee is a sand only play/drag banshee. Basically they are a kick ass pipe, very high quality, and work well with porting, but they are not as common and cost a few more $ than most others. They are a very nice looking pipe. I'm not sure if you can put a spark arrestor on them due to the turned down nozzels. They also have a very nice sound and are I'd say a slight bit quieter than the average banshee pipe.

The 450 is a lot of fun in the dunes, better at jumping, going throught the woops, and wheelies a lot better on the dune face. However, if you want to get to the top of the hill first, Banshee!! Nothing is more exciting than gnarly hill climbs on a banshee. It is nice to have a YFZ 450 on the side to use as a trail bike and make the banshee a little more purpose built for sand. My wife has the 450 but I still take it out for the trails, although it is a hell of a lot of fun in the sand too.

I think the best $ bang for the buck I've heard is for the Eric Gorr/Woods port. I think its around $250-$300. It is a simple conventional port job but a lot of peps in the HQ have said it works really well and is a good all around port job. Otherwise you can get a more complicated port like PasionRE's 12 port that will probably get you more HP but it will cost you $500.

I've had 2 things that I have caused me trouble with the Mikunis. One is figuring out what needle jet orafice (dump tube) to use to get the jetting dialed in for the needle (you change orafice size not the needle on TM Mikunis, unles you need to fine tune the needle taper which I didn't need to). The ones they come with are way too rich. (they cost $16 ea and you have to order them, fortuneately I got good advice and got the right ones the first time). The second is that they were too tight to make jetting changes practical using the stock air box so I had to switch to pods, no biggie. Otherwise, jetting was easy and a lot more similar (pilot and main jet # wise) to stock carbs than using a Keihin. I agree, you probably dont need 38's on a typicall ported motor, however, the motor I mentioned above had 38's and it was stock stroke, hightly modded stock cylinders running on gas, and it had the best HP curve I've ever seen. Insane power from down low all the way to 78 hp peak above 9k. Not a drag port at all, more of what most would call an MX port, even though the guy uses his bike exclusively for sand and sand drags. Of coarse the guy owns a dyno and can play with different tunes/ settups all week long untill he gets it perfect without ever leaving the shop. Although If I remember correctly, they were 38mm pwk air striker keihins too, if that makes a difference.

I run the TM 34mm flatslides. I got the carbs, twist throttle and cable from Motocarerra.com It is easier to find off the shelf manifolds for 28-36mm carbs, modquad has some nice billet ones at a good price. Cheapest way to go is some UPP stock style rubber intakes (look in Magicracing.com). I have seen two 38mm carbs on a banshee before but it had the cylinder intake necks cutt off and rewelded/replaced with YZ 125 necks, reed cages, and manifolds. Looked almost like stock bashee intakes except the 38mm carbs gave it away. This was a pricy setup on a totally tricked out motor using stock cylinders that were made by a builder for his personal sand banshee. I know someone makes the manifolds for 38's though, but I cant recall where I've seen them. As far as the cable, I just bought a new cable with the prodesign twist throttle, only about $50-60 for both if I remember correctly. Stock throttle will be fairly harder to push compared to stock carbs. If you get a set of TM 34's I can give you some jetting tips.

Just want to make sure you get a kit with the adapter plate that mounts inside the stock air that the filter clamps on to. Something like the pro-flow with a K&N and outerwears. New, it will cost you about $85. You can get a similar kit from pro-flow or twin air with a foam filter for about $70 new.

UPP chain slider is very nice, keeps most of the slack out of the chain and you can install it without removing the swingarm. UPP rear chain guide is pretty decent, TM's is fancier and has a replaceable wear pad. Rollers are probably all fairly similar.

Post a want add on the HQ if your looking for a used banshee. PC's are a mid range to top end pipe. There are others that put out much better top end power but they are typically considered a good all around pipe. You can find some cheap sets on e-bay. You should do a few searches on all the different pipes available and see which best suits your riding style/power output needs. Example; If you are only considering maximising top end power for sand riding or drag then look into a inframe drag pipes.

I have a Civil Engineering degree from CSU Chico. "Chico State" is how it is refered to locally. CSUC has a very good civil program. Another school I'd recommend in CA is CSU Cal Polly in San Louis Obispo. It took me 5.5 years to get my so called "4 year BS degree" and that was going to school full time every semester and working part time. I can't immagine even trying to take 145+ engineering units through online courses. Probably the reason your not finding any online Engr 4 year degree courses is because it would be impossible. A 4 year engineering degree is like a masters degree in most other fields. Hows your math skills?, because you'll be taking 4 semesters of Calculus, 2 semesters of physics, 1 chemistry, computer programming, dynamics, statics, thermodynamics, material science, strength of materials, 2 semesters of surveying, ect. ect., those are just the pre-requsites for the real stuff where you get insane time consuming semester projects on top of the typical 2-4 hour daily homework per coarse and the 3-5 midterm tests and a 1 ball busting final exam. However, I don't want to discourage you from getting a degree, I just don't think there is another way besides commiting 4 to 5 years of going to college. I have found that you can make a pretty decent living on a 4 year engr degree and no need to get a Masters unless you want to go into some sort of cuting edge research or specialize in a very specific field. Civil Engineers I know and work with start at around $40K right out of school and make $60-100k after 3 to 6 years. This is in CA of coarse.

That not a whole lot of riding. I would say that a typical ported/piped motor could easily go 3 years on one set of rings. Just check the compression every so often to make sure the rings are still sealing good and check the bore when changing rings for clearance to ensure that you don't need to have it bored and go up to the next piston size.

Wow! I just won a totally tricked out Banshee for $1900 shipped! The bike is already in a crate ready to ship. All I have to do is western union the money to Germany and it will arrive at my door in 3 days. Turn out the guy needed to sell it quick because he had to suddenly and unexpectedly move back home to take care of his sick mother. J/K Go to ATVTrader.com, I bet ther are a dousin adds just like this in there.