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Thanks again guys. The front is about 10"s wider than a stock banshee so I just get on the side of the seat and pitch it sideways. Also because the front arms cross to the opposite side, the weight transfer doesn't cause it to lean as much. You're right, just sit and git. The bike does all the work. It's quite fun to watch it work. Any time I might loose in a corner is made up for in the rough stuff. In the last desert race I was in, there was some rocky spots where other riders were jumping up and down to get traction to get over the rocks, I blew through it at about 40 mph. I started in 17th place and finished 8th. I could have done better but my cdi box was going bad and I couldn't get it over about 50mph so I was getting killed in the straights. If any of you are going to glamis for T-giving, let me know. We can get together.

At the Cali 200 desert race there was a tragedy. A trophy truck killed 8 spectators and injured many more. The crowd had got to close to the course and the truck must have been committed to the terrain and it all went horribly wrong. Please pray for all those involved. Here's a link to donate to the families. [email protected]. Here's the news about it. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/15/2010-08-15_8_dead_at_california_200_prerunner_truck_flies_into_crowd_fans_had_no_time_to_ge.html

Thanks guys. It really does ride smooth on the rough stuff. The chrome FB was made for an old drag bike I use to have. It was featured in Sandsports Mag waay back in 2002. I sold the bike with painted plastics and kept this plastic. Fullbore actually made it for me out of a very hard plastic, kind of like the plastic used for model cars. They really went the extra mile for me. If I remember correctly, the frame, sub frame, front & rear arms, offset spindles, bumpers and heim joints was around 5k. At my shop we just got set up to do a spray chrome finish. It looks as real as real chrome too. When I get time I'll do the back to match. This was the old bike.

It's actually for desert racing. I have a 6 gal tank and other plastics for desert racing. It has 20" front travel and 18" rear. It's like a trophy truck with handlebars. What's really fun about this bike is, you can just sit and ride. I'm also 6'4" so its size is very comfortable for me.

I also have this little 910cc hot rod at the shop but now that I'm 46, I really don't have the skills to ride this monster and therefor it's for sale. It's almost 200hp. My Sundahl bike will forgive me for a mistake. This one will punish me.

Been a while since I've posted. I sold my Banshee and built a sandcar. When it was done, I realized I liked my banshee better. Long story short, i sold the car and got my bike back. Dean built my chassis back in 2001. I think mine was his 5th of this style. Anyway, it now is all ready for the upcoming dune season. Here it is.

I didn't like it at first but now that I've bought a better bike it's alot better and you can do a back flip off of the ski ramp. I also like the power slide feature.

Thats the challenging part, we adapt to the hill. The hill doesn't adapt to us.

psyco Bill Wyko