Mullet Man

stupid fuckin liberals? Liberals arent the ones droaning blindly like a zombie in night of the living dead, behind a shit ton of lies and deceit. stupid fuckin people are the ones who do not question why things are. "the only stupid question is the one that isnt asked!" throw a history lesson at me about questioning motives and ideas.... heres one for you, if no one questioned anything, EVERYONE would still believe the world is fucking flat! we SHOULD be overwhelming Afghanistan with thew troops that were instead sent to Iraq. we SHOULD be pressuring the shit out of Pakistan and President Musharraf to get in their northern boarder to find the people who REALLY caused 9/11. we SHOULDNT be in Iraq monoplozing and exploiting the oil industry for greed and profit! we DO NOT have the right to police the world without checks and balances! BTW i'm not even a liberal, so eat a bowl of dick up with your tree hugging hippie bullshit. I AM for truth, honesty and integrity!! which neither Liberals nor Convservatives know jack shit about!

updated 11-09-06 arms are now installed. project is about 98% complete!!! now have comparison between stock and YFZ arms. bottom of this post rode it for the 1st time today. pleased to say that it rode very nice. it tracked true and straight. and had no issues on the 5-10m test ride. and it was a full throttle thru 6 gear ride!! i'm very happy with this upgrade so far!! disclaimer: use common sense and safety when working with power tools. i hold no fault from anyone that try's to do the following upgrade and destroys a part that they payed money for with that said, this is an extremely easy install to perform! HOW TO INTSALL YFZ450 A-ARMS ON A YAMAHA BANSHEE (WITH NO FRAME MODIFICATIONS NEEDED!!) tools needed... angle grinder with metal cutoff wheel (or something to cut metal with) assorted tools (wrenches, socket set, ratchets) tape measure some way too support your banshee so the front wheels are off the ground this is a work in progress, but i'm going to document everything along the way so my fellow HQ members will be able to do the same upgrade without any real hassle of trial and error heres my initial work... http://i13.tinypic.com/2wc1lsl.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/33e0rbk.jpg http://i13.tinypic.com/2d14bkk.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/2uojo82.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/2nh1fr7.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/2dgw11y.jpg http://i13.tinypic.com/2ymawyp.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/2vl7k9e.jpg just putting the upper a-arms in place. you can see nowork needs done on the uppers. you can also see what needs to be cutoff for the lower a-arms too fit. i got tired of trying to find a machine shop to cut my arms for me. plus one place wanted to charge me $50 for 4 simple cuts that would take 5min. this made me want to do it myself. i will find the spacers needed at a later date. you can see where they will go in the pictures. A. remove front bumper. this makes it easier to remove and install all of the a-arm nuts+bolts 1. undo the jamb nuts on your stock tie rods. then using a 12mm wrench, turn the tie rod at the flat spot until it is loose. now remove it. you can leave the stock tie rod ends on the spindle and on the steering stem, no need too remove them 2. remove your stock shock. 2 bolts, one on the frame and one on the lower a-arm (either sell it or save it just in case) 3. remove the front brake caliper. you can leave the brake line attatched to the caliper for this. once you remove the 2 bolts holding the caliper on the spindle, slide it thru the upper a-arm and put it off to the side some where. preferably resting on something so you arent letting it hang by the brake line. (if you still have the stock brake disc guard on the spindle, you will need too bend this slighlty to pull the caliper out. no big deal, just bend it back when reinstalling) like this... http://i14.tinypic.com/471xs2p.jpg 4. onto the ball joints, remove the cotter pins holding the castle nuts in place. now remove the castle nuts and pop the spindles loose from the a-arms. (try not to damage the ball joint studs. either try to sell or save them for later). preferably use a pickle fork but a hammer can work, so can an open end wrench jambed in their to pry on might be easiest to turn the spindle to where it cant turn anymore and hold it there while unbolting the ball joint. this will put pressure on it, so it doesnt sit there and spin in place. this can cause you too curse loudly and become frustrated! 5. install the new YFZ450 upper a-arm. there is no modification needed to install the uppers. they bolt right in using stock banshee nut and bolt. NOTE; if your YFZ arms did not come with dust cover end caps, you can use the ones off your stock arms! 6. take the brake caliper that is still attached to the brake line and route it thru the newly installed a-arm. then put the caliper back to where it was setting so it is again out of the way. this will allow full travel of the brake line without binding, stretching or anything bad. you can attach it however you want. i will just use 1/2" zipties around the stock mounting locations on the lines. this is how you want the brake line routed when all is said and done... http://i14.tinypic.com/3483576.jpg 7. install the YFZ450 shock. you can find info on what material needs removed from the upper shock mount for the shock to fit by clicking this link here ( http://www.bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47969 ) . in that thread, disreguard the part about material needing removed from the lower a-arm mount. obviously you wont need to do that if you install YFZ450 a-arms 8. pop out the black bushing. you only need to pop out the bushing on the side you will be cutting (the 4 outside bushings, 2 on each lower a-arm). trim the bushing down roughly a 1/4" (this doesnt have to be exact, just make sure it doesnt cover the hole for the grease zerk fitting when you reinstall it). then take some sand paper and taper the edge you just cut, this will make it easier to get the bushing back in the mount pic of trimmed down black bushing, compared to one that isnt trimmed.. http://i13.tinypic.com/2h4lwr5.jpg 9. the lower a-arm mounts (on the a-arm, do not touch the frame mounts) need to be trimmed down to 1 7/8" from outside edge of one bushing to outside edge of the other bushing. NO trimming needs to be done at all on the inside of the bushing mount. ONLY cut on the outside of the bushing mount!! its easiest here, to trim off some material. install the bushing back in the mount, measure where you are at on length and if it needs more trimming, remove the bushing and trim some. "rinse and repeat" until you have the mount with the bushings installed at a width of 1 7/8" DO NOT cut the steel sleeve that slide into the black bushing. you dont need too cut that at all. you can just reuse it as is! notice how i DID NOT cut into the stock welds. you dont want to cut into those, doing so could cause problems!! pics... rear mount drivers side http://i14.tinypic.com/437zwh2.jpg front mount drivers side http://i14.tinypic.com/29xi07q.jpg (you can do step 11 before 10 if you want, it will still work out fine, might be easier...) 10. reinstall the spindles on to the a-arms. screw on the castle nuts nice and snug so it seats the ball joint tight into the spindle (use the trick from #4 here). turn the castle nut until you find the hole to stick the cotter pin back thru. bend the cotter pin up and over the stud so it cant slide out. 11. you have the spindle mounted to the arms, its time to do the YFZ tie rods. remember, they are threaded different at both ends so dont try to force it on if it doesnt go. just flip it over and it should go. i dont think you could use stock banshee tie rods, they are about 2" shorter then the YFZ tie rod. i dont think the difference could be adjusted out. banshe tie rod is gold, YFZ450 tie rod is black (installed in the picture) pic... http://i14.tinypic.com/4dg57gy.jpg here are a few front shots of what it looks like...check out how the tie rod and upper a-arm are almost in perfect alignment. they will be even closer to parallel once i tighten down the upper ball joint. http://i14.tinypic.com/484nfkp.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/357othh.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/3yd4qco.jpg 12. reinstall the front wheels and tires 13. align the front wheels by adjusting the tie rods in or out, lock the jamb nuts down when you have where you want it 14. adjust the shock collars (if you want) for a higher ride it, or adjust for a lower ride height. be sure to lock them down when adjusted this can be done with a large flat head screwdriver and hammer. or buy purchasing the correct sized spanner wrench here are some ride height pics. it sits lower then stock. (little over 1 inch clearance on the 1 gallon paint can measurement) i still have some adjusting to do with that tho.... http://i14.tinypic.com/2mw9dp2.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/2hd8ykk.jpg with help from a member on here who measured his stock bike, and i measured the new YFZ a-arms on mine, this is what we came up with. it might not be dead on accurate. but it should be close and definately answers your questions about wheel placement..... this is how i did the measurements http://i14.tinypic.com/2wqcpqt.jpg notice how its hooked into the peg (outside edge of the very outside tooth) and i have the hub kicked all the way to the right. i get 25 1/4" then this one, hub still kicked all the way to the right i went from inside of the left brake bleeder (caliper metal of the bleeder, not the actual bleeder) to same on the right side i got 35 1/4" http://i14.tinypic.com/4ccrfqt.jpg if its anywhere close, it puts it atleast 1" forward and atleast 2" wider on each side. so ~+2/+1 with YFZ arms!! kickass heres the link... dollar amount so far.... YFZ450 front shocks, $250 shipped off of EBAY YFZ450 a-arms and tierods, $100 shipped from www.yfzcentral.com sold my stock shocks on BHQ for $50 grand total parts cost so far $350. it will be cheaper once i sell my stock a-arms and tierods you might even be able to do this cheaper then me. just depends on how much you pay for your parts! and how much you sell the stock stuff for!

Saddam was so strangled by UN regulations in the 90's, the 10yr war with Iran and the 1st gulf war, that he was virtually a threat to no one. let alone the US. us invading proved that, with no trace of WMD's on a scale of what we were told to believe the Iraq situation is a fucking joke and alot of people, too many people, swallow it all without even chewing!! i must say tho, i am glad they are hanging him!! but it is odd that the verdict just rolled out with only a couple days until the mid term elections. just like gas prices dropping

i cant believe you (or anyone) would even compare that to whats going on in Iraq!! Clinton didnt make it out that they had WMD's. he never sent large numbers of American troops too invade those places. he didnt have the oil industry bankrolling his administration. he didnt have madmen like Paul Wolfowitz drawing up plans on what America needs to do as a military power to preserve our oil consumption into the next century or corporate business men like Dick Cheney feeding him intel and ideas while being backed by the Halliburton Corp. to carry out the blue collar end of the deal shall we compare the Clinton Administration to the current one in every aspect? numbers dont lie.... Milososevic and i forget the other guys name, were killing people by the thousands!!! at that particular point in time, on par with what Saddam did 20 yrs ago. yeah, thats right folks the majority of what Saddam did to the Northern Iraqi's was in the late late 1970's and into the late 80's when the Iraq/Iran war was going on. if you want to make that comparison, why didnt Reagan step in during his 8 yrs? he could have put a stop Saddam then, when it was happening! but he had a better plan of backing Saddam against the Iranians and turning his cheak to the then on going genocide! and whoever made the comparison to Hitler, thats a good one!! this is not WW2, nor will it ever be. not even on the same page!! that is a completely different time with a completely different American way of life. with alot of leadership fuckups in between to shape a new American way of thinking towards who has power and how they use it! Brooke, you have no rebuttle for me from my page 2 comments?

Saddam NEVER had control of northern Iraq, why do you think he gassed them? you dolt! and if there was terrorist camps in north Iraq (i never heard that one, sounds a little far fetched), then Saddam was helping us by gassing them! so why would we invade if he was killing terrorists? you are either with us or against us right? LMAO you want logistics? what are you a corporate or combat strategist? get the fuck outta here. i dont have logisitcs or need them. we are already doing it. all i have is real world on my soil proof of lower gas prices ($2.11 here has been for the last 2 months now) in comparison to the rest of the globe. even at $3.00 a gallon it is still a whole lot cheaper then anywhere else in the world. tell me how that happens without control? the day we "help" some other country that is being demolished by genocide is the day i say we arent over there for oil profit. but its not going to happen. its not expensive in comparison to the rest of the world! it might be more expensive now in the US compared to what it used to be. but it doesnt compare to the prices everywhere else. getting rid of Saddam provides the Saudis and other oil rich country's that we are allies with and purchase oil from, safety. which provides the American people with cheaper petroluem and an easier means of getting it. it comes down to "you scratch my back, i will scratch yours"

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blah blah blah blahblah i got a bridge for sale, you wanna buy that too? dumbass we didnt go there because we wanted to stop his reign of terror. altho that is a good front. if that was truly the reason, why havent we gone into N. Korea yet, or the Sudan? where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed (just like in N. Iraq) over the last 2 decades and longer. why, because they arent sitting on one of the largest oil reserves, or next to Saudi Arabia's. so dont feed me any of this genocide bullshit. because that hand is being delt all over the world and we arent doing anything about it anywhere else!! you're probably right, 95% of the people that are fighting probably arent Iraqi. i'm sure the Iraqi people are glad Saddam is gone and will be hanged! me too! what i have a beef with is that they (admin) see fit to lie to us (the public) about why we are there! playing on Americans fears, for profit, is a travesty! its a big game of chess where the poor are the pawns and the chess board is the oil field. this administration sees that we need to position ourselves in control of the worlds oil for current/future profit and control. what drives the administration is greed from the petroleum industry connections. milking the cash cow its a corporate war that the general public should be appauled by!

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tether kill switch? kick start rattle rebuild kit? shorty gascap vent tube with valve? just some cheap ideas

he just got new shoes and wnated to show them off

i could always use go fast parts. <------ baller on a budget here, put me in

lol nothing but the best.... Doc steel toe Gibsons daily. i've had the same pair for 6 years now. best $130 i ever spent!! EDIT; word on the bored lol (half drunk too) these fuckers are old

in that thread link, he says it does ~187 in the 1/4 asphalt!!!

spend $100 with'em, get free shipping. they have awesome pricing fosho

theres a guy on here who has an almost complete yfz450 front end on his banshee. he used 450 tie rods. (search under username "long rod todd") i just got my 450 a arms in. i'm going to use 450 tie rods as well. (scored '05 arms and rods in excellent condition for $100) how are you mounting your lower arms? i think i'm going to cut the bushing mounts off mine and install heim's in place. got some testing to do with it

wow, they had drum brakes on the front in '03??? what options did these have? everything is more expensive in Cali!

was looking on EBAY at completed listings. appears they dont sell for more then $1800 even modded. if they even get to $1800. most if not all 2003's were under that price WOW. guy wants to trade for my camaro. might do it plus cash thanks man

i use norton with keys. dont pay for anything whatever you do, too much free stuff around

very cool! what are the ribs made of? N/M found page 2 and 3 post again on here for turkeyday!

http://www.yfzcentral.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=40383 there is a 6 page thread of that bike. has videos of it throughout and the builder of it giving all the info on it. plus he gives a smack down to all the shit talking YFZ owners. last page explains the video posted in this thread. and then states how he half hilled that same shee when the busashee was working better. pretty fawking badass!!!!!

say its mechanically perfect. piped, jetted, filtered, aftermarket polished wheels, flawless plastics. what would be a good going rate for one? what did they cost new?

2 into one carb. should help trail ridng some. nice shee. you gonna cut the fenders?

pictures above. trade for 4 stroke, 2 stroke, quad/sled/dirtbike good running beater car/truck. what ya got?

6 liters :beer: