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Iv been trading with Scottrade for a while. No problems with em. Website works nice. $7 dollar trades. I dunno about that Sprint stock. good luck. telecom sector is crazy\volatile. The economy is going to be bad for a while. If we don't bail out the automakers, the shits going to hit the fan. If the dollar collapses, its all over. We'll be battling in the Thunder Dome by 2010.

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Batshee, where did that come from !!?? Was wonderin... to whom was that comment directed at and what set you off ??

What year did Yamaha stop production of the Banshee and Blaster and what years did Bush and the neo-cons run the country ?? Im just sayin

thats pretty neat. Looks a little hard to handle tho

MotoUSA on YouTube.

are you guys going to be at coal hill tomorrow ?

You were too young to remember the Roaring 90s.

Just like religion, you can't prove a negative. In other words, a negative cannot be proven because if something is absent it would not be there to prove its absence. Or a better response is: Your statement lacks credibility in the absence of evidence, proof, or at least a reasonable argument. The burden of proof is on you, the person making such a claim, not on me. Obama obviously satisfied the people who need the proof of citizenship, otherwise he would have been disqualified along time ago. Its a silly argument and it comes off as a desperate grab at best and hatred, fear and jealousy at its worst.

Hell yea man, 20 years ago we were playing tag too, boy that brings back memories My buddy, RustyRider04, rode the automatic, electric start LT230 that looked just like a Quadsport. He beat the pisss outta that quad :laugh: And ya I remember the '92 250 QuadSports, I think they were '92's :shrug: <---they're a rare quad. My QuadRacer was an '86. Very reliable quad. I rode the QuadRacer from '90 till about '98.

'81 125 yamaha, Yamaha called em the "tri-moto". And the 200ex was very popular around here too, I forgot about mentioning them. Growing up, I didnt know anyone with an ATC 250R, but I knew two guys with 200ex's and one guy rocked the local scene when he got a brand new 350x. That was either 1985 or '86. He got the first model year 350x, the red white and blue one, Im pretty sure that was '85s model. He traded it in for a new all white one in '86. We had a gang of 15 or so that all various bike and three wheelers, then one day, around 1984, George bought a Suzuki ALT 125 and that was the beginning of the end of the three wheelers for me. I got my Quadsport in '86, it was an '86 model. Sideways kickstarter on it. I was 15 at the time. It was the first motor I ever tore apart. I installed a Web cam and a 260cc big bore kit from LA Sleeve. Had a DG pipe with the RCM. Trivia, does anyone remember what RCM stood for ?? Reverse.... C... M........ :biggrin: DG made pipes and they featured the RCM design. It was some wacky marketing ploy. But I had one. I had the most suped-up Quadsport in Pennsylvania :biggrin: I rode that quad from '86 till '90. In 1990 I bought my Quadracer and have riding 2 strokes ever since. We used to ride those old three wheelers at Coal Hill in the early 80's. We'd be the only people there. Coal Hill looks basically the same as it did 25 years ago, except there's alot more hills on the steep side of the mountain. I hit a washout\ditch at the base of Coal Hill and broke my swingarm completely in half. I was coming down the hill at a high speed, hit the ditch and it stopped the quad in its tracks, I went over the bars. Scared me pretty good and broke the swingarm in half. The QuadSports were know to break steering stems. I broke mine landing off of a double jump we had built. It was perfect double jump we made, about a 20 footer. I landed and bang there goes my steering stem right below the handlebar mount. I didnt wreck it though. :cool: It took me 2 hours to go a half mile to get the quad home tho. I broke the frame on the QuadSport too.

ya. Jimmy White was a factory Kawi rider and rode the Tecate 250 and Marty Hart was on a Honda if I remember. Alan Knowles from CT racing was a racing star back in those days. Then the quads took over. Dean Sundahl was winning baja's on a Banshee and gary denton was winning in the new 4-wheeler class on a Suzuki Quadracer. Denton eventually jumped to a TRX 250r. Nothing uglier than a JT racing pants and jersey with pink 1980's "splash" graphics and remember those ugly open face helmets made by JT. The old Bell Moto 4 helmets put the open face helmet business... out of business. Bell sold a ton of those helmets. My first ATV experience was on an ATC 90 back around 1981. We rode that 90 and a 110. Indestructible bikes they were Upgraded to an ATC 185, even knew a guy who got the upgraded 185, the "185 S" The S model had front suspension and it was like having a quad today with long travel :happy: . BigReds were poplular in the early 80s too. My first quad was an '86 quadsport bought new in '86. ya iv been around a long time in this sport, seen it almost die out completely and seen it come back more popular than ever. Remember Barbara Walters on 20\20 with their attack piece on ATC's ? It was the deciding factor that pushed public opinion against three-wheelers.

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thats great news, lets hope it passes and then spreads to all the states. Make sure to keep us updated on what happens

hard to understand where you wanna weld. post a picture please

post up some pictures !!

good job Lee :thumbsup:

Google "ring of death X-box", unless your looking for a new door stop. X-Box 360 - Reasons and Solutions for the Red Ring of Death (also called the "3 Rings of Death", "Ring of Death") The Reason: The Red Ring of Death occurs because of overheating. The Xbox 360 designers decided to put in the bare minimum of necessary cooling equipment in order to create a slim and light console. So in a nutshell, with all the graphics processing power the 360 has, it simply hasn't enough heatsinks and fans to keep the components cool enough. What Are The Chances Of Your X-Box Being Affected By The Ring Of Death? It is generally accepted that the failure rate is about 33% of all consoles. Recently though, newer models have been brought out and it is thought that the failure rate on these models is about 16%. It may be that all consoles are exactly the same and you just get lucky (or unlucky!), or perhaps the way it gets used has an impact as it could be that more processor intensive games may heat the console more rapidly. How To Try To Prevent It: Ensure that your X-Box receives enough airflow around it and that it is never put on a carpet. Keep your console far away from heat sources such as heaters. Do not keep your power brick on the floor. If you feel that it is getting very hot during use, try using additional fans or other cooling devices available on the market. What To Do If You Get The Red Ring Of Death: Microsoft have extended their warranty to 3 years, so your first option is to send it there. You will be without your X-Box for between 4 - 8 weeks, and will probably not get back the same console you sent in. If you are not in the warranty period, or don't want to send it to Microsoft there is the option of fixing it yourself. There are many video clips and instructions online on how to do this, but beware as some of them can do more harm than good. Many sites advocate wrapping the console in a towel. This can apparently work for a while because the it re-melts the disconnected soldered joints and there is a chance that the soldered material rejoins again. Eventually the soldered joints will become brittle and break again. This method is not advised as getting the console this hot will probably bring about other problems, and is a temporary solution anyway! There are other sites that give instructions on how to resolder the joints. This is also something I wouldn't advise! The X-Box was soldered using industrial grade machinery that costs thousands of dollars. They also knew what they were doing when they did it. There are a few reputable guides out there which you might consider investing in. After doing extensive research, this was the best that I could find: http://www.FixRingofDeath.com It looks very professional, and promises a fix in under 2 hours with normal household tools - NO SOLDERING! Excellent quality video, with step by step walk throughs and live support!

Iv also used the strap wrench with success.

Right there's your problem, never ever ever ever listen to the "guy at the yamaha shop". If you have any Banshee questions, you come here, to BansheeHQ for advice, not a stealership. Most of those guys workin at stealerships have NO clue.

My cousin, lance schwartz, is the east coast editor and writer for Quad magazine.

Yea. Pay up Ray. Your Premium membership is long overdue.

right on. good post dark ranger

The Cannondales, raptor 700 and the Kawi 450 all had very successful aluminum frames. Its well known that all of the factory aluminum frames have worked out pretty damn good for the most part, ya know.. with little or no cracking issues. i think this 450 is pretty damn nice. These quads keep gettin' better and better. This Yamaha was released on Monday, but the previous Friday the Honda's were released and the 450r got..... BNG. Boo Honda. The KTM's are still the ones to beat, they make the best all around 450 from what I hear. This new Yammy is going to be just as good and for less money.