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There is nothing like the banshee. I think you could find a decent banshee for 2K or so. This is a great site and you can learn alot from guys on here.
Let us know what you end up buying. And if you think your going to buy one and leave it stock.....keep dreaming buddy, modding your banshee's is an addiction
I love my CPI's they have great mid and rip really hard on top. Yeah you will have to cut your fenders a bit.
I've heard the R2's are suppose to be great, but don't have any experience with them.
IMHO I don't think you could go wrong either way.
X2. Sounds like deto issue. I wouldn't ride that unless you want to be putting a new top end in. I would make sure you haven't already done some damage since the plugs have backed out three times. You may need to be running race fuel.
Who is your builder?
Compression?
I ride 100% dunes and do the occasional drags as well. If I where going to go bigger I think it would for sure be a 4mil Serval.
I run CPI's on my duner and love them. If I where going to try anything else it would be some Shearers.
Porting is going to be the best bang for the buck. Good porting should run you between $300 and $400 depending on what port you do and who you have do it. I had Wildcard Racing port my stock stroke and it rips hard.
If you do want to keep your stock stroke I would look into having your crank trued and welded for the piece of mind. Any site sponsor can do all of this and will do a kick ass job.
-Zach
There are so many variables like.....gearing, rider weight, rider experience, etc. I've never ridden a predator nor ever raced one.
Just race him and let us know how it goes.
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STELLAR would be the best place to go IMO. Tim does top notch work and you won't be disappointed. Yeah I think they are re-doing there whole site.
I know if he doesn't answer his phone he is probably in the shop, leave a message and call back again in a bit.
-Zach