I just traded a guy my wrecked gixxer 1000 for a 2003 banshee. The guy didn't know much about 2 smokin' but the bike was kept in good shape. The mods he told me and I seen were a cool head, fmf fatty's w/ powercore 2, white bros boost bottle, hot rods factory stroke crank, .030 vito's pistons (guess he burnt her up before) and some various other odd and ends. I've been wanting one of these since my bro had one when i was in 5th grade lol. Its going to be a slow project bike for me. As of now I'm going to ride it around until the motor goes south and then the fun begins lol. I'm planning to make a decent drag bike out of it. I don't care to run with the big dogs but I want a pretty quick bike. Any suggestions on cylinders? I'm still split b/w porting the stockers or getting some cubs ported. If the crank is in bad shape I'll probably stroke it too. I just want a solid powerplant that I can get a decent amount of hours out of before having to rebuild. Like I said its going to be a slow project for me to learn about the engines on these things and to keep me out of trouble. Oh and I have a bunch of friends on 450's that I have to humble also lol. I have one too but I wanted to build a 2 stroke, I love them and cannot for the life of me see building any other bike for dragging except the banshee. I hope I can contribute something to the community around here as I know I will receive loads of helpful information.
My first question is what would be a good gearing combo to go with for racing in heavy coarse sand? I have 21x12x8 8 paddle haulers on 8x8 wheels. The factory sprockets are still on the bike and are eaten up pretty bad. Thanks in advance guys!!