Mr. O

I'm interested in the stock carbs... do they have the TORS eliminated already or completely stock? nevermind, sent you a PM.

Put me on the waiting list if the guy above me doesn't end up buying them... Sent you a pm also.

I'm fairly in-experienced too, but your probably want to cruise in like 3rd or 4th and alternate between gliding and throttling it... when I'm on the tight stuff in 2nd the banshee heats up fairly quickly if you don't hit a section where you can strech its legs and get some air over it.

Yeah, the clarke tank looks pretty good actually.... and that's a 5 1/2 gallon tank like the IMS one right? (nevermind, looked it up and yes it is) -I think once I can get some cash scraped up that'll probably be my first upgrade, I ride with 4-stroker bikes (with desert tanks LOL) so as it is right now i'm on reserve well before they hit half empty. Now that i know you can put on a cool head and not lose much reliability, I really, really want the extra power too though.

Definitely... I originally bought some carlisle turf tamers (which hooked up great) but they were only 3-plys... got like 5 flats over the course of 3 days - since then i've spent the extra money and made sure to get a decent set of 6-plys. And thanks again for all the input from everyone, I'm researching the cool domes and timing plate - however, the day after starting this thread I found out the hard way that I have a blown head gasket on my explorer, so now I have to figure out how to cough up 1800 bucks before I can mess with any banshee mods.

Thanks to everyone who posted in this thread, I really appreciate the advice. -I'm gonna look up some more info about the coolhead mod and installing a timing plate, but does bumping up the compression make it less reliable in your guys' opinion or about the same? (As i mentioned before I'm a total newbie at this stuff, so the more reliable I can keep her the better) And lastly, what do you think a real basic ballpark figure on how much it would cost to upgrade to the coolhead would be (assuming I bought smaller domes and didn't try to shave my stockers) Thanks again!

Thanks for the reply man, Your right, should have gone into a little more detail about what I want out of it. I want to get a desert tank (I know it looks crappy but I ride with 4-stroke dirtbikes and their range is easily twice mine.) I want to get my suspension professionally done, but that's a little out of my price range at the moment. -But I would like to get more power, but I just got finished paying it off so the cheaper/easier beginning upgrades/mods would be better for me, and being a noob I want to make sure it stays as reliable as possible. question - If I just get new reeds would that give me more snap or is it better to get cages/reeds, or what? Thanks again for all the help.

Hello all, First off, just registered here (great site, been lurking for a while now, but finally got around to registering...) Anyways, my question is i'm kind of a noob about banshees - I've owned a 97 for about a year and a half now, it's a great quad, but I'm finally at the point where I want to start modding it a bit, so I wanted some advice from you guys about what in your opinion should be my first upgrade/mod (in terms of most important, and easiest or cheapest to do) So far: FMF pipes K&N w/ open airbox Jetted (not sure what my pilot and main size are tho.) laser lights Any suggestions on what I should do next? (I do mostly desert riding, plus a little trail stuff) Thanks in advance for any advice you guys might be able to share!