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Here is a picture indicating where it is rubbing....

Hey guys, I was putting on my new fmf fattys w/ tc2 silencers yesterday when I realized they were still contacting the frame. It happens on the left side (when sitting on the bike) right behind where the silencer stabs into the stinger. The silencer tube snakes up in around the airbox, then just befor it inserts into the stinger portion of the pipe, it contacts the frame. I've tried to manipulate the pipe and silencer around to make it not touch but haven't found a way that gives it clearance. The other side is fine (about 1 cm of gap between frame). Has anyone else had these troubles? What should I do to get it off the frame? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for your help, Rob

Alright, thanks bro. Yeah, engine ice comes premixed w/ 50% deionized water, so no need to premix. I'm going to do what you said though, just drain some out and reconcentrate the coolant by topping it off again. Thanks for the help!

Damn man, thats a lot of work !!! J/K, I'll do that next time too, along with pulling the hoses. Do you guys think I'll be alright with the purge idea, or should I just replace it all?

That sounds like a good plan. Thanks for the reply bro! The coolant that was in it before was a lime greem color and the Engine Ice was blue. After I filled it with coolant, I drained a little bit out to check the color. It was blue like the Engine Ice, so I think I'm good. Just to be safe I might go ahead and change it again, but I really hate to because its going to cost me an hour trip to a shop and $20 for Engine Ice, which blows. On second thought, I may just purge about half a litre from the system then top it off again, just to ensure that its not diluted with distilled water left over from the flush. I think thats going to be my best bet.

Hey guys, I bought a clean '03 stock banshee about three weeks ago. Only been able to work on it for about 2 weekends for a few hours at a time since I got it, mainly just replacing crankcase oil, fuel, and adjusting cables, chain, etc. to stock tolerances. It was all stock when I got it, so I went ahead and put on a ModQuad K&N w/ adapter and some new grips and just received my reeds, fattys w/ TC2 silencers, and FMF jet kit (not on bike yet). Anyways, I changed out the coolant last weekend and replaced what was in it with Engine Ice. Following the service manual I downloaded, I drained the coolant, flushed it with about 4 liters of tap water and a gallon of distilled water, then started filling the radiator with Engine Ice. To my suprise, it only took about 1 liter to fill the radiator. Following the manual, I ran the bike for a few minutes, but the radiator was still full. I then rode it for about 10 and it was still full. I even drained a little out and topped it back off, with the same result. It took nowhere near the 1.5 liters suggested by the manual. That being said, I'm pretty sure it is circulating coolant because the radiator does get warm. Have any of you had similar experiences or what do you think is going on? I've been riding two-strokes all my life (always 250cc dirt bikes before), so I'm not a total noob, but I've never had a banshee and this is raising some suspicions... Only thing I could think of was that all of the flush water didn't drain, but I don't see how that would be possible. Let me know what you think.

Nice... I will def talk to him before ordering my next shipment. Sad day though... none of my stuff came in so I have to wait until next Monday to get it (Thanksgiving just kicked me in the nutz)!

Thanks bro! Couldn't find a good deal on a mostly stock bike in good shape in my area. Went and looked at three others, two were beat up and the other was owned by a hoodlum, haha.

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Hey guys, Traveled 21 hours roundtrip last weekend to pick up my new-to-me Banshee. It's an '03 in great shape and it's COMPLETELY STOCK -- only paid $2500, which is much better than the others I was looking at locally. Plus, the seller was legit, unlike a few guys trying to sell the other ones I looked at before who acted like gangster wannabes. Needs new grips and new rear tires. Did a compression test today and got 125 on each cylinder, so I think I'm all good. Ordered some extras for it over the weekend from RockyMountainATV, but apparently they won't come in until next Monday (even though they said three days on the shipping!). That kinda sucks cause I was planning to do some work on it this weekend before the Turkey ridin', but hey, what can I do about it. Thanks and look forward to posting more soon! SEE MY GALLERY FOR PICS! -Rob