turbowrenchhead

So I started doing some checking. The first thing that I realized that the upper a arms are have a single tube versus a dual tube style like the lower. I checked the parts fiche and realized that it was pre 1990. I had to clean the frame from someone painting over it and found the vin and ran it on a website. The vin doesn't come up as a good vin but it did say that it is a 1987 model. So I guess I have the first model year. Not thats a bad thing. I just don't like the week looking a arm. Are there any issues with the pre 90 setups? Here is the vin I don't know if the 7th digit is a c or a zero. JY42GU007H0010948.

I'm going to start slowly on this one. I'm not up for a frame off restoration off the bat. I'm going to fix the known problems and ride it till it breaks. When and if it blows I'll rebuild it up with mods like pistons, porting, carbs and exhaust. I do have some questions though. Where do I find the exhaust rubber connectors between the muffs and the front pipe? Both on this one are shot. Also the bushings in the upper a arms are bad. Are they serviceable separately or do you have to replace the whole arm? My first purchase is going to be a tors eliminator kit. In fact I'm going to order one right after this post. Thanks for the warm welcome. Guys on the blaster board are a great bunch as well. I must be a yamaha thing, lol.

Hello to all on the board and thank you in advance for the information that is shared. My name is Trevor. I just bought my first banshee. I have been wanting one for a long time since I was 15 on my 350X Honda 3 wheeler and a banshee would walk right past me. Well I never thought that I would be almost 40 before I acquired one. I have an 02 blaster that I have spent over 4k on it building it up and making it a nice trail machine. I went riding with a raptor 660 up north and I couldn't hang with it. So I thought about going big bore on my blaster. After some input from the blaster forum and seeing how much more $ it was going to take and one member said just buy a banshee. I thought what the hell. I might as well take a look to see whats out there. I have looked numerous times for a banshee but I haven't seen anything running for under $1800. I found a running 92 for $900 yesterday. It does have issues. The a arms are worn out. The sprockets and chain is worn out. The headlights are missing. It idles really high. There is oil residue in the air box. There are a number of random bolts on it. The rear shock is leaking. Those are just the things I spotted in 10 minutes with the machine. I plan on fixing it up to safe trail ride able status and making it look nice again. If you have any input it is appreciated.