KozyHeat

heh I'm over in the south end of MN. as far as pipes. I'm thinking of keeping the banshee stock. No sense in moding it imho as I may sell it. Tires I'm not attached to. They are unpractical in my area.. Fronts have to be new - they have sick tread. The rears have about 1/8 tread maybe more. I think I could wrap em in plastic shipping shrinkwrap to ship em though. $12/tire to ship maybe? The rears don't hold air for some reason. make some offers. If there is dollars to be made i'll do it.

so I was excited today. Ran out to the garage and immediately tossed the shee outside. First things first - disconnect the tors box, and swap the mismatched plugs. Cut back the wires and dielectric greased both ends of the boots. I have photos of it all but I didn't have time to upload em before I left. so I go to start it with the tank back on - boom one kick. Go warm It up, go hammer on it - no bueno. Still acting the same. Then I go to one of my many awesome neighbors. I pull up to his garage and notice his lights are on inside. Walk in and he's working on a parts car. Dropping a motor. I explain my case and show him the new purchase. He lets me bring er inside and used his compresion tester. kinda guessing on how to use it. I thread in the tester by hand. It has a black oring on the 14mm plug end. I rig up the throttle wide open and kick away. results? 63 psi left 76 psi right hardly what I wanted to see. Does the compression testers 10" cord throw the compression lower? Should I have tightened the tester down more? I didn't feel air leaking. then I ran back home and fixed the rubber mount. Then parked it inside for the night. oah yeah - I tested my antifreeze - good to 36 below.

Thanks - I had to be pleasant. I have seen new users crushed by forum members for no reason. I am impressed with the aftermarket support of these banshees and the documentation ( I found the digital toolkit, and user manuals ) I thought about splitting the cases and making sure everything is a top but I am likely going to sell it when the weather gets warm. Tors box - need to unplug No brake triggers - yeah your right! I will trim the plug wires! Plenty of wire left. Pickup gap is on the list and swapping coil. I realize I should've inspected the grounds now. Tomorrow! Sweet! My most favorite part is the white Maier plastics because they are new and have a criss cross pattern of gray and looks super slick. Doesn't really match though. ( front springs + headlights are red )

Hey I'm new on this site. Site looks great, its well organized, and congrats on 1 mil posts. Anyway - real reason why I'm here... I just purchased this Banshee. Supposedly an 89 Stock pipes, aftermarket air filter, aftermarket / different plastics ( maier plastics, 'ceet cover' ) So I purchased it knowing it needed work. The guy thinks the one cylinder is bad. However I do not think this is the case! I have not removed the exhaust to check for scoring. I will do a compression check tomorrow - but I like getting input from people online because you guys usually have some great ideas because your way more experienced with the unique systems of Yamahas Banshee platform. So my experiences with small cc toys lead me to believe the first thing I should do is get spark. It was non-existent at first. Symptom definition: starts in one kick, just doesn't rev out correctly / quickly. Weak spark on one side. Lots of smoke --if you care to read what I have been dealing with for an hour or so -- 10 minutes went by. I knew unplugging the key switch & kill switch could be a fix. No bueno. another 5-10min I was jumping the key switch wiring. Then I find a ground by the front right headlight disconnected. Then I have read up on this T.O.R.S system. So I unplug those - screw around. I go to kick and I get spark. So I call my friends and let them know ( they were just with me when I picked it up ) and the next time I go to kick it - NO SPARK! Disappointing. Poking around another 15min I rigged the Tors system incorrectly and I tried fumbling with the CDI box ( came with another one ) Previous owner replaced the flywheels coil setup but he doesn't seem too competent - even though somebody used a bunch of dielectric grease on the connectors ( I like that stuff ) with more Tors bypassing & ignition jumping I got spark I noticed one lead / plug was getting lesser spark. Checked the carburetor tops - the one was loose Anyway I slapped the tank back on and drover er around! Both lights work ( brake light doesn't - probably bulb) Pulls really slowly ( sprocket set is 14/42 - stock ) I noticed on the cyl with the weak spark that the rubber upper pipe mount is kinda wired together ( will fix that tomorrow ) so that could cause some problems. There is just tons of smoke coming out of the silencers ( stock pipes / silencers ) I checked the fuel before I ran it. Its red/ pink colored oil!>!!?? amsoil ? I never did unplug the TORS box next to the ignition coil ! I could check the pickup gap on the flywheel as well! never did. Cliffs: New banshee! Smokes like crazy!!! One side has weak spark, also had loose carb cap, bad exhaust mount causing a small leak compression check tomorrow and carburetor cleaning / adjustment previous owner has strong / weak points in his methods ( stripped screws grr ) PO replaced coil assembly, put an aftermarket air filter on. Wiring is kind of taped up here and there. 2 cdi boxes. That both produce same weak spark on one side. Going to swap another ignition coil from my friends Shee tomorrow as well. Resistor or non resistor plugs. What about spark plug wire ends? non-resistor? Place your bets people?! Whats wrong here! If I don't have to do any motor work - I'm doing good here.