Nightrider

My whole take on this is...... NICK SELLS SHIT PARTS and will try his best to avoid giving refunds,unless of course he finds out the buyer is a regular on one of his favorite frequented sites and if no refund is givin,he will be mobbed by irate banshee minions If his vision is really that bad,I wouldn't want anything he has to sell anyway. So pick your poison.

I used to swear by forged wiseco pistons,but They need alot more running clearance than cast and they rattle like crazy until they fully expand.IMO even the lightest rattle is not a good thing. Cast pistons require less warn up time,are lighter than forged and don't make half the noise forged do when there cold.Sure,they are weaker than forged but mine are still holding up well with 185psi comp. Timing,jetting and octane must be precise when running high comp on cast though.They will burn up quick if not maintained properly. If your going to go cast I recommend Vito's

Thats chassis is in Excellent shape and has been very well maintained.All the bearings are excellent,brakes are up to date and needs absolutely nothing,other than what Sickboy listed,everythings tight. Dam Sickboy,If I had an engine for that,I'd probably buy it back.

Were heading there for a spring ride also.The whole Hatfield Mccoy system consists of 450 miles of trails.I hear they are the best trails in the US.There trals are clearly marked and its hard to get lost.I'm glad I live as close as I do.

The last set of pad I bought were VESRAH and so far I love them.There the only other pad that has last as long as my stock ones did. These pads lasted less than half a season(sintered metal) EBC DP Parts Unlimited SBS These pads lasted ONE! ride,no bullshit(organic) Tusk Tuff Stop Our wet season seems to be very hard on brake pads,especially the cheap ones.

I had the same problems with my 98' flareside,after I put 22 inch holeshots on the she,it took 3 people to load. I did that for one season and I had enough.Went out and bought a 6.5'x12' trailer,lowered the rails on one side and now I can pull 2 loaded from the side and till get a bike in the bed of the truck.2 quads a bike ,coolers,riding gear and a toolbox all pulled by a 4 cylinder ranger w/5spd.150,000 miles, one set of front brakes,and 4 sets of shocks later, I still use "my little mule" to commute to work. Your next truck will probably be a fullsize,mine was.

Thats what my quads look like from april till late june in Ohio.We only have about 3 months of "dry" weather.It takes two days to completely clean it and one greasing and looking over it for any wear and tear.Then a 2 day break and the cycle starts over again.When you have a choice of riding in the mud or not riding at all,mud starts to become a good thing

Me too and I don't even live in Florida all year Anything to keep public riding areas open

My intention was not to dis you D34,only to inform Hotrod that he should replace the basket. If all your doing is running circles around a track,then its easy to push it off and onto a trailer when it break down. But when your 15-20 miles deep in the woods,its not that easy.I have a sticker on both of my shees that have a towtruck with a slash through it. My biggest pet peeve is lack of maintenance.I used to ride with alot of other banshees,but I realized that some people enjoy breaking down constantly and f-ing up everyone elses good time,needless to say I don't ride with them anymore. I'm not stone cold either,if somene called me and told me they needed to fix something during the week so they could survive the weekend ride,I'm the first to lend a hand,but if they decide to take there chances,I ain't riding with them.Everone knows shit happens,but most of it could be avoided.

Its called prevenative maintenance,obviously you know nothing about it. I could sit here and try to explain it to you in simple terms,I could even draw pictures,but if your dumb enough to to let something like that go for that long,you probably wouldn't get it anyway.

Just because you were dumb enough to run yours like that doesn't mean everyone else is. Bad parts will wear on good parts.A little extra clearance or wear in one area will f-up other areas.You could either fix this little problem now and spend a little or wait till it takes its toll on other components.then your talkin big bucks. And I'm not just talkin about a banshee engine,that goes for ANY type of moving machinery. Take your axle bearings for example,sure you can ride around with wasted bearings and it probably won't hurt the axle,but your chain,sprokects,swingarm bearings and frame will take the beating.The force created by the excessive clearance has to go somewhere,so its transferred to other components,with a hammering effect. An excessively sloppy clutch basket will wear on the clutchshaft bearing,drive gear ect.Its common sense,obviously some people here don't possess any.If you have any concept of the mechanics of machinery,its easy to understand.

All I can say is good luck,A 1999 banshee is worthless to any lending institution.Your best bet is to buy one brand new.Thats about the only way your gonna get the loan and be able to use the quad as collateral. The market resale for a banshee is terrible,why do you think everyone parts them out instead out selling them outright?

I'll second that,I had an engine that had an aftermarket basket installed and the screws were never fully tighted,the loctite set in before they torqued the bolts down.It made all kinds of noise. I hear the stock baskets are known for the rivets giving out over time,sounds like that happend to yours.

I agree jetting becomes more critical when higher cylinder pressures are achieved.The more accurate it is the less likely severe engine damage will occur. Your bike might run just fine on the lean side with low compression pressue,but jack it up and KABOOM!

Bad reeds will cause poor low speed/off idle performance.If its just one side,you can usually tell when you blip the throttle at idle.When the engine reaches a certain rpm,the side that wasn't firing usually kicks in.The throttle response at low rpms is bad,but it runs fine at 1/2 throttle and up. I pulled my hair out last year trying to figure out what was causing my shee to act like this.After numerous R&R of he carbs,I decided to check the reeds.They never crossed my mind since they were V-force and less than a year old.Turns out the reeds were toast on one cylinder.I was amazed at the difference new reed petals made,the bog was gone. I run V-force in my 01' and Boysen in my 87'.Personally I like the v-force much better.They really let you lug the motor without having to "fan" the clutch.In certain situations like tight hillclimbs,they have saved my ass and carried my shee over the top.

That article is old as dirt,I'm sure if they were planning to do something,it would have taken effect by now.Obviously the manufacturers have'nt been advised,The showrooms are still flooding with offroad machines and off road vehicle sales are through the roof.I wouldn't get too worried its nothing but heresay.I heard about the two deaths here in Ohio when they occured and nothing really ever came about it. The only People who are suffering are the track owners/operators.Insurance companies have put alot of ohio tracks out of business over the past 10 years.Some dumbass gets injured at a track and all hell breaks loose.Liability and skyrocketing premiums have forced many to close there doors. CPSC Ban motocross?,I don't think so. But drive the track owners out of business with rising insurance costs,Already been happening for years.

I run a noss head and a high flow impeller,with 190 psi compression,my quad runs extremely cool,even on tight trails.It runs a helluva lot cooler than my 01' with a milled head,145 psi and high flow impeller. I have to remove the foam packing around the radiator in the spring and fall months,otherwise it has a hard time reaching operating temps.The stock stud set-up is what really sells me on the Noss head.Great design

can't argue that,I've raced many fast banshees with slow riders. My question is..How do you guys "trail ride" with extended swingarms?You wouldn't get very far at most of the places we ride with anything over 2 " extended or 50 " wide.Not to mention running CPI pipes.(very sort run ups) Does that thing kick your ass on trails or are you so used to getting beat up that you don't notice it anymore.We generally ride 6-8 hrs solid on a good day.With a set-up like that I could probably ride for 6-8 minutes.I don't enjoy fighting with a quad and that looks like a quad that will put up a helluva fight on the trail.

I can back that up.That engine was probably the fastest non ported shee engine I've had.It could shake off most piped 450's,Honda and Yamaha.Not to mention modded Raptors.That engine didn't make alot of top-end power,but the midrange was so strong.After adding fattys and regearing it,it was untouchable out of the hole.

No bullshitboy2000,obviously you think you have the fastest banshee on the planet.Your the one who's claiming to be the king of the hill.I'm not on here running my mouth about something I don't know about.I own 2 shees with there share of mods and I was the previous owner of a 500 and 490 I don't know what you consider "rideable",but rideable to me is not having to fan the clutch on every little run up on the trail.HP don't mean shit if your powerband is narrow as an envelope.For a 350 to make those kind of hp numbers,it would definitely be lacking in a linear torque curve.Sure,it can still climb hills,but there very hard to control with the tires spinning a million miles an hour. Its very simple math if your capable of computing it. CR500 power= 60-62 hp torque=48-50 weight=215lbs Your gas 350 banshee power=74 hp torque=40-43(guess) weight=380 The CR500 makes about.288 hp per pound Your world beater gas 350 makes about .194 hp per pound Even if your banhee is on the light side,lets say 350 lbs you still only make .211 hp per pound. So you see Bizkit boy,Science and a simple Mathmatic equation JUST KICKED YOUR ASS!Regardless of any other factors,Math has proven that your banshee is not a World beater...its just a beater. A piped Cr500 can pull high 12's (12.87 best I've seen)in the 1/4 mile with a skilled rider(no extended swingarms)I've seen som modded ones on the net claiming low 12's. .Obviously thats with maximum traction.Let me know how your "trail" banshee does on the strip.My guess is around low 14's high 13's.(thats being generous) Didn't mean to start a pissing match,but since I actually "owned"both vs just running my mouth,I thought I'd throw in my .02 cents

h.p numbers really don't mean anything.Your suspension setup and traction can make or break the race.I never lost to a shee on my old 500.A few came close,but I always had enough in the tank to shake them off.The 500 makes the best torque and impressive H.p stock,but the RPM what limit the big monster,they don't like to revv much,so you really have to gear it. You need a fairly modded shee to take out the 500,but then you have a shee that is worthless for anything else besides straight line runs.The powerband would be way too peaky .Waste of money IMO.I could trail ride ,MX,drag,hillclimb and dune all with my 500.Probably the most versatile bike I ever owned and held the title of king of the pit many weekends.Only adjustments were tires and compression/rebound dampening.

I agree with Sickboy,Those 450r have no top-end.The power is very flat in the upper rpms.The 450r is all midrange power.Sort of reminds me of a tractor.I like the handling and ergos of the Honda,but the powerband leaves much to be desired.Cam or no cam,Honda dropped the ball in the engine dept.

I used sportport template kit and they turned out very nice,I sent out the cylinders for a bore job and I'm waiting for them to return.I used a precision pencil grinder with carbide bit ,went to a fine stone and then to a mini flapper wheel.The most important thing is patience.I invested about 16 hours over 2 weeks on my cylinders.Transfers are a bitch,but just be patient.It may take a long time,but if you have the right tools and a steady hand,it can be done. I took it a step further by making my own porting templates from other engine builders cylinders.With just a pencil and paper you can make a portmap of any cylinder.Some magnetic vinyl and voila.I've got two sets of cylinders I'm porting now with portmaps from some reputable porters.The hardest part is blueprinting the cylinder,After that it just about makin a template and mass production.

I don't know why people waste there time dragging bikes?I'm not wiling to give 20lbs to the other rider let alone 150+.With equally skilled riders the 250 will dominate everytime.Those 250's put out the same hp as banshees with a helluva lot less weight to drag around.Mathmatically,the banshee loses.Its hard to argue with science. I thought I would have a hard time finding VICTIMS when I bought my CR500,but like they say,theres a sucker born every minute and most of them ride banshees + give me 150 lbs. Theres nothing better than a guy who just won't give up,so don't discourage him Loco.If it wasn't for banshee riders and the new 450 dirtbikes,I wouldn't have had anyone to beat down.