Cotton eyed Joe

Keep the banshee and work on getting the four five oh. Besides who wouldn't want more than one bike??? Hell if I had 10 I still wouldn't have enough. Its like having a bunch of dirty slut girl friends that will let you take them out, get them hot, ride the holy hell out of them, hose them off after you get them all dirty, and then put them away until you decide you're ready again, an the best part is, you're the only one that rides them.

I agree. Being part of a family business that has for the most part been moderately successful, successful enough to endear several very large hardships, has literally taught me the value of my life. I am in total control of what I do from sun up to sun down, and I choose everyday that I will give that business 100% of me until I leave that evening. I've worked 12 hour days 6 days per week for 3 months straight to get the work done before. It was what was needed of me, and I did it. The parts are also a part of me. They represent the hard work, and skill that I have earned and learned over the years, and my willingness to use those skills. Starting a second business has humbled me quite a bit. I know now what my parents went through when they didn't have "real" jobs, still managed to feed us kids, hell, even put in a swimming pool so we wouldn't bug them to take us places so they could get all their work done, all at the same time funding a growing business. We had hard times when my mom had to buy my shoes at KMart on sale when I was 6 (yeah...she actually had to wait for an $8 pair of shoes to go on sale), and great times when the money literally rained down on us. One morning I woke up as usual and went out into the shop when I was about 8 (in the back yard) to see what my parents were doing. They had been working for 27 hours. The job they had needed to get done in a hurry so they did it. I have the utmost respect for my parents and those like them that will do what it takes to get what they want in life. To this day I have never donated a single dime to a homeless person that was out on the bum looking for change. (someone that has lost their house to a disaster is quite different) They have control over their lives just like I do. I choose to keep what I have earned....which in a sense, money is a direct representation of what I have accomplished that week/month/year etc.....If I don't have enough money, I work harder. I have found also that I can harvest my "free" time. I rarely watch TV, I don't go out and party away a weekend (unless its at the dunes) and when I'm at work I might take 2 breaks, but most days I take an hour and 15 minutes for lunch. 8am until around 5 is the work day, sometimes alot later. What really pisses me off, is there are a few people I know around here (where I live, not the HQ) that have said shit to others about me, such as I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and "I wish my dad would pay me to stand around" well....those fuckers are the lazy asses. They are the ones staring up at heaven through the bottom of a glass rather than dealing with and accepting their shitty lives and doing something about it. I sum it up in one easy sentence: I may have been given the tools...BUT NO ONE MADE ME LEARN HOW TO USE THEM, AND NO ONE MAKES ME USE THEM!! A spoiled kid is the kid that is given the tools, but doesn't ever need to use them. The kid that gets the work handed to him by someone else.

Stock I couldn't make it. With the head shaved, fly wheel lightened, and the advanced timing all with stock pipes and stock gearing I could climb it in 2nd. I haven't tried it since. I'd be willing to be you could click into 3rd, but there aint much of a run at that hill.

Mine went 63 at the dunes...and I'm geared DOWN to 13/44 from 14/41, with 20 inch Skats with cracked shitty paddles in sand....not pavement....

LOL no problem on the mix up. I can't weld so all of my welding is done by a state certified welder that I do quite a bit of business with. I don't have the time to make a jig for converting stock swingarms or I would offer it. Got plenty of round chromoly in stock though. But yes, basically once you get it all welded on you just put your axle on, your brake on, your chain on, and go riding.

What the hell??? That aint even the right banshee...... Who would want that?

For the carrier, the carrier tube, the pinch tubes, the bolts and nuts, the brake mount, the brake mount spacers, the brake mount pin, the snap ring, an adjusting tool, the bearings, seals and spacer is $215 shipped. The carrier tube comes slit, the pinch tubes come cut to size, and the carrier comes with the bearings, seals, and spacer installed and ready to run.

It was indeed fun. Also I forgot to add my trap speed was a measly 63 mph AND I'm running a 7 paddle Skat Trak now...... This winter is going to be a busy and expensive one.

I was at St. Anthonys with Oilsmoke and his son this weekend. We went out onto the lake bottom (the Egin lake is now more like Egin puddle) for some testing/tuning/drag racing. Outta nowhere my bike dies. I put a hole in my right shoe kick starting it....nothing. Oilsmoke tows me back to camp, and then he and his son go back out to finish their ride while I ponder what the hell is going on with my Banshee. I mess with a few things...choke...choke tube...pulled the plugs....checked spark...everything was fine it seemed... Then I gave it hell kick after kick...until it started!!! But it was only running on the left side. The right was dead as hell. I took the seat off and as I'm revving the piss out of the engine, I notice my wiring is melted to the stinger, so I grab it and got the shock of my life. It kinda hurt to be honest. I guess the wiring had grounded out on the stinger, but I have no idea why only the left side was firing. I figured the whole thing would have been dead in the case of a short. So, I pull the wiring off of the frame, and route it down past the air cleaner, and now you can see this ugly ass mess hanging down. Oilsmoke showed me his chopped and relocated ignition and wiring harness. Its going to be a winter project for me, because there is no damned reason to have any wiring whatso ever running past the exhaust, or to the rear of the bike except for the tail light. AND I need new work boots now.

Head I-80 west like you are going to Wendover. Then take the exit marked The Knolls...I think...lol its been at least since 01 since I was there. Nice place. Has some small dunes, some hard pack and some soft pack. It has a section that is perfect for drag racing. Nice flat and tons of traction. I didn't bring paddles because the sand is mixed with hard pack. It was still a fun time.

COOL MOD!! I don't know what the hell the deal is, but I'm always missing my left front rubber baby buggy bumper deal...WTF???? Your fix beats the hell out of my wad of duct tape fix.

Follow the wiring from the key switch to the coupling. Undo it, then cut the coupling off of the remaining wiring. Solder and insulate those two wires together and you're done.

It would to some point affect the performance. The volume of the expansion chamber facillitates in the scavenging process that brings fuel into the cylinders (by Bernouli's Principle). It would have to be a pretty big ding to notice any performace loss though. With the cones, they reflect the sound pressure back to the header and this is what stuffs the air-fuel that leaks out a little with the exhaust back into the combustion chamber. From what I know, those cones are somewhat focused so they reflect in the right direction, but again, I think it would take a pretty serious ding to start messing with shit. I have a nasty knee "imprint" on my right T-5 from my wreck. So far both sides look to run the same. I've tried heating it, then pressurizing the pipe, but only about 1/8" came out. Nice little flat spot right in the belly.

LMFAO A spot of that Never Seize shit will go a mile..... I can't imagine using "alot" of it under someones door handle.

My buddy broke his collar bone in 3 places at the Knolls. He landed a nice fat jump...then outta no where he wobbled (he was riding a YZ250) and down he went. I guess they tried driving him to Wendover and they told him they didn't have the capabilities to treat him, so they had to drive all the way back to LDS in SLC. He was also about 2 weeks from getting insurance through his work.

My name was Stan on the old forums, and when it changed over there was something all screwed up and it wouldn't let me log on, or re register....so.....there you go. Everyone calls me Stan anyway.

Lets hope Reas has something to hang on to... Hope everyone makes it through this okay.

The fake bomb thing is ingenious, but you are smart enough to know, as you stated, about the trouble you would be in. I'm sure it ranks up there with a bomb threat. Try pissing down the drivers side window. Make sure you kind of pull back the weather stripping and put some nickels or something in there to hold it open. Go grab a couple 64oz Dr. Peppers, guzzle, then have at it. You might need a spotter to make sure the 5-0 isn't coming down the road or anyone else for that matter. After a few days I think his car might start to stink. If you get the chance to actually ride in his car, hide a few frozen shrimp under the passenger side seat. They'll stink soon enough to the point he might not actually ever get the smell out of his car.

That looks cool as hell!! I've though about doing stuff like that with mine, but I'm always worried someone is going to end up tea bagging the bars and slitting their sac open. It looks killer though. I might have to make one for mine.

Some Metallica isn't bad, but I listen to mostly Slip Knot, Black Label Society, Dr Dre, Eminem, Snoop, some Ludakris. I also got some old school Pantera, Mudvayne, Spine Shank...and the like. The angrier the better. I'm not much for the angry punk though. I'm more about the angry angry music.

If I can help you out or somethin, let me know. Hell, you oughta let me buy you an Outback dinner for all the help you've given me. Hmmm.... I could save some shipping charges also. I've been wanting to get my laptop to you, but I've been too lazy to figure out how to ship the damn thing. Later. Shit man that would kick ass.... I checked and your not too far from Dallas/Ft.Worth.... I think thinkin about flying out wed night... grab a hotel and get the truck thur am... but my plans were to fly out thur am.. land around 2pm. get the truck and start driving home.... Let me know and I can take your laptop w/ me........... Im about to purchase my airfare now... And no need to treat me to dinner........ Thanks tho Damn right...Walt eats like a horse. He'll eat your cabinets if you let him.

Kyocera KX414 with Verizon The coverage is better than my AT&T service, but it breaks up and drops calls from time to time. The service is atrocious inside the shop, where my Nokia sounded perfect. Its a fair trade as my coverage areas are greater now in places I go. The think I really like is I can catagorize my contacts, and it has a place for name, address etc..not just the phone number and I can customize rings so when someone calls I know who it is with out checking my phone. AND if I get a call from a customer, and I have their number classified as BUSINESS, it will give a customized ring so I don't answer the phone while I'm on the toilet.

Me and Oilsmoke will be there friday afternoon. I just noticed your location. Lucky bastard. One thing though...how much does it snow there in the winter??? I've wondered if anyone ever takes a sled out in to the dunes in the winter. I know it can get brutally cold at night in october. Thats about the latest I'll go is the first week of october. EDIT Here's my banshee for reference:

I remember joining shortly after I bought my banshee in June of 98. I think it was around July or August of that year. I remember Lee, Meat, Ben, Banshee370, Wheatchex, Gurg, the rest sort of slip my mind, as bad as I try to remember I just cant!!!! eh...I'm positive there were way more than that. Oh some guy from Sparks named Curtis......and Crash and Burn (C&. LOL I didn't think anyone was paying attention to the shit I say. That "Original 12" was sort of a rip off of Oceans 11......I guess I need to pay as much attention to what I'm saying as some others do. lol..... naw..you guys know when I'm shooting the shit.

Holy shit man...You sure you want that associated with your ebay name?? lol... It just sits there like a big....rectangle....all rectangular and no...what you call it.... style.... If I made that I wouldn't put my company name on it either. hehe