yamahaman244 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 hey guys got a qustion so my dad went and bought a 89 banshee last sat um... as far as i know all it has done is fmf pipes lids still on airbox and tors removed twist throttle now when we were riding i have 20s for rears and he has 22s now they were pretty even for top speed...now my qustion is i have a 13 tooth front sproket which i think stock is a 14 now he dont like the pipes cause of them being loud so hes putting the stock ones back on now wont he be loosing some power? and when he gets the bike back we will be racing he think he can take me and beat me bad my bike is a 01 t6 pipes and in the summer i have the lid of airbox i also have some reeeds for it and it has a boost bottle and vitos super stock pistons stock bore and a 13 tooth sproket now do u think i can take him in a race his bike is gunna be all stock now pipes and everything stock he has 22s on the rear and the stock sproket setup as far as i know any ideas would be appricated i dont want to loose to a completly stock bike Quote
gotta_goatsfast Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 Man you worry about loosing races, don't you. haha. As long as your bike is jetted correctly and everything is within spec (and you don't completely suck at racing) it shouldn't be a problem. BTW, FMFs are probably one of the quietest sounding exhaust you can find for the banshee. Its ashame he's going to stock pipes. Quote
Jereme6655 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 yes....he WILL be losing power... Quote
yamahaman244 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Posted March 23, 2011 Well a lot of it is cause its my dad so that's all I will hear if he beats me For some reason he thinks the older banshees are faster then the newer ones And these fmfs he has are really loud idk I don't think there fmf silencers though Quote
gotta_goatsfast Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 He should pick up some turbine core silencers. Find out what silencer he has right now. Even a powercore is pretty quiet with good packing. Quote
Jereme6655 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 it could just need new packing in the silencers.....it'll cost him like $15 to do it. on a side note......your dad is "semi-"right that being said....the 87-89 (may have been only half way through 89 before they switched) had J-arm front suspensions.....the later models after 89 had A-arm suspensions. The J-arms are lighter in weight than the A-arms but also do have slight problems with being able to withstand hard hits on gnarly trails. The A-arms withstand better hits but are also heavier. So technically speaking if EVERYTHING in the race was EXACTLY the same including rider and rider weight......yes....the J-arm might pull ahead by just meare inches. Quote
yamahaman244 Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Posted March 24, 2011 yes....he WILL be losing power... I figured he would be but he said the older ones like 87 to 89::: were the fastest years cause he had a 89 when he was my age so now he thinks if its stock or not he will beat me Quote
yamahaman244 Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Posted March 24, 2011 Ya I kinda knee they were alittle lighter but Nothing differabt engine wise in the older ones he claims that they changed the newer ones to go slower out of the box Quote
bansheesandrider Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 that being said....the 87-89 (may have been only half way through 89 before they switched) had J-arm front suspensions.....the later models after 89 had A-arm suspensions. The J-arms are lighter in weight than the A-arms but also do have slight problems with being able to withstand hard hits on gnarly trails. The A-arms withstand better hits but are also heavier. So technically speaking if EVERYTHING in the race was EXACTLY the same including rider and rider weight......yes....the J-arm might pull ahead by just meare inches. NO, Banshees through the 1990 model all had J arms. The 1991 model is when the put A arms on them. Quote
Jereme6655 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 ahh okay...thank you for the correction sandrider Quote
Motoman991 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Now you should be able to accelerate faster than him. Now he has stock gearing with larger rear tires. Now you have 13t front sprocket and 20s. Now that equals to quicker acceleration. Quote
Motoman991 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Now you should be able to accelerate faster than him. Now he has stock gearing with larger rear tires. Now you have 13t front sprocket and 20s. Now that equals to quicker acceleration. Quote
TwistedSheeRida Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Just race him man, if you don't work its back to the drawing board. Put a 15 tooth front sprocket on and you'll win the banshee has a lot of wheel spin as is with stock gearing, i would never drop a tooth in the front Quote
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