Tommilicious Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 Picked this up of craigslist. 2001 Banshee with rebuilt bottom/top end. Spent the last week giving it a nice cleaning and tune along with some other misc. things (loose parts, bent shifter, rattling kick start, etc). Just need to repack the silencers and it's ready to go. If I keep this one I'll be redoing the pipes and tearing it down to paint the frame/arms this winter. Quote
AC-BANSHEE Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 everything looks straight on it, once you rebuild it will be clean! nice find!, may i suggest chopping the fenders? hahahaha Quote
Tommilicious Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Posted August 19, 2011 everything looks straight on it, once you rebuild it will be clean! nice find!, may i suggest chopping the fenders? hahahaha Ha if I keep it I have some wild plans for it. I like my stuff clean and detailed. It's for sale now but if it don't sell by the winter it's getting ripped down and redone. For my kind of riding it would be no problem to chop the fenders! Quote
AC-BANSHEE Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 Ha if I keep it I have some wild plans for it. I like my stuff clean and detailed. It's for sale now but if it don't sell by the winter it's getting ripped down and redone. For my kind of riding it would be no problem to chop the fenders! Yea i keep my stuff really clean and shiny. Id much rather have a "clean" shee than an all out blinged one lol. And yea mine doesn't touch dirt, just sand. Good luck on the rust on the pipes.. its a big pain in the ass!! Quote
J.J. Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 Very nice! You can work out the stress marks in the blue plastic with a heat gun. Just be careful not to melt the plastic. Quote
Tommilicious Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Posted August 19, 2011 Very nice! You can work out the stress marks in the blue plastic with a heat gun. Just be careful not to melt the plastic. Nice! I didn't know that. I'll give it a shot Quote
AC-BANSHEE Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 +1 nice long passes with the heat gun.. just till the color restores... super easy to melt it!! Quote
Dicklez Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 The pipes look ok going past the motor than look like shit from the fender to the motor. Looks clean tho. Good luck! Quote
Tommilicious Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Posted August 19, 2011 Agreed. A poor looking "visible" exhaust can really take away from the looks of quad. I'm going to get to it slowly but surely. Spent a lot of time on the quad this week tweaking some other little things. I plan on riding it Sunday if it doesn't sell locally. Quote
Jereme6655 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 I've tried the heat gun tehnique......and honestly I don't care doin it that way. It seems to offset the shine on decent plastics. Personally I use a regular propane torch (on a low flame) and work the under-side of the plastics. It seems to keep from destroying the shine. It takes multiple passes over the same spot to do it right.....and you can get it too hot. Just work on one spot for a few passes then move onto a differentspot while it cools and then come back to it later. Yes it is a slow process but it works really good. Quote
Tommilicious Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Posted August 20, 2011 Bought a 30 dollar heat gun from menards and used the low setting (700 degrees i think) and it worked great. Also went to town on the front of the exhaust pipes. Banshees looking way better thanks for the advice. Quote
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