Lone Star Banshee frame opinions?

[Tim Mohr]

I was curious if anybody has the lonestar replacement frame? Is it worth the money and am I just better off sticking with a stock frame?

[nastyracing]

It's definitely lighter . My lsr replacement frame weights 31 lbs , my fully lightened drag frame with everything cut out of it , bare min left weights 31lbs. Easy way to lose 15lbs off of your bike . Not to mention almost every oem frame is rotted from the inside out . I kept blowing my foot pegs out of oem frames . Once a year I would get another oem frame. Knock on wood the lsr frame is holding of strong.

[Brooklyn350]

Chromoly bends and breaks just the same with a hard enough crash. An oem banshee frame holds up pretty well and you can always gusset in high stress areas for cheap. I would stick with oem, for the price of an oem geometry lsr frame you can line your shelf with an oem frame in diff colors for each day of the week.

[jagged155]

I did a lot of research and ended up sticking with the stock frame. It is currently being gusseted and powder coated.

 

 

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[nastyracing]

Surely turbo chassis could prolly make you a chromoly replacement frame out of whatever od chromoly you would like . I am very curious on what he would want for a chromoly frame bare bones just the frame, and an idea of a weight.

[Tim Mohr]

I like the idea of the frame being lighter and being chromoly with removable subframe frame. How much stronger will it be over a gusseted stock frame? My current frame is a 1990.

[Canada]

I would say yes they are worth it, I did a bunch of cleanup work on the welds and powder coat on the OEM frame. I wish I just went with the lighter chromoly LSR unit.

 

They are lighter like 15-20 lb and have pro peg mounts as an option. You can also ask for some things like extra built in skid plate mount tabs for a few extra dollars, also they are already powdercoated and wont rust.

[jagged155]

After speaking to some people who have done builds with aftermarket frames, the challenge is getting everything to bolt on perfectly.

 

 

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[LaegerEliminator]

After speaking to some people who have done builds with aftermarket frames, the challenge is getting everything to bolt on perfectly.

 

 

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This is a valid concern.

 

I experienced this when building my Laeger Pro-Trax chassis.

 

Most everything fit, but many things did not fit the same as oem. A number of items had to be "massaged" into place.

 

I have no idea if this holds true for one of these LSR oem replacement frames or not.

 

I do know this, the chromoly frame and components of my Laeger have been far more durable then an oem frame in my experience.

[Tim Mohr]

Being that the frame is lighter than stock. Will it possibly be less nose heavy?

[LaegerEliminator]

Being that the frame is lighter than stock. Will it possibly be less nose heavy?

IMO, that is very doubtful.

 

In order to help with the nose heavy feeling you need plus 1" forward a arms.

 

If that doesn't help, then a minus 1.0 - 2.0" swing arm.

[Tim Mohr]

I already have +2+1 arms. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with a minus 1 swing arm.

[LaegerEliminator]

I already have +2+1 arms. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with a minus 1 swing arm.

That should help!

[trickedcarbine]

Surely turbo chassis could prolly make you a chromoly replacement frame out of whatever od chromoly you would like . I am very curious on what he would want for a chromoly frame bare bones just the frame, and an idea of a weight.

Depends how detailed you want it. He is doing single arm drag frames that look like OEM for certain race rules. But when I asked for a dual arm version with all the tabs and brackets, he politely turned it down.

[m671054]

I got the same treatment asking about a lightweight stock look alike frame.