MonkeyBoy Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Here comes the clowns... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 ben, you get the frame and motor and ship it my way. itll be a good winter project...youll have the fastest 250r around.. Do it Ben ! Run big-ass 19 inch shocks, 250r frame, and make it RZ powered and you got a pretty neat kwad. It would be a great desert XC racing machine You'd prolly need a longer swingarm like a +1 possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decon Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 (edited) it would be nice to see someone give a shee 250r front geometry w/o buying those expensive aftermarket frames. just rake the front end and move the front closer together. Edited July 6, 2005 by dEcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyBoy Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 There really is more than that to it. You need to take in account the steering stem placement, the pivot points of the steering stem, and the ball joint angles. There's quite a bit of work to do it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 i believe you would also have to take into account the forward motor mounts. when narrowing the front that much you have to move those around a lil bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 (edited) it would be nice to see someone give a shee 250r front geometry w/o buying those expensive aftermarket frames. just rake the front end and move the front closer together. There really is more than that to it. You need to take in account the steering stem placement, the pivot points of the steering stem, and the ball joint angles. There's quite a bit of work to do it right. i believe you would also have to take into account the forward motor mounts. when narrowing the front that much you have to move those around a lil bit. This is the kinda brainstorming I was hoping to hear in the orig long travel thread. Is it absolutly impossible to modify a stock Banshee frame to work with long travel shocks ? Could a weld-in, long travel frame kit be fabbed up and reproduced ? gotta agree with the little period man, aka mighty abyss. ya gotta reposition front motor mounts. also need to fit two fat banshee exhaust pipes in that modded frame. Locogato I know you can pull this off. Grab a spare banshee frame and use your YFZ450 for reference and graft a front section on. Steering stem angles need to be copied too. Iv actually heard that the 450 could stand a little more rake in the front If you were my neighbor I'd be over your house right now takin' measurements and firing up the welder. Edited July 12, 2005 by Meat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 ok guys! prepare to be amazed! at how shitty my Paint skills are. but i drew a bad picture of how a modified stem would help out with the bumpsteer issue and not being fuckin with the frame. some wanna host it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 oh i can host pictures for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 How much bumpsteer are we talkin' about on a long traveled' stock framed Banshee ? how much toe-in can one run and still have the quad ridable ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 why not just run self saggers? that way youll be half way through your travel for the longest portion of your ride. 'cause really, who cuts a hard left on the bumps? that way not work for some good riders, but for me rollin some dunes, thatd be prefect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbanshee2 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 there was some dude on here who had a friend that put 400ex front frames on a banshee frame. I think he was an ice racer from canada... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 meat, my email woulndt send the pic through. ill figure something else out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 This is the kinda brainstorming I was hoping to hear in the orig long travel thread. Is it absolutly impossible to modify a stock Banshee frame to work with long travel shocks ? Could a weld-in, long travel frame kit be fabbed up and reproduced ? gotta agree with the little period man, aka mighty abyss. ya gotta reposition front motor mounts. also need to fit two fat banshee exhaust pipes in that modded frame. Locogato I know you can pull this off. Grab a spare banshee frame and use your YFZ450 for reference and graft a front section on. Steering stem angles need to be copied too. Iv actually heard that the 450 could stand a little more rake in the front If you were my neighbor I'd be over your house right now takin' measurements and firing up the welder. 391395[/snapback] i know it can be done. just need a couple rollers and start cuttin and welding. i dont think its be that hard either. just need someone who knows what we are looking for and someone(me) who can cut and fab shit together... on a side not, GT performance builds frames with a rake in the front end that i think they told me will actually work, and work well with an LT front end. it looked fuckin badass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyBoy Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 They have a web site? I'd like to see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARE77 Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 (edited) Heres the guy That I know that has done the conversions bike. Edited July 19, 2005 by JARE77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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