yfz 450 shocks?

[Long Rod Todd]

Yeah, put one washer on each side of the control arm mount instead of the dust caps. The upper control arms are mounted the same as a stock 450 but they do come dam close to the shock, due to the larger diameter of the coil spring, made a world of difference. After I sold all of my stock parts the swap including the calipers cost me about $75? bucks not including the new powder coating. I compared width of the front suspension to my buddy's 700r and my shee is about 2 maybe 3 inches wider in the front and handles better than I ever expected.

[rkc]

How much wider is your front end than a stock banshee and did you use the yzf tie rods also? And do yfz ball joints go with this conversion? Sorry if my questions are stupid, I don't know anything about front suspension conversions, but my wife does find me attractive!

Edited September 10, 2006 by rkc

[Long Rod Todd]

I guess I never really measured before and after but I would have to say when I compared the arms (It's been about a year since I did this) it looked like the 450 control arms where about 2 inches wider and about 1-1.5 inches farther forward. I still have the stock spindles/steering knuckles the 450 ball joints (tapered ends) fit right into the steering knuckle. As far as the tie rods go, I got +2 longer tie rods with a heim joint conversion (ebay).

[rkc]

tks, Todd, looks like a good alteration for the banshee with out a huge cost. I'm thinking about trying it.

[rkc]

Todd, you said the pic was taken before ride height was adjusted, what did you mean?

[Long Rod Todd]

I had to adjust the tension on the coil springs using the adjustable collars, to give it a little more clearance and to compensate for my weight.

 

Here are some pics of the finished product.

 

Front end view

 

I put a 1 gallon paint can under it to give some sort of reference for height.

Edited September 10, 2006 by Long Rod Todd

[rkc]

Thanks Todd for your effort!

[Flyin_Shee]

The front end looks good. I didn't think any major frame modification was needed like the other guys were saying. I remember seeing someone else doing this conversion and didn't recall them cutting any section of the frame.

 

If I could find a complete YFZ front end for cheap I'd definately set my Banshee up with it, I can't justify thousands of dollars on my Banshee's suspension as I don't use the suspension to it's fullest potential - that's what the YFZ is for.

[Gears & Crosses]

Todd,

 

Did you get a deal somewhere on the 450 parts?

 

Good job on the conversion by the way.

 

Gears

[ClimbAnyHill]

Has anyone heard of running the complete front end of the YFZ? Arms, tie-rods, spindles, etc. I tried doing a search for a complete YFZ front end but didn't find anything. I would think that'd be the best setup as you'd get the wider front for cheaper than aftermarket.

I've heard Calipers and hubs are a direct fit.

 

There is a link in hear with instrucions & pictures of where you need to cut! Go diggin for it!

[rkc]

Does anybody know if stock yfz450 front brake lines will convert to my banshee with yfz450 a arms?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorry to answer my own question, but I found a good pic that shows stock lines go to a single line. Unlike banshee's

Edited September 17, 2006 by rkc

[rkc]

So my next question is,who has best prices on longer brake lines? (2 or 3 inches)

[Long Rod Todd]

I bought all of the parts off of ebay. And then sold all of my stock stuff. At that time my bike had like 10hrs on it, all of the parts I sold went for more than expected.

[hawk363]

any real downsides or harm it causes to the set up of the stock banshee, seems like a real cheap and wise upgrade, why do some say best for stock arms and why do some say best for +2 arms?

[hawk363]

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