How long do you usually get on a freshley rebuilt motor?

[dantheman7502]

Im just kinda ciruous to know how long a rebuild usually lasts, i'v heard from some people that say 40 hrs that sounds like crap if you ask me, but i was just wondering what all you other people think and how often you rebuild the top end??

[flattrakker]

depends how you ride. someone could get 10 years.. some one could get 10 hours. my banshee is a 95 still on its first build. runs awesome tho. first kick everytime and has awesome compression. its how yamaha makes em :beer:

[locogato11283]

depends on maintenance and how you ride it. there are people on this forum that have been on the same build for years..

[LiftdT4R]

I have a 2001 that I'm rebuilding this year still on its original bore. I bought it in 2003 and I don't know how many hours the original owner had on it, but I put maybe around 150 hours or so on it since with regular maintenance, good jetting, and basic mods. The compression was at 100psi when I tested it last summer before I tore it apart so it probably could have gone a little longer yet.

 

There are a lot of factors that will determine how long you can go until a rebuild though.

[RZBansheeMan]

My first Banshee was a 1992. A buddy of mine bought it in the spring of 1998 and I traded my CR 500 for it in the summer of 2000. I traded it for a Nice 1985 Z-28 in 2002. We always ran premium pump gas for local riding and 100LL Av-Gas for Silver Lake dunes all mixed with HP-2. That engine had never been torn apart, always ran awesome. So I guess that's not to bad, 10 yrs. :biggrin: