Hi i am looking to buy a 2001 banshee and was wondering if you all could help on the maint end. This will be my first 2 stroke and i have very little experience in the 2 stroke catagory. Any help is greatly appreciated.


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It's not much more complicated than a 4 stroke. Just if you ride alot, you'll have to change the top end I don't know how often (I have a 98 banshee and top end is still original). And it's not a big deal changing piston/rings.
All the rest is standard. Chain, air filter (if you can change to a proflow you won't have to worry about putting it the wrong way). Loctite the big nuts on the axle, check bolts regularly. And that's it.

 

Thanks for the help zorro

 

Just follow the manual, read through it and everything should go well.
After every ride check over the quad, clean filter, change oil is necassary, plugs, brake fluid, and chain.
Just inspect the quad over to see if anything is wrong or needs changing.

Just about the same as what zoro said.

 

thanks for the advice jiga

 

Forgot to mention.
When you buy a new quad/bike, it's always better to change all fluids (after breaking in for example) for two main reasons. The first is that during breaking in (or any time period), you will take off all the deposits (especially in the engine and brakes) that will go in the fluids. second is that original fluids are never best quality. I would change brake fluid, engine and tranny oil after breaking in, and put in top quality.
What's good with a new machine is that you don't have to worry about bearings, bushings, sprockets...at least for some time.
Also (like JIGA said) check all your bolts after each ride (once I get home, regularly 2-3 bolts are missing -the bolts that hold the plastic in place-).
Maybe some things I've said are said in the manual, but I don't have it yet.

 

For refrence, ALWAYS totally warm up your engine for a couple minutes (until it revs at a constant normal) before taking off, this is a must for 2-strokes. You'll be a 2-stroke genuis within a couple months :-)

 

Anyways, a cold engine won't revv.
When I start it, I take off, and even If I give it full gas, it just won't revv...I get the engine hot riding...more riding time

 

A 2 stroke when cold will just seem like its winding and winding higher and higher.. then when it gets warm it will have a constant rev.. try it, youll see.

 

Are you sure? Maybe I have a 4 stroke banshee then.
It doesn't wind at all when cold. It just doesn't have much power and doesn't revv. Any little hill would stop me. I'm lucky there aren't many around here, and I have the time to get it warm before smashing the throttle. My 125KX did the same thing. No power (revv) until hot...But I admit that it was a strange bike because the idle would lower once the engine warmed. I thought it was the contrary. It was like an "auto-choke". Anyways, ride hard, no matter what's under your a$$