This weekend I was in the Adirondak mountains in lewis county NY. You can ride your Quads on all of the roads Except the main highways. I went up against ALOT of sport Machines. I saw this Banshee and instantly I knew I had to check it out. It had FMF pipes with power core Mufflers, a Coolhead, And Very large carbs that said not for airplane use on them ( i couldn't tell what size they were). This machine was set up for MX and cross country according to the owner. I had to race him! So I did! And I almost lost! Damn, that thing was fast! Well, We took off and I had the hole ( he was spinning) He caught me by the end of second, and I pulled slightly ahead in third. In fourth I maintained my lead (his fronts were at my feet). When I shifted into fifth he pulled up dead even with me and seemed to match me all they way down the road. We went for about a half mile with neither of us making any move on the other. When we stopped I pulled out my GPS and it read 81.9 mph max speed. I believe that if he had different gearing he would have beaten me. What a race!

 

Banshee's can be tough to beat if modded properly. They are the best drag bike out there in my opionion. However not a big fan of 2 strokes and that is the only thing I think a banshee does well. It's also been out 15 years so there is a lot of R & D into that quad.

I have yet to see a 4 stroke drag like a 2 stroke. Then again I'm out in the East Coast where there isn't nearly as sick stuff as in out west.

 

Banshees can be impossible to beat if modded properly.

 

Trx440

Nothing is impossilbe. Stick a GSXR 750 motor in a DS frame, all kinds of work to it and naturally aspirated it can kick some banshee butt... it's all about how fast you wanna spend.

 

Then I'll put a solid rocket booster off the space shuttle in a Banshee. I'm telling you, properly set up nothing beats a Banshee.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

If you modify an existing platform, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $1000, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $2000, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $3000, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $4000, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $5000, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $10,000, the Banshee is the fastest.
If you start with a stock bike and add $15,000, the Banshee is the fastest.
This continues until Bill Gates runs out of money.

 

Cop, good win but all in all that was not a very hot Banshee. Most ported Banshees will beat your DS and it is very easy to mod a Banshee to a point where even the fastest four strokes don't have a chance.

 

Stock Banshee against stock Ds Baja, in the sand, both with stock tires which do you think would win?

 

add some whoops and jumps to the mix and watch the banshee get smoked

 

dsdrew

A DS. I've beaten pipped Banshee's with my stock DS. Out of the box DS is tough to beat.

 

If you beat a piped banshee with a stock ds, one of two things has happened, either the banshee had no traction ( a common problem with the banshee) or it was not tuned properly.

Banshees are hard to beat for draggin and hillclimbing. My baja was a good running machine and my banshee would beat it most times. On flat land it was closer, but on hills the banshee would blow by.

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