Hey all you banshee guys I just bought me a banshee today from a friend and since there isnt no sand
anywhere around here I will be having to ride my shee in the woods and trails. What I want to know is
if the banshee will be good on the trails, Will they over heat because you cant ride them that fast through
the woods. Mine has been bored 80 over and ported.

 

Stock ones suck in the woods. they have no low end and will want to foul very easily.
dont know what kind of porting you have, but usually more compression helps the banshee's low end problem and if you have pipes, depending on what kind, would help it as well. but the engine was not designed to putt around trails. This engine came from the RZ350 street bike and was made to rip.

 

Ditto, Mine sucks on the trails i cant wait for mods!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

As long as your not completely novice.... no prob...... you just gotta know when to drop a gear..... or even up shift.... oh yeah.... it gives me a chub just thinking about it.... haha.....

happy sheeing

 

tires with some tread are a must also. my step dad's banshee is all stock and the 22 inch blackwaters he has on it tear the ground up. If you only ride trails I would suggest getting a 22 inch mud tire. They will help out with traction issues when you hit the light switch power band.

 

Like RoostThrower said get some 22" Mud type tires if you plan to trail ride any.

Also invest in a rear swingarm skidplate you'll need it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Like someone else depending on what type of port work you have can make a difference. A drag ported bike in the woods is going to be harder to ride. Not impossible but more difficult. A good swing arm skid is also a must, the stock one sucks and seems like it gets hung on everything. Armadillo makes an excellent one, and it takes a lot of abuse without bending. Even with me running the T5's which are supposed to be more high end pipes, I have no problems trail riding mine with everything else that is done. With the port work, single carb, and currently about 175 lbs of compression the bike is a breeze to trail ride. Heating issues I have never had. I run distilled water and redline water wetter in with my coolant and have had no problems. If you do then there are always aftermarket larger radiators, and different impellers for the water pump. If your jetting is on the money that helps too. Believe me though you can ride that banshee as fast through the woods as you are brave enough to go.

 

Hey guys thanks a bunch well she is sitting outside in the shop for tonight and I hope to be on the trails
early in the morning. I noticed all you guys was bringing up the mods and pipes to see if I have lowend
well I will give you my mods so far and tell me if that is good low end power for the trails.


1987 banshee 350 TWIN
Red and white race cut plastics
42 tooth back sprocket, Front Sprocket?????????
Twist throttle
Outerwear filters
uluminum handle bars
Port work , dont know who did it
Bored 80 over
Wiesco Pro lite piston
Toomey pipes and silencers
White brothers boost bottle
White brothers CDI unit
34 mm Kuihin carbs
Nerfs
Aftermarket wheels and 22" mud tires on back
Ceet/SEAT

 

By the list of mods that Shee top end built, but with a good idea of how the quad whats to be handled it is not problem to trail ride, and can actualy make a boring trail ride really fun as you rip it up on the turns.