What is this TORS system everybody keeps talking about??

 

well its something that you cut off right when you get a new banshee, it wont run with it on. no jk, im sure someone will explain how crappy it is.

 

it is an electrical ting on the carbs that will foul out the engine if you try to drive with the brake on.it is also hooked up to the throttle.
they always go bad i just unhooked mine cause the bike would not run. we thought the carbs needed to be cleaned but that was not it. it was the TORS SYSTEM, so we disconnected it. now no problems! runs like a champ!!

 

actually, the tors system is a stock set of devices on the tops of the banshee carbs which do two things: control engine idle speed and kill the ignition in the event of throttle sticking open. they are safety devices incorporated by yamaha due to past lawsuits i would assume.

it is standard practice for banshee owners to disconnect or eliminate this sytem because it inadvertently kills the ignition at various throttle positions. i recommend that this be the FIRST modification made by any new banshee owner.

 

TORS: Throttle Open Response System.

It has contacts in both carbs and the thumb throttle. Theory goes that if the thumb throttle contact is made (the contact only touches when you aren't on the gas at all), and both carbs don't shut all the way, that the TORS system will shut down the bike to prevent a run away bike, or even worse, a blown cylinder, cause one carb is wide open and the other is closed.

I removed mine, but if you aren't used to riding it's not such a bad thing to leave hooked up for a while. You need to know how to handle a run away sticking throttle, IE pull in on the clutch and kill the engine. Remember, you might have to do this while headed at a tree or cliff while in panic mode, and theres nothing worse than biting it due to a sticking carb. TORS is yamahas answer to this, while in a panic with a carb stuck open, just let go of the thumb throttle and the engine quits running itself.