I just bought an '06 Shee and all I do is woods and trail ride. I don't have any problems lopping around. I threw a Gnarly pipe on it for low-end power. Also, when you get tired of the power, it upgrades easily with tons of parts available.

 

I have had both and trail rode both and I can tell you get a RAPTOR 660. Banshee's are great quads just not suited to trails as the Raptor is.

 

If you know how to handle it right a banshee will work just fine for trails.

 

buy a used shee for 3500 or spend the money and get the 700!!!!!! leave the 660 alone.

 

as you know torq is great on the trails and you cant beat a raptor mabey look at the 450s to my buddy has a yfz with an wb e2 pipe and that thing has gobbs of torq plus they handle real good.

 

It depends on how fast you want to ride those trails. If you want to ride at a moderate pace get the Raptor, but if you like to really hang the rear end out there in the turns, and you like high RPM hard hitting power, get the Banshee, because it corners much flatter than the tippy Raptor 660. Or if you just want your quad to sound like a 600R supersport bike, get the Banshee.

We have a Banshee, and have had a 660 Raptor, and the Banshee is more fun to ride. Jetting the dual carb Banshee can be a pain, but the dual carb 660 Raptor is even harder to work on. Maybe that fuel injected Raptor 700 isn't such a bad idea after all.

 

Couldn't agree more. Once you learn how to ride a shee it is a BALL on the trails BUTTTTTT I'd have to say that a Rappy is more suited for woods riding without a doubt.

 

My youngest son wants to inherit our Banshee in a year or two. He thinks he's Mr two stroke pro because he rides a KTM 65 SX now, and that has an even more light switch type powerband than the Banshee. The KTM makes no power at all below about 8K RPM, then bogs for another 1K RPM, then launches like a rocketship. I have a hard time riding the KTM, because it always wheelies when it hits the powerband, even in fourth gear with a 200 pounder riding it. My son rides it great though, so I finally let him talk me into taking the Banshee for a short cruise in the street right in front of our house yesterday. I'm expecting him to just putt around in first gear, so I was a bit upset when he pinned it, and I watched him shift through first, second, third, and into fourth gear before he got to the turn at the end of the block [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img] . He is only 10 years old, so I don't think Mr No Fear 10 year old is getting back on the Banshee again any time soon.

Just bringing this up because a Banshee isn't that hard to ride. A ten year old can ride one [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] .

 

I can feel your fear as I read that. LOL. I'll bet you don't make that mistake again for a while.

 

were you worried or did he show his old man up? lol!!!! we saw a 9 year old girl race a drag shee(alky) at clash of the titans(sand drags) last march. i have a 5 year old boy, my wife would kill me if i had him on a drag shee at 9. that little girl rode it like a champ.