blue-banshee Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Dean Sundahl ,in 1987 He signed on with Yamaha, the first person to own and ride the 1st Yamaha, 2-stroke Banshee! "king of the Desert" ,he raced the baja 1000 on the banshee in 1987 and won. check out his shee http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1128549/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1128733/ thats a pretty crazy front end set up http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1305661/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1305662/ i thought this was pretty kool :cool: so i posted it , this guy is my idol, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brugal Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Never heard of him. Thanks for the knowledge. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmegill727 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 dean sudahl was an amazing racer! those are his frame designs. and that design had the most travel on a banshee frame until the outlaw and other 250r geometry frames and still does have an amazing amount of travel. hes the shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1.6i Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Dean is the man.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Yep...Dean Sundahl is the original banshee iron man without a doubt. Sundahl Racing Products used to put out all kinds of top of the line wild off road stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBB Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Nice pics blue-banshee, Dyno Dean, king of the desert :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonbon Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I love the setup on that bike. I wish I could get a hold of one of those frames...........but I probably don't have enough dough for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeNick Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 That frontend is fuckin insane... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE358BANSH Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Funny thing is, no one realizes how huge the front end really is til they get some scale...I personally can't stand the assymetrical trophytruck design mainly because of the looks, and a few other design details like the loooong bolt through the spindle, but it seems to get the job done. And a few more imitators... And it even has billet arms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 For some reason I want to say that last time this topic came up someone pointed out that the top frame was not an authentic Sundahl. For some reason I want to say that the Sundahl used ball joints on the top and bottom of modified stock style spindles not the long bolts with shims like that guy has. Also those "imitators..." are fuking awesome frames. They are designed and built by Louie at Twistser if I am not mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonbon Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 For some reason I want to say that last time this topic came up someone pointed out that the top frame was not an authentic Sundahl. For some reason I want to say that the Sundahl used ball joints on the top and bottom of modified stock style spindles not the long bolts with shims like that guy has. Also those "imitators..." are fuking awesome frames. They are designed and built by Louie at Twistser if I am not mistaken. I think you are right. The second picture posted (this one) appears to have ball joints. Take a closer look. I would take any of those frames though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 For some reason I want to say that last time this topic came up someone pointed out that the top frame was not an authentic Sundahl. For some reason I want to say that the Sundahl used ball joints on the top and bottom of modified stock style spindles not the long bolts with shims like that guy has. Also those "imitators..." are fuking awesome frames. They are designed and built by Louie at Twistser if I am not mistaken. I don't believe Louie is doing the design of the frames in questions, using that green bike as an example. I know who is though........... :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88-04banshee Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I always wondered what happened to dean ? he used to live a few miles from my house and built my old 250r back in the day now that have a banshee he is no where to be found. btw i remember looking at his banshee at his shop/house and that thing was fricken tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonbon Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I don't believe Louie is doing the design of the frames in questions, using that green bike as an example. I know who is though........... :wink: So give it up, who is it????? Or is that some of your "inside" info? :ninja: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I always wondered what happened to dean ? he used to live a few miles from my house and built my old 250r back in the day now that have a banshee he is no where to be found. btw i remember looking at his banshee at his shop/house and that thing was fricken tall. I believe he is working for Solar Turbines down in SoCal. He still has a fab shop and participates in the ATV industry, but he stays out of the media for the most part. :geek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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