shanYE west

Had one in my 250r, Worked great

For performance go with the wiseco, if your looking for somthing with longer life try Pro-X Had my Pro-X for 2 seasons now and still look great. but loose alittle HP

I'll second the Tusk kit. I put a set in my 250r and it worked great, its also dirt cheap. I think it was like $35 or somthing like that. Dont ask me how long it lasted because about a month after I put it in I hit a 660 grizzly head on in the trails and totaled the bike... sold it a week later. Grizzly only got a bent front bumper and rack.

I worked at a yamaha dealer, and if the dealer does the frame change they're supposed to stamp the vin in the frame. Dont quote me on it but I think its Illegal if they dont. I know we had to. Could just be company policy though..

I got the T2 bar kit brand new on ebay for $100 I've seen Tag bar clamps for banshee going for around $30 or so latley Tag makes a great set of bars. I have also have the X-5 on my 450

I used Boyesen Carbon pro's on stock cage and they worked well. Heard good things about carbon tech reeds, can choose tension for riding style. As far as valves go I used afew of them. Started with RAD valves, worked well on stock motor and carbs then I got V-Force2's , noticed big difference over the RAD but I think I had the first version to the RAD that didn't work with my new 35mm carbs. Then I got pyramid valves performed same as the V-force for me but not worth the price unless you can get them cheap. I would say my vote goes for V-force3

What I think will happen is that yamaha will slowly stop making parts for it one part at a time. I'm guessin they'll start around 10 years after production stops. I used to work in the parts department at a yamaha dealer and people would want parts for like a 72 street bike and some parts would be available still while others weren't. So I think yamaha will follow in that same line with the banshee. But with the aftermarket following of the banshee there's really no need for OEM parts. I think Yukon makes a trans set for a banshee?

I've had the pryamids for about 3 yrs now and I havn't had any problems with the reeds. I had V-force2's before the pyramids and I didn't notice any power increase or decrease. So i'm not gonna vouch for the power of the Pyramids because I didn't notice a increase over the V-force but I will say they did hold up. Just my opinion