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Thanks guys. It is by far the nicest I have owned over the years. I started out on one of these at age 4 then moved to a Blaster and finally to a banshee when I outgrew the blaster (I did some mx racing on both). I also had two different dirt bikes over the years, an '86 CR250 that I had no business being on at 14 and a really trick KX125 a few years later but I just never could build up the confidence to ride really hard & jump on a bike - guess I just got a late start on 2 wheels. It had been years since I had a quad or dirt toy of any kind when I picked up a nice '89 250R last summer. It had some light mods mods including nice shocks. It handled like a dream but it just didn't make "banshee power" and my friend's old beat up banshee would still smoke me so I decided that I was done experimenting with different quads and began the hunt for another banshee. I'm very pleased with this one. Looking forward to really testing it out next weekend at Durhamtown Plantation http://www.durhamtown.com/

I just recently purchased mine off of Craigslist and saw both the Ocala and Orlando ads posted today. The guy in Ocala's ad is hysterical

Just for you locogato

Don't worry, I have others but I don't call them assault weapons because I don't have any intentions to assault anyone with them. Never shot at anything but paper targets and insurgent watermelons

Geez, do I know. Might as well have left my wallet in Florida when I went to pick the thing up, The bike is in the shop already having the clutch worked on and I am shopping for rear skid plates

I e-mailed them through their website to ask about this but haven't heard back from them. I did get a skid plate from another member for a temporary solution though so i could hopefully hold out for JDS to get back to me

Now this you may be able to make heads or tails of Uman. Does the eccentric shaft look to be OK? I could take better pics? Sorry for playing 21 questions. i really appreciate your help. I'm in way over my head when it comes to wrenching on these things.

another picture, not sure if you can tell anything from these. One more showing the eccentric bolt to follow

Here is the clutch assembly. I did not remove it. I just had a friend who is a mechanic come by (he has also owned and built banshees) and he immediately said that the cable is way too long. In his opinion, it could not have stretched this much and has to be the wrong cable. I'm going to remove it and swing by the local motorcycle shop tomorrow on my lunch break. I have to get a new perch anyway because the threads are gone on the end

so I got the fluids drained, case removed and tried adjusting on the clutch but now I am stumped. The arrow on the actuator lever is too far to the left side of the bike. Nothing that i do to the to the adjuster bolt located in the center of the clutch basket will line the arrows up. I loosen the cable on the perch by turning it all the way in, i push the actuator arm forward as far as I can (per Yamaha's instructions) and then I adjust the bolt on the clutch until the arrows are aligned on both the actuator arm and the "protuberance", as Yamaha calls it, on the case are aligned. When I am doing this, the adjustment is pushing the actuator arm back towards the left side of the bike until they are aligned but only because I am applying pressure. When I let go of the actuator arm it swings "back" (towards the left foot peg) and the arrow on the arm is no loner aligned. I can start to re-align them when I take the slack back out of the cable by backing it out on the perch but I don't get anywhere near close enough before I am out of adjustment on the perch. It has a practically brand new Toomey racing clutch. I am thinking the cable is too long. It is not the stock cable (it's steel braided). I understand that the two arrows aligning are a general guideline and may not be spot on but I am not even getting close. I can run the bolt on the clutch so far in that i really don't have enough threads for the locking nut and i can run it so far out that the crankcase wouldn't even clear it and neither extreme solves the problem. The goal is to have the arrows aligned without me manipulating the actuator arm, right? Then I fill it back up with fluids and test it out, meaning I should still have plenty of room to fine tune things on the perch in case it needs to be loosened or tightened slightly to hit the sweet spot. Does this sound right or am i missing something altogether.

LOL - I should proof read / spell check my posts.

Attention Liberals, you can take these guns off of the streets! ....buy one for yourself! Ok, seriously, none of them are for sell. I already had to sell my AK-47 (not pictured) to help fund the purchase of my quad and it makes me sad to think about it. Atleast it went to my buddy who live in the neighborhood so I can still take it out to shoot when I want

Yeah, since guns shoot people.... Spoons make people fat, right? Do cars make people drive drunk? I could go on and on but you get the point Do you think that making guns illegal will get them off of the streets? Hey, I have an idea - let's make meth and heroine illegal! Look what happened in Chicago and New York when they imposed city-wide gun bans ....violent crime went up. Criminals are just that, criminals. If they are going to commit a crime and they want to use a weapon, they'll have one whether they are legal to own it or not, whether it is stolen or not. Take guns away from every day people who use them for hunting, sport or personal protection and the criminals with bad intentions will rejoice in the streets because their occupation just got a whole lot safer. It comes down to this, there are some sick twisted fucking people out there. If they decide that they are going to kill people, they will do it one way or another. I can kill someone with a hammer, a baseball hat, the 3.5" kershaw pocket knife I carry every day - you name it. Should we ban those too? You take away our second amendment rights and the 1st amendment rights we are enjoying right now will soon follow.

Here is a picture of my daughter's first quad. It's a 2007 TRX 90.

Well, I think (hope) the clutch just needs a simple adjustment. Not sure if you can tell from the pic but the "arrows' are nowhere near lined up. Thanks for all the help guys. Wish me luck

trickedcarbine - Just checked and those JDS guards are exactly what I wanted (saw them ona quad last year) but the brake guard doesn't fit stock swing arm/carrier. #*%^!~$

Thanks Uman, I will look into that. They feel great really but I haven't had much seat time to test them out yet and wonder how they will do for jumping with the way they are currently set up but I do see the larg nut that would adjust the pre-load now that I have taken a good look at them. Just got it on saturday and had my daughter all weekend so not much time to inspect things. She is 4 1/2 and just got a Honda TRX 90 for Christmas (throttle limitied, 1st gear only) so i spend my weekends cheasing her on foot lately. The banshee doesn't make a good trail bike to ride alongside a 4 year old...

Thanks guys

Thanks Windycityjohn - I used to race a banshee years when I was still in high school with stock suspension. THIS one is what I needed back then! The rear suspension is Elka stage 3 as well. They do sag quite a bit front and rear which I need to figure out before I do any big jumping because the reservior knobs are set on the "hardest" setting. I've had one quad since my last banshee, a nice '89 250R, for a short time. It had upgraded suspension as well (not as nice as this one) and the handling was amazing in the trails but there is no substitute for Banshee power. I am very pleased with this bike, just have to work out this clutch issue and get something to protect my rear sprocket/brake rotor before I take her for some serious trail riding in 2 weeks

Thanks Uman1030. How do you adjust/check the adjustment of the eccentric bolt? I guess I should turn the adjustment on the handlebars almost all the way in and then adjust the clutch from there so I have easy adjustment down the road, right?

I just purchased a banshee that was set up for riding in the sand so it doesn't have a rear skid plate to protect the brake rotor and sprocket/chain. What skid plate do you suggest? I have an axcaliber + 4" axle and axle nut but still on the stick swing arm so will that affect the fit in any way? Look forward to suggestions as I need to get one in a hurry Another thing, it has the airbox eliminated with a 2 into filter where there is a "Y" shaped boot running from the back of the carbs into a single filter element. The element has the outerwear on it. How worried should I be about water/mud splashing on it? Are they pretty resistand to water with the outerwears on them? I plan to stay out of the mud and water as much as possible but it will be impossible to avoid it completely. Are there any airboxes that will fit this set-up? Last but certainly most concerning to me... The previous owner installed a new Toomey racing clutch that is said to have less than 10 hrs on it. When I shift into 1st, the bike tries to pull forward. It is nearly impossible to get into neutral with it running and I have even hit neutral between different gears (not just b/t 1st and 2nd). How is that even possible? I have never hit neutral on anything by accident unless it was on a 1st to 2nd shift. I tried to adjust the clutch on the lever but there is no more adjustment left. I have done some research on the web (including this forum) and it seems you have to drain the gear oil and pull the side cover off to adjust the clutch. I guess that's what I am going to have to do.... Any advice before I do? I printed the relevant pages from the user manual. Will I have to replace any gaskets or anything when I do? I'm a much better rider than I am mechanic and this is the nicest machine i've ever owned so I just want to be sure I know what I am getting into before I start taking this thing apart. Thanks in advance. Feel free to shame me and post a link if this has been answered before. I wasn't having any luck with searching for old threads

Last one. Thanks Savage. I'll spare you guys from all the rest until I have a chance to look into one of those services

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I can't figure out how to upload more than one picture at a time without exceeding the size limit so.... one, by one it is

Hi Everyone, new member here. I just recently purchased this gem and have a lot to learn.