Minkia38 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I had a funny conversation with a gentleman today about a 1990 banshee He insisted that a 1990 Banshee has a-arms, while I insist that it has J-arms so he sent me a picture of his Banshee, and said "see, upper A-arms" now, I need some help identifying how wrong that I am. since I do not know much about Banshee, can you please help me out. here is his a-arm bike how could I have seen J-arms? Can anyone help me out here? I even looked it up on wikipedia, but they somehow think that I'm right, and that a 1990 Banshee is J-arm. How can we tell them that they are wrong? also, while you are reading this, he told me that he just looked up the blue book on his 1990 a-arm banshee and it was $2400. I looked it up, and I somehow thought it read $1865, or $1230 trade in again, I do not know anything about Banshees, but somehow I misread the following links http://www.kbb.com/kbb/OtherVehicles/Prici...amp;YearId=1990 http://www.kbb.com/kbb/OtherVehicles/Prici...amp;YearId=1990 can anyone help me see the correct amount? I must be missing something please help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hylander88 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I had a funny conversation with a gentleman today about a 1990 banshee He insisted that a 1990 Banshee has a-arms, while I insist that it has J-arms so he sent me a picture of his Banshee, and said "see, upper A-arms" now, I need some help identifying how wrong that I am. since I do not know much about Banshee, can you please help me out. here is his a-arm bike how could I have seen J-arms? Can anyone help me out here? I even looked it up on wikipedia, but they somehow think that I'm right, and that a 1990 Banshee is J-arm. How can we tell them that they are wrong? also, while you are reading this, he told me that he just looked up the blue book on his 1990 a-arm banshee and it was $2400. I looked it up, and I somehow thought it read $1865, or $1230 trade in again, I do not know anything about Banshees, but somehow I misread the following links http://www.kbb.com/kbb/OtherVehicles/Prici...amp;YearId=1990 http://www.kbb.com/kbb/OtherVehicles/Prici...amp;YearId=1990 can anyone help me see the correct amount? I must be missing something please help!!! that is a j-arm bike with after market arms...........and I think it is made up there by jenson motor sport......but need a closer look just at the arms its self... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeypuncher Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 i always thought '89 was the last year for j-arms but i could be wrong. i wouldnt depend on wikipedia to give you the correct answer. as for price, he may have been taking in to concideration the mods he has done to it. that may be why his pricing is different than the one you came up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulvafan537240 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 yeah 90 models have j arms according to alba's oem parts finder http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche.com/Al...p;A=32&B=25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUK Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 87 to 90 j arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKCterror Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 it went 87-90 and my 90 is j'd and so is that one. He has aftermarket j's that are split like an a and most of the ones ive seen like that have been chromed. My J's are solid with no separation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmegill727 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 haha that guys and idiot j's are 87-90. when i was reading i thought you were joking about asking for our help? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkia38 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 i always thought '89 was the last year for j-arms but i could be wrong. i wouldnt depend on wikipedia to give you the correct answer. as for price, he may have been taking in to concideration the mods he has done to it. that may be why his pricing is different than the one you came up with. I'm not talking about the value, Im talking about the KELLY BLUE BOOK PRICE Thanks for the help on the other aspects; I was making sure I didnt need glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby6t9 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 T-Shee on here has a 90 that is A-Arm. He told me that they changed to A-Arm 1/2 way through the year... IDK but you might want to PM him and pick his brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick2stroke Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 It was always my understanding also that a arms didn't show up till 91, unsure about this half way throught the year business. Does this clown understand that you have owned a couple of banshee's in your time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollinRhino Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Here is the schematic of the 1990 Banshee's front suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkia38 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 It was always my understanding also that a arms didn't show up till 91, unsure about this half way throught the year business. Does this clown understand that you have owned a couple of banshee's in your time? No, this guy is being a here is one of his emails: "dont fucking tell me my banshee has j-arms one more god damn time you son of a bitch, i know that they stoped making the j-arms in 89 so and dont tell me that the banshee in the pics has j-arms because it doesnt and your realy realy pissing me off." :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: doesnt matter either way, the Banshee in the picture has J arms, 100% sure I was having a good laugh at his expense, and he wasnt going for it! He is sure his Banshee has a-arms I even sent him pics of j-arms and a-arms and asked him what one he had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duneman101 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 you really should have responded with a pic of your warehouse full of banshee's.... what a dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinisterboo Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 So let him crash it, and try to fit that replacement a-arm on. and yea, I think you should send his un-educated ass a pic if your frame and bike collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Sell him a non-refundable set of A Arms..... Just keep the customer satisfied....then subscribe his email to a bunch of porn sites.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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