black sunshine Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 Just thought I'd throw out another diss for one of the worst aftermarket companies out there. I guess there's a reason why they're half the price of OEM. New RS on my 250r gave up the ghost after 20 minutes! Quote
KaosBanshee44 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 I'm sorry your just now finding this out. RS is fucking junk. There timing plates break and screw up pickups etc. Stay far far away from them if you can. Quote
bansee fever Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 man I keep hearing this stuff , I have been running one for years with no problems ! although I did have to take a dremel to the timing plate so it fit right ! good luck man sorry to hear that Quote
black sunshine Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Posted June 18, 2009 Bad part is this happened a little over a year ago. I was looking in all the wrong places afterwards, then just put the whole project on the back burner. So, warranty is now expired, wouldn't be so bad if I was able to recoup my cash! Quote
KaosBanshee44 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 If i can remember right the old ricky stators were fine but "I THINK'' They went with a different owner or this or that something happened and there product went to shit. If you need a timing plate go with chariot performance. Quote
RadarRacing Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 I had one on my banshee that ran fune it seemed but with a new 4 mill cub motor and tuning it in on the dyno I wasnt getting the peak hp that Nate Mccoy said I should. I had a nice flat torque curve from 8K to 10K but it should have made 15 or 20 more hp than it did. Sent the motor to nate and in 5 mins he told me my stator was bad. Got an old stocker and he put it on and tuned it for me, now it screams, totally different bike but was only a junk 200W Ricky Stator. It jetted right and had good plug color but didnt pull up top from 9K to 10K. Made about the same hp at 8500 as 10K. Quote
Rodneya Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 I'm sorry your just now finding this out. RS is fucking junk. There timing plates break and screw up pickups etc. Stay far far away from them if you can. I just received a timing plate from Jeff in the mail today, and it is a RS. Now you have me worried, although I dont think he would sell them if they were that bad. Quote
MikeNick Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 I gotta Chariot Perormance billet timing plate for the mutha fuckin win!!!!! :biggrin: Quote
Snopczynski Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 Has anyone tried to replace just the pickup coil and not the whole stator assembly when they have had problems? Quote
Misssppelllleddd Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 There are a ton of posts on here about Ricky Stator being junk. I won't ever get one. Quote
fastrthnu Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 well, before you guys go and start talking all this shit, maybe you should consider that ricky stator fucking sucks. Oh plus they fucking suck, so consider fucking suck!!!! for a second there, you thought I was going to stick up for them huh,..... oh, fucking suck!!! Quote
jbooker82 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 I bet you will se a lot more people running a billit chariot plate since the cast rs plates now sell for 50 + on ebay Quote
rubberneck Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 at least your lasted 20 min i had 1 that was bad right out of the box Quote
Snopczynski Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 Here is some emails I had with them. The emails are in reverse order. Dear Jeff Thank you for taking the time to express your opinions and concerns regarding these issues. We are sorry to hear you have experienced nothing but problems with out Banshee products. We have made several improvements to our Banshee stators over the last year. Many of the problems you had mentioned have now been corrected and are no longer a concern. As for the flywheel, we are aware that there is a small percentage of failures that have occurred with the rivets. As you know we strive for excellent customers service and our reputation is priceless to us. So if you aware of people on your forum that have had issues with Ricky Stator and we have not resolved them please encourage them to contact us. Thanks Mike ps The passing of Ricky has not changed the way in which we conduct business. We continue to honor him with excellent service and products as he provided for so many years. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Snope To: Ricky Stator Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: Re: I have stood by too long Mike, I don't run your products anymore. What I am saying is "I wish I could". Your products have proved to an inconvenience, because they break, or don't work properly. Nothing better than being at the dunes and the rivets on the flywheel come loose. Or putting a stator on, and they bike wont rev all the way to max rpm. I am giving you a heads up, your name is being ran through the mud. If I was you guys, I think I would probably look at going back to the manufacturing process you were using before Ricky passed away. I am not buying anymore of your stators or flywheels, and we are getting rid of all the stuff on our bikes that we currently have installed from you. Except for the advance timing plates. Your catching a bad rap in at least the banshee world, and in this current economy I would think you would want to be providing an awesome product that has little to no defect turn around. This stuff is really low grade and cheap. About 11 months ago I had one of your flywheels lightened on a cnc for one of my customers, the motor guy said there was almost no carbon content to the steel when he turned it. You guys used to be the biggest name in ORV electrical, now your really starting to get a bad rap. I wish I could buy your parts, but until you guys change things, I can buy them or recommend them to anyone. I actually run a stock stator converted to dc with a battery now. I want you guys to make awesome parts, people will pay more for a good part. It doesn't have to be about being made cheap, and selling them cheap. We still have some older stators on a few of the bikes, and they have been working great for about 8 years now. I think we have two banshees left out of fourteen thats got to have a stock stator, and flywheel put on it. The common problems are: Loose flywheel rivets, Vibration from the flywheel not being balanced, high rpm miss or cutout from the stators, and for a while there was a lot of issues with screws backing out of the pickup and stator then wiping out everything under the cover. Also, the pickup contacts are always uneven, and covered partially with plastic on the contacts. They usually have to be at least scraped with a razor knife. Its very hard to set a pickup at .020" clearance when its countersunk into the plastic its mounted to. The timing plates also need to be more of a precision fit around the tabs on the case so the stator sits exactly centered. Carbon content in the flywheel steel needs to be higher as well (higher grade steel). The flywheels rust like you would not believe. People need to be told that its a must to upgrade the regulator with the stator, or its going to fry their harness. Even then something needs to be figured out, because when the lights are off, there is 200w being shunted to ground, and that can fry the harness anyway. When I used to run one of your stators with my battery, I hooked up a relay that killed the charge current unless the lights were on, so the voltage wasn't being fully shunted to ground through the regulator/rectifier. I have seen a lot of fried ricky stator wiring harness issues. Jeff Snope Snopczynski Racing ----- Original Message ----- From: Ricky Stator To: Jeff Snope Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:15 AM Subject: Re: I have stood by too long What would you like us to do for you? I would offer to refund the money for the purchase of the products but I can not find anything but warranties for you. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Snope To: info@rickystator.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:56 AM Subject: I have stood by too long Your guys stators and flywheels have gone down hill in the last 3 years. The quality has been absolutely terrible. Your getting a bad rap for it everywhere, and I dont know how you guys stay in business. In the last three years I have had 3 Ricky Stators on my banshee, and two different RS flywheels. Finally I put a stock one back on, and ran a stock flywheel. You guys need to do something about this, or your gonna really start pissing people off. Here are a couple threads about you on the biggest banshee forum in the world. I wish I could run your parts and not have problems like I did 10 years ago, but your parts are just chinese crap now. http://www.bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=117005 http://www.bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?...hl=ricky+stator http://www.bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?...hl=ricky+stator Quote
rubberneck Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I guess i should package up the 2 pieces of shit i have laying on my work bench and send them back. I just gave up. I called them becasause the first flywheel i got from them had the 2 lugs machined incorrectly. They were not 180 degrees apart. One was about 5 degrees off. Even after i sent it back, the guy said he couldn't see anything wrong. Idiot Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.