GoBigOrGoHome Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Awesome work man..What kinda motor setup you run in that chassis? In the green one Im running an 8mm 72mm bore Twister Small Block motor... its just over 100HP with gobs of torque. The red one has a 4mm stock cylinder motor built by twister and rips also. Im in the process of building two new long travel bikes... one is gonna have either a 4mm or 10mm triple motor with a 3 into 1 inframe pipe, and my buddy is putting a big-bore raptor 700 motor in the other one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickisGod Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 define long travel. what make this setup better than, o lets say broke's 250r-banshee. how much travel are you getting out of these bikes that make them worth it because by the look of the pictures all i can think about is $$$$. dont take it the wrong way i think the idea and designs great applause but lonestar took a very simplistic approach at tackling the banshee suspension issue http://www2.propichosting.com/Images/501084/25.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBigOrGoHome Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Im getting 24" out of the back and around 16" out of the front with my elkas and over 18" on the red bike with the fox evol's. I actually had to relocate my exhaust up under the seat because the rear caliper hit it on full compression with it was in the stock position. This bike wasnt built with just travel in mind though, it was built with the longest possible arms to reduce wheel scrub throughout range of motion as well as to provide more stability in high speed cornering. The rear is a no-link setup and really works great in the rough stuff... I can go 6th gear pinned through the roughest whoops and its so smooth and stable and that is worth more to me than just a travel number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 awesome setups.. if i was in the dunes all the time, id have one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltd.yfz Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 If i had the money i'd have one of these for sure!!! Can't wait to ride it!!!!!! Maybe i just won't pay my bills anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hank 024 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 the only word that came to mind was "SICK" that shee is awesome never see something like that around my area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltd.yfz Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 He does extremely good work!!! I have his +2 +1 a arms, a modded stock frame, and soon his beadlocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKheathen Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 not a big fan of the wing look either........i just want to make some nasty ass hillclimbs without all the buck and scatter......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickisGod Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 ya 24 inches is outrageous. i wish broke would chime in with wat numbers hes got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogs Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 what is a longtravel banshee for? Longer Travel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKheathen Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 you ever feel that buck from a 3" rock or bump?.....well, some of us need to hit more than 3" at more than 3mph...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I am running two trail tech rechargable batteries for my xmitter light bar... I actually am running a PVL ignition and the batteries and lights are a totally separate wiring harness so when the motor isnt running or even when the motor is pulled out, you can still turn the lights on. The guy that wired my bike also hooked me up with green LED underbody lighting so I can make it strobe while Im racing people up the hills at night I love it it looks like a UFO going across the dunes lol Cool, I am a friend of the owner of vision x, and one of the few others running a battery setup in a banshee. Does that xmitter bar seem to reach out far enough for you when your traveling fast at night? I run the solstice lgihts, and one of the new solstice helmet lights with the new big bad battery pack in my kidney belt. Its probably the best light mod I have ever seen for night riding. You can basically set it up so the light is pointed wherever you are looking, and it gets it high up above you for the best distance coverage. I also have blue underbody leds that I run on my setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBigOrGoHome Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Cool, I am a friend of the owner of vision x, and one of the few others running a battery setup in a banshee. Does that xmitter bar seem to reach out far enough for you when your traveling fast at night? I run the solstice lgihts, and one of the new solstice helmet lights with the new big bad battery pack in my kidney belt. Its probably the best light mod I have ever seen for night riding. You can basically set it up so the light is pointed wherever you are looking, and it gets it high up above you for the best distance coverage. I also have blue underbody leds that I run on my setup. Thats awesome I wish I knew someone like that, maybe my light bar wouldnt have cost so much LOL no really though its SO bright and I love it. its by far the brightest bike in every night ride group Im in and lots of my buddies run the smaller HID's nobody has the bigger ones though... since Im not running a charging system for my batteries, I really like the fact that it uses such low power, Im able to get a good long night ride before my batteries die. But the one thing that does suck is that since its LED, when the light goes out it goes out without warning... it doesnt get dimmer before it goes out. Do you run a charging system for your batteries or how do you do yours? My first setup was a trail tech battery and capacitor with a bridged ground on a ricky stator high output stator and 4 of the MR16HID's which was a pretty unreliable setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheedevil06 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 how much does that set up cost? and can i contact somebody for the parts? or is it a custom job where id have to send my frame out to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 I do run a charging system. I floated the ground on a stock stator, and I wired up a charge relay. So the bike only charges the battery when the lights are on. I also used a regulator/rectifier out of a snowmobile to do the dc conversion. The battery is a little 10ah unit that I made a bracket for and put under the back seat where the airbox used to be. I even built a coolant bottle bracket into it. I used all water resistant, or stock looking connectors on the conversion also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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