xander450 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I bought this '94 banshee motor recently for a streetbike project. Haven't fired it up yet, been busy working on the rest of the machine. Anyway, in the process of working out the hose routing, I went looking for the rear vent - I'm unfamiliar with Banshees, so didn't know there WAS one until I was looking at hose routing threads on the forums. What I found, instead of a hose fitting, was a screw stuffed into the vent hole with grey silicon on it. It came out easily, but no telling how much silicon is stuffed down that hole. SO. What now? Do I have to tear this thing down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I wouldnt worry about the silicone. The transmission should chew it up pretty easly. It will come out when you chage the oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xander450 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I wouldnt worry about the silicone. The transmission should chew it up pretty easly. It will come out when you chage the oil. But what about the case being able to vent? Do you figure the vent will be cleared by the pressure before it blows seals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I thought you removed the bolt so the passage was open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Run a piece of wire thru it, remove and clean. Also there shoul be a vent hose coming from waterpump area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper06 Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 that little white peice is just pressed in litley,pop out with screw driver,clear it put it back in with threebond 1211 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xander450 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Thanks for the advice everyone, very much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Two questions for you. What kind of bike are you putting it in, and where you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xander450 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Two questions for you. What kind of bike are you putting it in, and where you located? I'm making sort of a modern version of a TZ350. It's built around a modified RD350 frame with shee engine, TZ bodywork and lots of modern bits (dual front discs, hydraulic clutch, modern shocks, etc). And I'm located in Austin, TX. Fwiw, I have a peculiar sickness that makes this appropriate for me, but it's not the ideal frame for a road-going banshee. For about the same money you could drop a shee engine into an RS250 chassis, and in fact you wouldn't even have to weld anything (the Two Stroke Shop makes bolt-on bracketry for the purpose). An RS250, or even a Ninja, would handle the power wayyy better than an RD or TZ frame would. But that's a little beside the point. Why, do you have a similar illness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 I might not have the sickness , but I got exposed some how. While searching CL for a bike for my son I saw several 500 Ninjas and the thought crossed my mind . Didn't know if you could get away with it . Mostly smog popo. probably get a blown Ninja cheaper than any kind of RD/RZ. Post up some pics when you get it done. Will this be a street or track bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xander450 Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) I might not have the sickness , but I got exposed some how. While searching CL for a bike for my son I saw several 500 Ninjas and the thought crossed my mind . Didn't know if you could get away with it . Mostly smog popo. probably get a blown Ninja cheaper than any kind of RD/RZ. Post up some pics when you get it done. Will this be a street or track bike? Yeah, depends where you are and what frame you put it in. Part of the trick here is getting it street legal (it will be a street bike with occasional track use). Since it's going to be titled as a '73 RD350, there won't be any smog checks - not so with a modern Ninja chassis, and of course an RS250 comes with even bigger problems since it would never have had a road-going VIN. Of course, in TX you can get just about anything street legal. Besides the legal issues, there are of course a few technical complications to overcome as well - getting or making pipes that will mount gracefully, motor mounts, and then of course the trans gearing is shorter than it ought to be for a street motorcycle, adapting a different radiator. There are fairly straightforward solutions to all of that. If you find yourself wanting to do this at some point, shoot me a PM and I'll tell you what I know. Alex Edited May 6, 2011 by xander450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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