Ned27 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) I've been here off/on for a while.. Just took the ol' Banshee out for a stroll last weekend....now I'm in love again. I bought mine new in '91 . Before the Banshee had a '85 Tri-z. I rode that until the "J-arm" went away. Then I had to convert. I plan on freshening up stuff and would love to maybe do more suspension work. I mostly ride hard desert and occasional Glamis. I used to race the thing and the bottom of it shows. The poor thing is beat to hell , but I don't care.... The Banshee is fast out of the box..so I still will leave it stock and probably focus more on suspension. (a-arms and maybe swingarm ) I owned a '06 YFZ450 for about 5 years. My wife bought it for me on my b-day. I upgrade that ,it was fast as hell, but it some how wasn't as comfortable as the 'shee. I could jump the 450 farther ,it could take woops faster,(it seemed) and it handled great. At the end of the day it felt great all around ,but I sold it....I somehow still prefer the moan of the duals lugging through the desert over all that great stuff the 450 has to offer. I know the 450 has more to offer, but I'm sticking with the Banshee. I want to make it even better for the desert. We have an old desert car (VW based). Now I can take my wife and daughter through the desert with me on adventures , but there are times I want to haul ass by myself and maybe even get back to racing GPs and desert stuff. I'm getting older , but me and 'shee get better with age. The pic is from early '90s at Ocotillo Wells Ned Edited March 17, 2012 by Ned27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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