Sandking Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Blaster was not a disaster great kids quad half the price of a banshee and almost bulletproof. Taught both of my kids how to shift on the blaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registered user Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 They didn't. You had to add those later because of the junk Suzuki aluminum. oh i thought they had sleeves from the factory. then again i know hardly nothing about suzuki atv's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinklerman Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 . then again i know hardly nothing about suzuki atv's. Not much to know,,except they're pretty junky in comparison to Yamaha and Honda quads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Lt500r had thin cases and thin cylinders. That's why you see brass inserts and reinforced cylinders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinklerman Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Lt500r had thin cases and thin cylinders. That's why you see brass inserts and reinforced cylindersNot really thin,so much as just poor quality aluminum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Cant say I ever heard anything about the quality of the metal. I do know that the casting is to thin. I wish they made that bike longer and ironed out those problems. I like mine alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinklerman Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Cant say I ever heard anything about the quality of the metal. I do know that the casting is to thin. I wish they made that bike longer and ironed out those problems. I like mine alotYeah. .it's crap. Porous, pita to weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piediddy Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 My cousin has a Zilla, he just got it together and I got to ride it today. Matt Shearer built the motor and he has the Dr Q pipe on it. Thing is a TQ monster. Sounds badass and fun to ride, it's a big bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 My 87 zilla is a beast. It's built right with reinforced ears, oringed head, aaen pipe etc. getting parts is so hard though I keep thinking of selling it but just can't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinklerman Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 I had an 87 with all the goodies. Ported, 44mm carb, race fuel, all reinforcements, o ringed head with larger studs,,whole 9yds. It had good TQ, but my drag ported 350 on stock alky converted carbs could spank it in a drag race,,all while being infinitely more reliable. The lt500 did ride better though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registered user Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 for the most part thats why i gave up on them big singles and figured i would give the banshee a go. them big engines never seem to run as good as you would hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadbeat Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 id like to put a yz250 motor into my spare banshee roller just for kicks, apparently it was quite a common conversion for mofos that wanted to race the 250 class on a yammy back in the day, but fucked if i can find much about them, i doubt they were very competitive there is ONE vid on youtube i found and it seems to hang ok with a trx450, hell it looked a bit faster to me in a roll on drag race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registered user Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 eh if your going that far may as well use a ktm 300. i think the newest generation cylinder '12+ will fit on the '03+ lowerend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registered user Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) nice thing about ktm is you got 3 different gear boxes with either 5 or 6 gears. adjustable PV and a bunch of other shit you can do to them. few different heads. a pile of different cdi boxes. few different crankshafts Edited November 30, 2014 by registered user Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadbeat Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 i do regularly keep an eye on the KTM 300+ market 300/360/380, killer bikes for cheap, i want to keep it yammy though..prolly never gonna happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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