phantom405 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I had a Banshee about 10 years ago and loved it. It was a pump gas 4mil and it ran good. Fastest bike I'd owned up until that point (mainly because I went from a 300ex to the Banshee). I've wanted another one ever since I sold my last one all those years ago. So recently I began looking to buy one to have to cruise around the dunes again. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, I was sitting in the backseat on the way home from the PRI show in Indy, scrolling through Facebook and found this gem. I didn't know anything else about it besides it was all white, looked to be in great shape from the pics, and the guy said it ran. So, I told him I wanted it and would pick it up when I got back into town. I gathered up most of the money I made from powder coating those stupid Yeti cups everybody wanted for Christmas this year, and went to pick it up. This thing turned out to be a MINT condition 1993 model, with a cool head, carb tuning, pod filters, Pro Circuit pipes, and gearing. I told myself I wasn't going to do anything to it besides dress it up with some powder coating and put some paddles on it and ride it to save hours on my raptor...but I'm a liar, even to myself lol. Threw some sand tires on it and took it to the river close to my house to try it out. Something didn't feel quite right, but I didn't care because it was nice out and I was making 2stroke noises lol The next day, a bunch of buddies were getting together at Whitefield in Porum, OK to get one more ride in before the cold weather set in. So, I loaded it up and made the 3 hour drive east to have some fun. Unfortunately that problem I felt the day before stopped me before I really got started. Literally broke the clutch within the first 5 minutes and got to sit and watch everyone else have fun for the next 4 hours lol While I was sitting there that day, I ordered a Driveline Perfomance clutch kit so I could fix this thing and get back to riding quickly. This short wait is where things started to snowball lol. Since the clutch cover was off, I decided to powder coat it. Then I ordered a new water pump cover and clutch cap and powder coated those. Then I decided I wanted to take the front end apart and powder coat the a arms, spindles, hubs and calipers. Got all that done besides the a arms because I didn't feel like messing with the balljoints. So I ordered some +2 +1 a arms off ebay that I'm going to powder coat when they show up. Once all that stuff was done, I started looking at the rear of the bike. I was just going to powder coat the stock stuff, but, the stock carrier on these things is ugly and dumb and I knew I wouldn't keep it long anyways. So, I gave Tyson Racing a shout to build me a +6 swinger and I ordered a normal carrier and brake stay for that. Picture he sent me of what it's going to look like. A little different than the one he built for my raptor I was pretty content with all that...for a couple hours lol. Then my brain started wandering again after I was tagged in a post on facebook about a nice 4mil for sale locally...How much could I get for my stock motor? So, I put it on ebay, complete with carbs and ready to bolt in and run. In 4 days, someone used the buy it now button and it was sold! So I boxed it up for shipping and then went and picked up my new to me 4mil complete with carbs and override. Out with the old: In with the new: So this is now how it sits in my garage. Waiting on the a arms to show up so I can coat them and then put the front end back together and set it on all fours. Then when the swing arm comes in I'll start on the rear of the bike. Going to pull the covers and maybe some other miscellaneous things on the motor and powder coat them to stay with the white/black theme of the bike. Hoping this will all hold me over for awhile. Only other things will maybe be some Hi-Per beadlocks(I know, they're heavy. I don't care, they look cool and this thing isn't going to be that fast anyways lol) and some different/better tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Nice start. That should be a decent bike when you're done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett131 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 May as well powder the frame while you're waiting lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Decent.. Need any junk tires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hp2000 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Nice start. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 May as well powder the frame while you're waiting lol. I think I probably will lol Decent.. Need any junk tires?Lmfao New Years resolution is no more junk tires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett131 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 White looks good with a ton of chrome too. Just sayin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 White looks good with a ton of chrome too. Just sayin. I was initially going to do white and gold. I didn't like the way the gold powder that I got turned out though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrx46 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I was initially going to do white and gold. I didn't like the way the gold powder that I got turned out though gold plate the frame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANSHEE HP Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Welcome to the site Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 gold plate the frame Too much gold lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandSlingerOR Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I'm liking this build. Are you keeping the pc's? They are fantastic pipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 No sir. I bought some small bore cpi's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadbeat Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 get away from chiefs shop you okie bum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 that's my shop nukka. i just let them work on racecars out of it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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