Oldskool83 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Short story, sold a house moved so paid a shop put my top end back on and fix me up to get me running the rest of the year...was a huge fail, no power lost spark etc. Over winter and with some help of banshee owners I got it all re-fixed since I had a garage and a shop again. What I needed: New coil & drag harness (fixed spark) Re jetted (was too fat) 27.5 pilot and 280 main Reeds (why a shop thought it was ok to use reeds you could see thru....) Rebuilt my rebuild carbs (never used double gaskets on bowls....) New crank case oil and clutch cover gasket (shop did something and it just leaked) New water pump seal that sealed this time (shop did something and it just leaked) New plugs (the proper ones) New engine ice Mull engineering head mods for pump gas ( while I was in there why not) New clear fuel line routings and brass fuel filter (stock lines were hook) Installed overflow and vent hoses on carbs (shop never did it) Installed choke connection tube (shop used something so sloppy it was about ready to fall off) Rubber mounted my pipes again (shop stole that shit) Put all new quick clips on my wheel hubs nuts (shop stole them) Redid front nose hardware (no clue what happened to my 1st hardware) Went to a 12T front sprocket for woods Put in another chain slider (shop stole that too I guess) So after a cold winter rebuilding 3 machines things I kicked over Saturday....It's night as day difference. My KFX700 ate the banshee before...now the banshee lives up to it's hype which is why I got it. I am sure It could have more power but for the hills and woods I think it will be just fine....before I could not even power slide the bike with mud lites. I knew something was wrong. Now I can power slide with the flick of a wrist...so much its turned into spinning out into a 360 at times. Was it hard...nope. It took hours each night just messing with stuff and ignoring my wife. But now we can ride together in the hills all summer. Thanks for everyone's help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyRoo Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 You should name & shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike NY Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Wow that's a lot of shit to have to fix after you paid a shop to put you back together and run! And what's with parts missing from your machine??? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ABOUT?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadbeat Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 You should name & shame it was the last bike they fucked with and then they shut the shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool83 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yep...that's basically what happened. A missing screw or two I could understands but more I looked it over more I saw was gone...and it had nothing to do with putting a top end on and making it run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yep...that's basically what happened. A missing screw or two I could understands but more I looked it over more I saw was gone...and it had nothing to do with putting a top end on and making it run.So what shop was this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool83 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 JRs cycle shop in Ephrata PA...Owner moved to Florida is all I know...Mechanic, I have a feeling he's still in the area. I went there because I saw tons of bikes, atvs, street bikes and banshees there....and it was 3 miles up the road from me. Shop even had its own race team so I figured it would be legit...BURN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadbeat Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Florida lol the contraptions that are down there prolly more his speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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