All new Banhsee 500!

[quads14589]

i just got my new dirtwheels mag and they are comming out with a banshee 500 4 stroke fuel injected twin cylinder, what do you all think about this?

[m.h.s.c.#527]

stupid yamis got the 450

[czrider263]

If thats true that thing will be awsome.

I also heard somewhere they are redoing the blaster into a 300cc four stroke too.

[Kickstarts-suck]

nice. I want to see it!

[CRich[814]]

Originally posted by Kickstarts-suck
nice. I want to see it!

me too. could you like take a pic of the page or something for us.

[enduro400rider]

sorry to break it to ya but did anyone notice this was the April issue? dirt wheels pulls an april fools quad trick every year. look how they photo shoped the front end its got a small banshee flat radiator piece coming striaght up out of the smooth flowing YFZ hood, if yamaha would have really designed it, it would have been a much smoother design, JMO

[TheFontMaster]

I think I remember reading something somewhere a while ago that they were going to be redoing the blaster, and banshee with a 4 stroke engine.

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by enduro400rider
sorry to break it to ya but did anyone notice this was the April issue? dirt wheels pulls an april fools quad trick every year. look how they photo shoped the front end its got a small banshee flat radiator piece coming striaght up out of the smooth flowing YFZ hood, if yamaha would have really designed it, it would have been a much smoother design, JMO

yep forgot about that. dirtwheels always does the april fools stuff.

[Mxjunkie]

If it does ever come true, I want to buy one as soon as it comes out. I've allways said they should keep the same plastics etc but change the geometry of the frame over to say a yfz or even simular to the 250r and throw some type of crazy 4 stroke motor to live up to the 2 strokes history :p

[troutman561]

Originally posted by m.h.s.c.#527
stupid yamis got the 450

yea but not everyone wants to buy a 450cc race quad...

[oldskoolex400]

yea but not everyone wants to buy a 450cc race quad...

well then they get the raptor 700r, i dont get why they would put out a 500cc quad, when they have the yfz and raptors going strong :confused:

[WHITE SEAT]

Uhhh........ APRIL FOOLS:confused: :chinese:

[m.h.s.c.#527]

yea in may issue will they tell us it was an april fools or just will they not say n e thing

[88blaster]

Originally posted by enduro400rider
sorry to break it to ya but did anyone notice this was the April issue? dirt wheels pulls an april fools quad trick every year. look how they photo shoped the front end its got a small banshee flat radiator piece coming striaght up out of the smooth flowing YFZ hood, if yamaha would have really designed it, it would have been a much smoother design, JMO

Good call

Would be kind of sweet though


:ermm:

[Xater]

it would probly be pretty heavy

[Ruby Soho]

doesnt the april fools issue come out in april?

[quads14589]

yeah but dirtwheels sends there issues 1 month early

[allstock]

yea i got it the other day its an april fools joke. i remember i fell for it a couple of years ago when they said honda was coming out with a 700cc jet ski-quad

[quads14589]

yep and the 650cc sport quad

[coolex]

Originally posted by allstock
yea i got it the other day its an april fools joke. i remember i fell for it a couple of years ago when they said honda was coming out with a 700cc jet ski-quad

me 2 i fell for that one, what they should have done for a story is a 2 seater honda like the rhino but a honda, that would be convinsing

[rooster400ex]

Originally posted by coolex
me 2 i fell for that one, what they should have done for a story is a 2 seater honda like the rhino but a honda, that would be convinsing

they did last april i think it was. i believe it was called the hippo

[Kickstarts-suck]

yep april 2002

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2636/dscf0001amj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[byrdman37876]

i'd be happy if they kept making 2 smokes.:(

[Tater049]

the 750ex looks hot though

[idro]

i doubt yamaha will ever remake the banshee...

IMO it would hurt sales Just my .02

[yamahonda]

yamaha never stopped making the banshee.. what makes you think they stopped???? fact is you just cant buy them in usa .. canada has them and sure plenty other country have them..

[roundsy]

Originally posted by Tater049
the 750ex looks hot though

if it didn't have oem suzuki rims, dead give away of a fake

[hondajoe05]

Originally posted by roundsy
if it didn't have oem suzuki rims, dead give away of a fake

haha i never even noticed the suzuki rims... honda should design a quad off of that look tho i thought it looked pretty sweet... and the hippo was last apirl's edition... they said they was gonna put the goldwing engine in it... 1200cc two seater... it was a give away but both of those ideas wouldn't be bad

[c450Razy]

Originally posted by m.h.s.c.#527
yea in may issue will they tell us it was an april fools or just will they not say n e thing

if you read the article they usually tell you it is.

but since people hardy ever read they just look at the pics.
(could be that the writting in dw sucks)

[1fst400]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
If it does ever come true, I want to buy one as soon as it comes out. I've allways said they should keep the same plastics etc but change the geometry of the frame over to say a yfz or even simular to the 250r and throw some type of crazy 4 stroke motor to live up to the 2 strokes history :p

wouldent it be easier to put banshee plastics on a yfz.

[firefighterjosh]

Originally posted by yamahonda
yamaha never stopped making the banshee.. what makes you think they stopped???? fact is you just cant buy them in usa .. canada has them and sure plenty other country have them..

If you wanna spend 10k or more to get the thing over here.



I am sure Yamaha will have some crazy fast 4poke sometime....But it will never be like the good ole banshee.

I heard they are doing testing on something similar to what is in the magazine, but that is just what I heard from some ppl around my area.

[oldskoolex400]

I am sure Yamaha will have some crazy fast 4poke sometime

that time has already arrived

[troutman561]

Originally posted by oldskoolex400
that time has already arrived

The warrior/raptor350?

[krt400ex]

Originally posted by troutman561
The warrior/raptor350?



lmfao:D

[oldskoolex400]

The warrior/raptor350?

nah double the CC's and you have it right

raptor 700?? :confused: no offence to any 700 owners, but i rode one and i was very disapointed...my 1987 honda 250 outran one :rolleyes: that i paid under 3 grande for, that still handles better, lighter, easier to fix and better suspension compared to the 7-8 grand 2006 700 raptor....yamaha wont ever be able to replace the banshee, and by the way my banshee walks all over my honda in a drag

[tldPREDATORboy]

i heared that yamaha is tossing around the idea of putting a tunned down phazer motor in the yfz frame.thats what was sopposed to be the new banshee.dirt wheeles made it a joke but yamaha thought it was a good idea.


thats just dealer talk.

[troutman561]

Originally posted by Honda86
raptor 700?? :confused: no offence to any 700 owners, but i rode one and i was very disapointed...my 1987 honda 250 outran one :rolleyes: that i paid under 3 grande for, that still handles better, lighter, easier to fix and better suspension compared to the 7-8 grand 2006 700 raptor....yamaha wont ever be able to replace the banshee, and by the way my banshee walks all over my honda in a drag

Did it have pipe, filter, EFI controler?

didnt ask what it had done, and i dont know anything about EFI and i dont have the desire to either, ill stick to carb...but kinda sad when a 1987 250cc quad can walk away from "the best quad ever made" in 2006-2007 that has a SEVEN HUNDRED CC motor eqipped with EFI...this sport is kinda getting lame IMO

[I-7]

"So, will the new Banshee 500 show up in Yamaha's 2008 lineup? That's the question that our spies overseas can't get accurate info on. It's possible that Yamaha may intentionally hold up its release until all of the 2006 Banshee 350s are sold. Keep in mind that they can still be sold at dealers for years to come, and it was reported that Yamaha made an extra large production run of the last year's model. We'll keep snooping and let you know more as soon as we know."



Corny... thats the last paragraph of the article.

I knew it was the April fools thing as soon as I looked at the cover of the magazine. They kind of killed it after the 750ex in 2002 but they are all still decent ideas.

[oldskoolex400]

didnt ask what it had done, and i dont know anything about EFI and i dont have the desire to either, ill stick to carb...but kinda sad when a 1987 250cc quad can walk away from "the best quad ever made" in 2006-2007 that has a SEVEN HUNDRED CC motor eqipped with EFI...this sport is kinda getting lame IMO

your 250r was more than 250cc from what you told me....... i think with a EFI/fuel management program pipe and filter the outcome would have been different, but who knows, everything has to loose at some point, theres always someone faster than you.....

[krt400ex]

Originally posted by I-7
"So, will the new Banshee 500 show up in Yamaha's 2008 lineup? That's the question that our spies overseas can't get accurate info on. It's possible that Yamaha may intentionally hold up its release until all of the 2006 Banshee 350s are sold. Keep in mind that they can still be sold at dealers for years to come, and it was reported that Yamaha made an extra large production run of the last year's model. We'll keep snooping and let you know more as soon as we know."



Corny... thats the last paragraph of the article.

I knew it was the April fools thing as soon as I looked at the cover of the magazine. They kind of killed it after the 750ex in 2002 but they are all still decent ideas.


it might not all be april fools though either. they might be trying to get a response out of the public to push the manufacturer to produce such a machine. the public has alot of say in what goes and what doesn't

[400EXTRA]

I CANT WAIT TO GET MY DIRTWHEELS IT IS USUALLY IN BY NOW FOR ME IS IT GOOD?

[05Z400rdr]

idk if any1 else posted this or not, but did any1 else catch what they said on page 144? the caption for th picture with the red thing in it says,

"Our spy photographer snapped this shot of Volkswagen's new prototype side-by-side machine. Or maybe this is just another Dirt Wheels April Fools joke?"

there you have it...proof that it is just a joke!


Landon

[krt400ex]

Originally posted by 05Z400rdr
idk if any1 else posted this or not, but did any1 else catch what they said on page 144? the caption for th picture with the red thing in it says,

"Our spy photographer snapped this shot of Volkswagen's new prototype side-by-side machine. Or maybe this is just another Dirt Wheels April Fools joke?"

there you have it...proof that it is just a joke!


Landon


that didnt have anything to do with the banshee

[05Z400rdr]

Originally posted by krt400ex
that didnt have anything to do with the banshee

it didnt say anything about the banshee, but it implied that there was "another" april fools joke going on in the mag