fixer up er?

[cabex]

This summer I am going to start a project quad. I am planning on buying a older banshee for under $1000 and fix it up to get it running strong then as time goes on I will hop it up.
My Question is what would be the main things that i would have to rapair ot replace to get it running strong?
Have any of you ever done a project like this before?
Thanks
:D

[Ben]

Sounds like a fun project! Keep us posted on it when you get started :)

Ben

[cabex]

Yeah I will. I can't wait till this summer now! and now we have a digi camera so I will take plenty of pics.:D

[Ben]

Sounds good, let me know whenever you start and I'll set you up with your own folder on our new rides section to post the pictures in! :D

[cabex]

k but I will be awhile summer is a ways off

[BlazingYamahaYz]

Originally posted by cabex

My Question is what would be the main things that i would have to rapair ot replace to get it running strong?



i would think u might need to change the pistons/rings, check for anything leaky or squeky....maybe tires, brakes, or suspension....then again, i have never done this before, but thats what i would check for:) what mods do u plan for it? nerfs, bigger bore, elka's, pipes???:D

[TheX1992]

a friend of mine did the same thing. a 900 dollar banshee in a box basically. he tore it down to nothign and rebuilt what was bad. he needed new pistons, rings, a fresh bore, painted the frame, new bearings and seals, make sure the frame isnt bent, and replace bent steering stems or swingarms or stuff like that. if you got hte money its great. but remember, you can dump 15k into a project bike and see only 7k when you resell it. make sure its worth 15k :cool:

[cabex]

yeah mine isn;t going to be anything great. I will do what it needs and maybe get a few upgrades like pipes and filter. But other than that the main porpose of the project is to keep me busy over summer vacation.
It is not ment to be raced just a bike to go fast on and I will use the Z400 for the trails.:D ill keep you posted.

[CHAUNCY]

Hey
Im gettin a 250r for a project.
Thsi thing will look really ugly when I get it but when im through with it its gonna be stunning. hey Ben- Mind letting me put it in the rides section when im finished ???

[killed300ex]

if i were you id go through the top end pc the frame a arms ect then if you got the money tires then pipes and filter. Then if your rich get some elkas. one thing to look out for with buying older banshees is the j arms. Not sure weather or not you wnat those might want ot look for somehting a lil newer so u dont have any of those
killed

[CHAUNCY]

only 88-89 had j arms i think
Here is a pic of a quad with j-arms

[JustRace]

I believe j-arms went to 91, and 92 was the first year for A-arms

[cabex]

are there any down falls of the j arms or will they be fine.

[bluebaron]

Originally posted by JustRace
I believe j-arms went to 91, and 92 was the first year for A-arms
yeah i think you right mines a 1990 its has them