IcutMetl
11-13-2009, 08:04 PM
My buddy and I were out riding today after the farmers cut down their cornfields. Some wild riding in that nasty stubble, but still a lot of fun cresting some of the rolling hills going warp speed. Well I was giving that 'shee all kinds of fits in long drag races. From a dead stop, I would always get the jump on him and stay out front if I stayed on it hard. If he was in front of me and on the gas, I could stay right with him, but baaaarely reel him in if at all. His only mods are an open airbox, and a DMC 916 exhaust. That thing f'in rips, and my buddy is a good rider; more aggressive than I am. I have a .060 overbore, mid-porting, bored 38 a/s, rad valve, FMF fatty, EHS airbox lid, 195-200psi compression on a 50/50 mix of 110 and 93. Both are stock gearing and run 40:1 super techniplate, engine ice in the radiators. He has razr's, I have razr2's.
I was pretty surprised...my 'R was really making that Banshee sweat. When I ride it, it's a blast...and it feels like it makes meatier power, but mine just feels so much lighter, hooks up better, and the power feels a lot more spread out- to me. I know I've got a little motor work, but for 100cc+/- less and a 12 year older 'wheeler...I'm impressed.
Well, we were on them pretty hard. I was wringing the piss out of mine, and so was he. 4-th and 5th when I could pull it, mostly pinned. I was following him, and we slowed down all of a sudden- he says "shut off your engine"...I stalled mine, and his was making a horribly bad noise; hard to tell where from. Immediately shut it down, doubled on my 'R back to get the truck. It will still kick over, but feels like it has very little to no compression and definitely has a different sound thru the pipe when kicked over. Hopefully it's just in the top end and it turns out to be a pistons/rings/gaskets/bore-hone/port job. I'm throwing out a wild guess that it was a lean condition on the main jets, but of course very hard to tell right now. I do know his pipes were so hot, spit wouldn't even sizzle.
The pisser is that when it's put back together with nice new pistons, maybe a little higher compression, and some mild porting...I have no doubt I'll be sucking dust again. Ahh well...it was fun while it lasted!!
I was pretty surprised...my 'R was really making that Banshee sweat. When I ride it, it's a blast...and it feels like it makes meatier power, but mine just feels so much lighter, hooks up better, and the power feels a lot more spread out- to me. I know I've got a little motor work, but for 100cc+/- less and a 12 year older 'wheeler...I'm impressed.
Well, we were on them pretty hard. I was wringing the piss out of mine, and so was he. 4-th and 5th when I could pull it, mostly pinned. I was following him, and we slowed down all of a sudden- he says "shut off your engine"...I stalled mine, and his was making a horribly bad noise; hard to tell where from. Immediately shut it down, doubled on my 'R back to get the truck. It will still kick over, but feels like it has very little to no compression and definitely has a different sound thru the pipe when kicked over. Hopefully it's just in the top end and it turns out to be a pistons/rings/gaskets/bore-hone/port job. I'm throwing out a wild guess that it was a lean condition on the main jets, but of course very hard to tell right now. I do know his pipes were so hot, spit wouldn't even sizzle.
The pisser is that when it's put back together with nice new pistons, maybe a little higher compression, and some mild porting...I have no doubt I'll be sucking dust again. Ahh well...it was fun while it lasted!!