Author Topic: My Honda/Banshee rebuild (Read 10613 times)

Leftynanners · « **on:** July 11, 2013, 04:21:13 PM »

Hello everybody! Well since we have a new hybrid section I figure I'd show mine off. I have an 86 250r chassis that has a Banshee engine fitted into it. Here's how it looked when I bought it:

I've always loved Banshee's and have tinkered around with them a lot. I was in the process of building a nice duner Banshee a while ago; but wasn't able to finish because my frame guy ended up keeping my frame and a lot of my money (don't want to get into it). But I've always had a garage full of Banshee parts and no chassis to stick it in. So I'm actually pretty excited that I can continue my project.

Here's how she sits right now with new a-arms, shocks, footpegs and tires:

Here's a close-up of the rezzie's on the shocks (Evan at Schmidty Racing kicks ass):

Leftynanners · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2013, 04:21:52 PM »

Here's the engine that's going in there:

New nosepiece and new swingarm in the background:

And a filing cabinet full of parts:

It's going to be a while before I finish since I have other things to take care of. But I will be updating this thread with any progress that is made! Maybe now I'll have even more motivation to finish.

Rupp250 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2013, 09:59:40 PM »

Very cool.

Deuce · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2013, 11:28:20 PM »

Very cool, keep it up

Leftynanners · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2013, 01:17:30 PM »

Thanks for the compliments everybody!

Quote from: danhung11;3010

Very cool. I've always wanted a Banshee full Laeger. There's actually one for sale on ATVriders, but he put a R motor in it. I don't think he knows what he has to be honest.

I've seen a couple Banshee's like that and I honestly don't understand the appeal. I personally think the R looks a lot slicker than the Banshee. It seems like a downgrade when somebody has an R motor and a Banshee body.

jcs003 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2013, 04:20:34 PM »

how bought a custom radiator to fit between the front frame rails?

john

Leftynanners · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2013, 05:04:20 AM »

Quote from: jcs003;3258

how bought a custom radiator to fit between the front frame rails?

john

I thought about it for a long time. But it honestly seems like a lot of time and a lot of money to fix something that IMO is not really that big of an issue. Plus I don't want to potentially run into a situation where my bike is overheating from a long dune ride. There's nothing that discourages me more than spending a lot of time doing something, only to realize that it worked better before I decided to start touching stuff.

jcs003 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2013, 07:48:05 AM »

Quote from: Leftynanners;3371

I thought about it for a long time. But it honestly seems like a lot of time and a lot of money to fix something that IMO is not really that big of an issue. Plus I don't want to potentially run into a situation where my bike is overheating from a long dune ride. There's nothing that discourages me more than spending a lot of time doing something, only to realize that it worked better before I decided to start touching stuff.

there might be a street bike radiator that will fit between the frame rails. if you remember mickey dunlap(four stroke tech) put a street bike rad in his 500cc 400ex liquid cooled build. the 400ex and the 250r are close in geometry in that area. maybe give him a call and find out what rad he used. just a thought

john

Piediddy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2013, 07:55:42 AM »

That's a cool project, I actually thought about doing this after having multiple tranny problems on BB R motors. Built rite banshee motors are fun and reliable, and have the geometry and look of an R.

MANIAK · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2013, 02:20:46 AM »

I had the opportunity to ride a full Laeger Banshee, it was amazing. I have an 89 tirdshee that I would kill for a Laeger chassis for, that is I'd have to kill for it cause I ain't got any $$$$ to by one... LOL

1986quadracer · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2014, 09:00:07 AM »

This is one of the coolest hybrids ever! This is now on my bucket list! One SWEET AZZ MACHINE!!!!!!! DANG!

Leftynanners · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2014, 02:01:35 AM »

Thanks! The build has been chugging along very slowly. I keep finding new things wrong with it. But it's almost done!

Hawaiiysr · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2014, 02:13:03 AM »

Well where R the updates with limited pictures buddy?

1986quadracer · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2014, 09:03:01 AM »

More pics please:)

Leftynanners · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2014, 07:05:39 PM »

There's not really much more to post. But here's a couple pics (please mind the mess). The only notable additions to the bike are a new rear end, lsr steering stem, and prm bumper that I'm almost done polishing. I still need to send the rear shock to get it rebuilt/revalved. The bike should have been finished already but my rear brakes were shot. Everything was frozen. Luckily Jon Safarian at Sandtoyz was nice enough to sell me a caliper from one of his personal bikes. I'm just waiting on a new master cylinder to come in and it should be ready to roll.

The lighting is terrible in my garage so everything that's polished doesn't really look polished lol. I haven't dropped the new engine in yet. I want to dial in braking and suspension stuff first before I start adding the go-fast parts. I also decided not to go with the other set of plastics. I'd have to cut them to make them work, and I think I'd get tarred and feathered out of here if anybody knew that I butchered a mint set of fullbores haha