8-ball
03-06-2008, 05:19 PM
This is my baby it's a 1997 Yamaha Banshee with about a 2001 motor in it.
I don't know if anyone here even knows much about them but I picked it up a month ago for $800 to rebuild.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6058/8ballbansheebm9.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballbansheebm9.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9940/8ballsbansheeiw7.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballsbansheeiw7.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8571/8ballsbanshee2ru2.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballsbanshee2ru2.jpg)http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3443/8ballsdgbumpertt0.th.jpg (http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballsdgbumpertt0.jpg)
When I got it he thought he had burnt up the rings on it, turns out he had put a regular metal head gasket in the brand new coolhad and also from the looks put the rings in wrong so it caused it to lose all compression (on a NEW build) He also had most of the original 1997 bottom end which I sold for a cheap $275 .. that brings me back down to $525!! for something I could sell for at least 1500 the way it sat!
I got it torn down now turns out after it sat coolant leaked into the cylinder and rusted them .. not locked up but enough to cause some damage. Re honed and matched to pistons $40 - new rings, gaskets, clutch cable, reeds,reed cages, and an aftermarket filter... comes out to $105
So I payed $800 for it.. sold some parts.. bought a lot of new parts.. and now I have $670 in it.. I have no recent pics because I'm in the middle of cleaning it up and putting it back together but I plan on getting some new plastics for it and a few other things but there it will be .. $1000 invested for something with a resale value of about $3000.
Has a Pro design coolhead, full fmf pipes/silencers, new rear wheels and kenda klaws, pro flow intake kit with soon to be a K&N filter.. Wesico pistons and rings.. dg front bumper....and of course my AC nerf bars. :D Everyone always said I'd never own one b/c used value around here for one in bad shape is about 2k and here i sit with one i rebuilt and will have 1000 tops in it with my new plastics and clean up...
And to Kaos.. Isn't it scary that I managed to total out a paintball gun and yet I have my hands into something like this? I'll probably hit sixth gear at 70mph and a wheel come off or something haha!
I don't know if anyone here even knows much about them but I picked it up a month ago for $800 to rebuild.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6058/8ballbansheebm9.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballbansheebm9.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9940/8ballsbansheeiw7.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballsbansheeiw7.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8571/8ballsbanshee2ru2.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballsbanshee2ru2.jpg)http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3443/8ballsdgbumpertt0.th.jpg (http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8ballsdgbumpertt0.jpg)
When I got it he thought he had burnt up the rings on it, turns out he had put a regular metal head gasket in the brand new coolhad and also from the looks put the rings in wrong so it caused it to lose all compression (on a NEW build) He also had most of the original 1997 bottom end which I sold for a cheap $275 .. that brings me back down to $525!! for something I could sell for at least 1500 the way it sat!
I got it torn down now turns out after it sat coolant leaked into the cylinder and rusted them .. not locked up but enough to cause some damage. Re honed and matched to pistons $40 - new rings, gaskets, clutch cable, reeds,reed cages, and an aftermarket filter... comes out to $105
So I payed $800 for it.. sold some parts.. bought a lot of new parts.. and now I have $670 in it.. I have no recent pics because I'm in the middle of cleaning it up and putting it back together but I plan on getting some new plastics for it and a few other things but there it will be .. $1000 invested for something with a resale value of about $3000.
Has a Pro design coolhead, full fmf pipes/silencers, new rear wheels and kenda klaws, pro flow intake kit with soon to be a K&N filter.. Wesico pistons and rings.. dg front bumper....and of course my AC nerf bars. :D Everyone always said I'd never own one b/c used value around here for one in bad shape is about 2k and here i sit with one i rebuilt and will have 1000 tops in it with my new plastics and clean up...
And to Kaos.. Isn't it scary that I managed to total out a paintball gun and yet I have my hands into something like this? I'll probably hit sixth gear at 70mph and a wheel come off or something haha!