Hi, anyone know where can I get some Yamaha Banshee's new in its original box? Phone numbers?

Haven't heard of anyone selling them in crates for a long time. Let us know if you find any.

there's still a lot of them for sale on ebay. go look there if you're looking for one.

i was reading in dirtwheels that they are still selling them in canada

here they are 2008 banshee

2008 Banshees

I know Canada still sell it but there are to expensive. Somebody in the states should have new ones. I cheked on ebay but don't find anything new.

they stopped selling them in 06 for emissions reasons, only bet you have is finding one and having it imported, or finding a 06 that hasnt sold on the show floor, start calling dealerships around your area and work your way out.

well, I know where I'm going to go when I buy one. Probably go to canada to buy one, otherwise i'll just buy one 2006 model and ride that here in the united states. I think it's dumb that they stopped making them, just like the 250r that honda made, i wish they still made those quads, but ohwell. I know if i had made those quads, i wouldn't quit making them just for emissions, i'd say w00ter that, i'd rather ride and have fun

just get one that is modded so many things you can do with them
imo i would just look for a nice modded one

Why do you want a new one for? There is a lot for sale that can save you money and make it brand new... They are all the same thing since they came out. Other than plastics...

tisk tisk...

the first year or two they had J arms instead of A arms.

Whoah weird, I just tried to visualize something like that. Maybe you can whip something up in catia to show me what these ancient things looked like.

haha, way to complicated.

heres a picture though



stupid ass design.

Whoah, those are strange. Guess they had to do everything they could to be unique to compete with the quadzilla.

You can get them in Alberta for $7500 off the show room floor. almost every dealership has at least one in stock.

Well I never looked into it that far... Just using what my cousin told me.

Psh, Alecia thinks she knows everything...JK

Where's Alberta? I can pay that amount for a new one.

Alberta Canada. and yes in the creat still i believe the 08 shee would go for 6800-$7000 american. maybe less.

Well that's what I plan to do. Maybe in a couple years once I get my bills situated and paid, then I'm going to go plan and look for a nice banshee somewhere maybe i'll just look one bay and buy one or a cycle trader cause I really love the banshee, it is sooo fast and just screams when you're flying down the road full throttle 6th gear, wow, that's the fastest quad I ever rode.

Yea they are a fun bike but why do you want a brand new one? Like they said all years are the same except for the first four years where they had the j-arms. Definitely go with a nice used one. Yes there fast, but my 450 is faster than my banshee was.

Yea, that's what I plan on doing. and right now I want to get a banshee, but I can't cause I can't afford one and if I didn't like my YFZ450 so much for racing, then I'd just trade my YFZ450 for a banshee, but I just don't know how well a banshee would do indoors and outdoors on tracks. I know banshees are quick, but i know that the new 450 four strokes are better for the tracks and I know if I was to race a banshee up against a bunch of 450's, I'd get beat by all them, unless the rider just sucks and can't hit jumps worth a crap...but anyway, I want to get another banshee soon and I'd like to buy one this summer, but I don't think I'll ever be able to save up $3,000 to buy a nice used banshee, I mean it's not a lot, but with all the damn bills I have to pay right now, I don't think that will happen. I had a banshee once and it was the sweetest quad and fastest quad i rode, and I wish I still had a banshee today to ride, cause I'd go out and have a blast on it right now...Well I'm going to try to look forward to saving up enough money to buy a nice used banshee this summer. I'm just going to look for one that is stock with a few mods like nerf bars, pipes...etc and so one, not to many though cause I'd like to get a banshee and keep it close to stock so I can just buy the mods I want for it rather than selling parts...anyway, I'm going to get another banshee someday here, maybe this summer i fi can save up the money to buy one

Banshees are definately fun but I couldn't see racing one, other than drag racing them...lol

well I've been wanting to get one right now, and i thought of trading my yfz450 for one, and i found a nice banshee on ebay, but I'm not sure if I should trade or if i should just wait and keep my yfz450 and save money to buy a banshee? I would like to get one, but I don't know

Ok I forgive you! But only cuz those icons are cute!

Dont trade your 450 for a banshee. I have both and love both of them for different reasons. no doubt the banshee is faster than the 450 in open pits and such, but for track and trails Ill take te 450 anyday. you can find a nice used banshee already modded at a good price. around here you can find a decent one for arond 2.

Okay good. Hope you are having fun!!!

yea...I don't think I'm going to trade it now cause I like my 450 for racing, and I used to have a banshee, but I sold it cause the engine blew on me twice, and I never got to ride it at all cause when I rebuilt it and got it all fixed, then a month after having it, the engine blew again, so I was just spending a lot of money on it and not being able to ride it, but ever since I got my 450, I haven't had any engine problems, just with jetting to make it run good, but nothing major. Anyway, I'd like to get a banshee, but I'll wait and see what comes along later when I can get money to buy one. I'll get one someday.

The gearing, jetting, spindles, and upper arms were different on the 87-89.



It was done for weight saving properties but when they found out they were too weak they went with the double a-arms.



I raced a Banshee in XC and rode MX and it sucked for both. Dont get me wrong I LOVED my banshee and there will never be another quad that can replace that wide open thrill it gave you but its just too outdated for todays sport quads. I got rid of mine for a yfz450 and even though I miss the banshee alot, the yfz has made it alot easier to compete.



ditto, the only time it was any good was in the wide open stretches in xc but even then it took so long to get traction that the 4-strokes were too far ahead to make a move.



Thats how mine was. PITA on the track but it never failed to leave me with a smile at the dunes.



There had to have been an outside factor to that story. I had the same issue w/ mine but Yamaha didnt put the top rings on the factory pistons and then I bought a crappy brand piston to replace them. Blew two sets of them and told them not to send me any more. Went to wiseco's and never had another issue with it again. After I bought my YFZ I let my banshee sit for two months and never touched it. Had a buyer call that wanted to look at it and it fired up on the second kick. The biggest reliability mod you can do for them is the 2 into one carb. Mine had 51 pony's w/ 32 ft lbs of torque and hit 102 mph on the dyno w/ stock gearing and 18 in rear tires. It was a superb bike, just outdated.

I know there is alot in my post but I just couldn't let it be. I miss her alot.

Redding Yamaha In Redding Cali. Had 4 or 5 Brand new 05 banshee's i the crate that they bought out from some place in Oakland. They also had 2 brand new 06 YFZ450's in the crate (I got one =]) That was 2 months ago so I don't know if they still got them.

Heres there Info.

2962 Cascade Blvd
Shasta Lake, CA 96019
(530) 275-7300

Just throwing this in randomly.. but this video is for ppl who think banshees cant race mx ... but.... now i am a proud owner of a yfz450.

Me on my old banshee

There is a dealership here in Michigan that has one sitting in the showroom.

http://www.shawmuthills.com/

why not just have the best of both worlds 450 chassie and a banshee engine i know a few people that are doing it it would be that hard to do if you know what youare doing.
you could have a ypvs cylinders that are ported for mx and stuff like that(ypvs=Yamaha Power Valve System) there the cylinders off the rd and rz 350. and for the pipes you just have to modife them just a tad bit but not much can get you some pics of it done, a little later because im at school....

by the way it looks real sweet oh the pics i wioll show dont have the ypvs cylinder on them though just the motor in the 450 frame

and im pretty sure with that setup you will be looking at like 60-70hp at the wheel if i remember correctly

i can also find a banshee with the ypvs cylinders on them and videos for both

it is what im planing on dong once i get some money

thats my .02
matt

and if you have money that you dont mind spending im talkin like 12k i know someone that is sell a doug eiacher leager cr500 link banshee its real nice its a look alike but it has all the goodies like triple rate shocks and laeger arms, swingarm and 250r syle geometry front end not sure if he has sold ot yet or not

http://forums.everything2stroke.com/custom...-450-frame.html

keep an eye on e ebay I done saw two brand new banshee sell for 4500ish. both were 06 models , one was the le yellow, and the other was white. or you can do what I am , which I dont recommend , build one from ground up. peice by peice. alot you gott do and all the shipping cost of having parts deleivered. taking parts to get powder coated. all the nut and bolts. cost new. bigtime.