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Dirt Wheels Greatest Hits are machines that our fans liked the most according to their interactions. So we put together the top 15 most popular posts from the last year to bring you all the best content in one package! We don’t always get a lot of information about the epic machines our readers send […]
Rocky Mountain ATV takes a look at a 1998 Yamaha Banshee. In their hop up video, they remind you about some basic upgrades to our favorite two-stroke Yamaha. If you are wanting to fix up that old Banshee in your garage or start searching for a used one, here’s some motivation.
Jerod Hall takes the Cummins powered, 2wd Banshee for a full pull.
Check out the April of 1991 issue of Dirt Wheels Magazine.
Two-stroke engines are perfect for off-road vehicles and ATV’s. They’re powerful, but yet simple and lightweight. No matter if they’re in two-wheelers, three-wheelers or four-wheelers, two-stroke engines allow the vehicles to be nimble and the riders to move quickly across earth’s natural terrain. It’s a shame that you can no longer buy a new quad […]
Hunter Lovelace hails from Muskoka Canada and likes to build brilliant old school custom ATVs. He took one of his old prized machines, a 1988 Yamaha Blaster, and decided to rebuild it better than before for his younger brother. A lot of the parts that Hunter installed are near impossible to find these days and […]
— Hi-performance reed valve system from Mototassinari — Here’s the hottest new thing for your Yamaha Banshee or Blaster. The all-new VForce4 is built upon the solid foundation that has made the VForce3 such a success for the last 10 years. While the VForce3 has been continually refined over the years, this is a complete redesign […]
— YES, IT’S INCREDIBLY FAST — Here is one of Tyler Clark’s Banshees. This twin-cylinder, 2-stroke Yamaha is far from stock. In fact, there may not be one stock part on it. First of all, the chassis is made by Stellar Machine & Performance. The custom swing arm and A-arms are made out of titanium, […]
— Michael Konstantinidis and his brother Manny are avid ATV collectors and builders. After the last year of the Banshee’s production in 2006 they decided to help preserve this classic twin-cylinder, two-stroke machine. All of the Banshees you see here in their collection are 2006 models, except for the orange one which is a 2008 […]
To fully understand and appreciate the significance of the Yamaha Banshee, you need to know the history of where it came from. The heart and soul of this machine was transplanted from a motorcycle that evolved in the 1970s. In the early part of that decade, every street bike from Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha was […]
In recent issues Dirt Wheels has tantalized readers with race reports and photos about the exciting sport of ATV sand drag track racing—sanctioned drag races on a professionally groomed 300-foot track complete with NHRA-ype drag race timing lights. Now you’re thinking about modifying your ATV into a more serious contender on the track and increasing […]
This article dates back to November of 2000!