Yamaha Banshee

By the staff of Dirt Wheels Photos by Pat Carrigan DUNCAN RACING BANSHEE Yamaha’s Banshee was a sales hit for close to two decades. Right from the first, the twin-cylinder two-stroke had massive aftermarket support. Its engine…
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march 98 HIGH-PERFORMANCE TWO-STROKE For the past ten years, Yamaha’s High-Performance Two-Stroke, liquid-cooled, twin-cylinder, Ban­shee has stood atop the throne of ATVing. Since its introduction in ’87, it has been the…
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*To subscribe to Dirt Wheels Magazine in print or digital form click here https://hi-torque.com/product/dirtwheels. TOO MUCH IS BARELY ENOUGH Bruce Owen at C&O Racing in Redondo Beach, CA, knows there are few production quads that…
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By the Staff of Dirt Wheels RADICAL YAMAHA BLASTER BUILD! 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…
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A GERMAN BANSHEE Hi Dirt Wheels,     I'm Robby from Germany and I would like to present my modified Banshee. I bought it in 2013,  my first Banshee after I sold my old 2006 Raptor 700. The Banshee was in a stock condition but was not…
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By the staff of Dirt Wheels THE BANSHEE: YAMAHA'S GREATEST QUAD When it comes to quad riders, which group is the most passionate, enthusiastic, and hardcore of all? Well, we'd have to say the owners of two-stroke quads. Honda TRX250R…
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MOTOCROSS BANSHEE
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CUSTOM BANSHEE BUILD How many twin-cylinder, two-stroke quads has there ever been? The Banshee is the only one. Yamaha caught the world totally off-guard when they came out with this unique machine back in 1987. No other ATV…
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BANSHEE SPOTTERS GUIDE So, what year Banshee do you own? Perhaps you can get an idea by its colors and this chart shows them all. Which year model Banshee looked the best? Was it the classic red and white of the very first year in 1987? Or…
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By the staff of Dirt Wheels TURBOCHARGED BANSHEE Is it possible to turbocharge a 2-stroke? Yes indeed, as long as the turbo is mounted after the cones to the expansion chamber exhaust. Therefore they can still allow the exhaust waves…
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CONVERTING A QUAD INTO A SNOWMOBILE Ever since our very first issue back in 1980 the Dirt Wheels crew has been into hopping up machines for more power and better suspension. When it comes to ATVs we've also been known to try some wild…
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By the staff of Dirt Wheels, photos by Pat Carrigan CT RACING 400cc BANSHEE CT Racing’s 400cc Banshee kits have been a popular kit for years. CTR originally marketed a 370cc, long-rod kit for the Banshee, but after the 4mm stroker…
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