Yamaha Banshee

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 and crazy things.
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We stumbled on this rare 2012 Yamaha Banshee on social media @wheeliadores_pr. It turns out a pair of them have been purchased by a collector in the Eastern U.S.(not Binky)  and are being shipped from Australia as we speak. It’s…
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This article features a custom-built Yamaha Banshee by Duncan Racing International, designed specifically for off-road trail riding. The machine has been extensively modified with new suspension, controls, and carbon fiber finish plastic.
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Why up the pony power on an already powerful machine? Because we can
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These are the machines that forged the way to the modern sport quad.
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Splish, splash, I was taking a bath… Photos courtesy of Wes Miller, By the staff of Dirt Wheels Editor’s note: This is a story that ran in an earlier Dirt Wheels issue back in 1999. The stunt was performed as part of the filming for…
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This article features a custom-built Yamaha Banshee by Duncan Racing International, designed specifically for off-road trail riding. The machine has been extensively modified with new suspension, controls, and carbon fiber finish plastic.
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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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