baddest ATV

[v6toy4x]

My choice is the quadzilla

 

[Gramps]

back around 1960 we had the "tote goat"..........pretty dam scary for a 10 year old kid.

 

[EmpirE231]

I vote the Honda pilot

 

[2FORCEFULL]

back around 1960 we had the "tote goat"..........pretty dam scary for a 10 year old kid.

well, I was only 7....

 

[Dunerking]

Still have my original owner 90 LT-500. Plan to do a full restore on it with Dr.Q pipe/motor! Love that bike!

 

[RiverDave]

Banshee or 250r

 

[Maw]

We still own a Honda 250R Quad if someone is interested in buying one.

 

[Lavey5150]

Anyone remember Trinity from the old days when they were in Anaheim? Buddy of mine had a Banshee w/ 100% Alcohol setup. He used to do quite well against the likes of the snowmobile and Streetbike powerplants.

 

[AzMandella]

You left out the Honda 450R 2 Stoke . My Vote

 

[monkeyswrench]

The LT-500 was like riding a Lazy-Boy...cushy before the advent of long travel. Banshees were quick, but if you went from the 500 to the Banshee, you learned real quick they didn't handle the same
Had a friend with a built "Sam & Ed's" Banshee...methanol, drag pipes and billet stuff I didn't understand. He'd let me run it up Comp or Olds when I'd run into him out there in the 90's. He had all the cool toys...I heard he did a stint for trafficking or distribution I guess that's why he had the cool stuff.

 

[bk2drvr]

The Banshee was a wicked machine. The sound it made with pipes can’t be duplicated.

 

[Wizard29]

I vote the Honda pilot

I know at least 3 people that have broken their backs in those, one of them being my mom. If you land on the rear wheels just the right way, the shit suspension doesn't suck it up and compresses your vertebrae.

 

[Wizard29]

And by the way, my vote is an '86 250R with a CT Racing 350 engine exactly like the one that was just posted in the classified section.

 

[69hondo]

I am a huge fan of the 250r. We have a few.
That being said I think you have to go Banshee just because it is the longest production ATV. 87- 06 and virtually unchanged. first year or 2 had the J arms.

 

[69hondo]

We still own a Honda 250R Quad if someone is interested in buying one.

What year? What shape is it in?

 

[monkeyswrench]

I know at least 3 people that have broken their backs in those, one of them being my mom. If you land on the rear wheels just the right way, the shit suspension doesn't suck it up and compresses your vertebrae.

The only person I knew that had one was a paraplegic...hand controls made sense, and it was enough for him to roll the dunes again. Sometime around 96 or so, me and a buddy put together a Honda Accord powered automatic 4 seater with him. Same thing, shit rear suspension...but he could roll the dunes with his wife and baby girl.

 

[76sanger]

I love my 250r three wheeler(370) now. But my Banshee is plain bad ass,(572) now and depending what I run for fuel, 115 -125 hp on a 293 lb bike gets your attention quickly!

 

[poncho]

I had the Quadzilla and 250R. Playing in the Oregon dunes one weekend I met a guy with the most insane looking Banshee i've ever seen, let me take it for a ride, that acceleration was otherworldly, said he had 10K in the motor back in the early 2000's. With the suspension mods he had that thing put the power down like you were on asphalt, 3 seconds in you were in injury territory, one of the fastest things i have ever been on.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Banshee hands down!! Look at the atv sand drag world.. even today everything is "banshee based"!

 

[pronstar]

Three wheelers are certainly the most vilified.

But I bet more people have been hurt or killed playing with Banshees…

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Evolution of the Banshee..

 

[69hondo]

I'm biased.

 

[Bpracing1127]

banshee hands down.

they are so heavily modded its crazy.

friend of mine builds motors for them, he has done reverse cylinders (exhaust exits under the seat) and nitro, alcohol, fuel injected. nitrous and more.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

banshee hands down.

they are so heavily modded its crazy.

friend of mine builds motors for them, he has done reverse cylinders (exhaust exits under the seat) and nitro, alcohol, fuel injected. nitrous and more.

I have never seen anyone successfully run fuel injection on a banshee. What is your buddies name by chance?

 

[bonesfab]

A pair of pilots and a trailer just ended on BAT for 40,000.00 holy shit.

 

[bonesfab]

I have never seen anyone successfully run fuel injection on a banshee. What is your buddies name by chance?

Had the MRD fuel injection on my Wave raider years ago. The thing was turnkey reliable and never any issues once it was dialed in. I was impressed as all hell.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Had the MRD fuel injection on my Wave raider years ago. The thing was turnkey reliable and never any issues once it was dialed in. I was impressed as all hell.

Was it the mechanical?. The MRD stuff always seemed to work well on stuff that didnt shift.

The MRD didnt work for shit on the banshee. It was the change in rpm every shift that would never pan out. Their mechanical and even when they tried electronic.

Heck I think I still have an MRD set up for a banshee in my garage..

 

[Bpracing1127]

I have never seen anyone successfully run fuel injection on a banshee. What is your buddies name by chance?

Brian and Boris Kruder

 

[Maw]

What year? What shape is it in?

PM sent.

 

[CLdrinker]

250R all the way.

 

[Yldboyz]

Banshee has always done me justice.

 

[CLdrinker]

I'm biased.
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Were you there the night I raced my 250R against that banshee on I Ave. I forget his name. The guy had the blue van in high school and had the house on i and Fairburn?

 

[69hondo]

Were you there the night I raced my 250R against that banshee on I Ave. I forget his name. The guy had the blue van in high school and had the house on i and Fairburn?

@bldrinker forgive me for forgetting but who are you?
You are taking about Jeff

 

[MK1MOD0]

The Banshe had a good motor , but the frame, geometry, and suspension sucked. They were terrible in whoops and jumps. the Honda had a great overall setup, but down on power. The 500 did everything well and the motor was the best of the lot. ( in stock form).

 

[CLdrinker]

@bldrinker forgive me for forgetting but who are you?
You are taking about Jeff

Yes Jeff Remke that’s his name.
He fucking beat me. Shit still pisses me off. My 250r was built and fast as fuck thought I had him. I beat other banshees all the time. Not his lol.

Mike Evensen

 

[dread Pirate]

The Banshe had a good motor , but the frame, geometry, and suspension sucked. They were terrible in whoops and jumps. the Honda had a great overall setup, but down on power. The 500 did everything well and the motor was the best of the lot. ( in stock form).

500 was heavy though.

 

[69hondo]

Yes Jeff Remke that’s his name.

Mike Evensen

Oh shit. Yeah how you doing Mike?

 

[MK1MOD0]

Yea. the perfect quad would be that 500 motor in the 250R frame !!!!! Lots of guys did the CR500 motor in the 250. That’s bitchen !

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

I vote the Honda pilot

Good pull. I remember dumping my life savings on an Odyssey, then my pops bought my sister one as well. I was probably 10. We stripped them both, did the pipes, tires, paint, built a trailer, it was an awesome father/son project.

There was a guy in Yorba Linda that was the king of those things. We went to his house once and he added shocks and 440 snowmobile engines

 

[CLdrinker]

Oh shit. Yeah how you doing Mike?

Good. I’m not racing quads down streets drunk at o’ dark 30 anymore

 

[dread Pirate]

Yea. the perfect quad would be that 500 motor in the 250R frame !!!!! Lots of guys did the CR500 motor in the 250. That’s bitchen !

I had a few 250R's. My baddest was a round tube Laeger with a 330 Eddie Sanders in it. That was the Banshee Killer! That was before kids and when I still had knees.

 

[H20 Toie]

Quadzilla was badass, ran mine all over the country, Glamis, coos bay, idaho dunes, pismo, coral pink, then you could do trail rides, desert riding, it just did everything good, there was always something faster but the dependability of that monster was awesome,

 

[CLdrinker]

Yea. the perfect quad would be that 500 motor in the 250R frame !!!!! Lots of guys did the CR500 motor in the 250. That’s bitchen !

You mean this? I read this article so many times in dirt wheels the pages fell out.

 

[CLdrinker]

I had a few 250R's. My baddest was a round tube Laeger with a 330 Eddie Sanders in it. That was the Banshee Killer! That was before kids and when I still had knees.

Didn’t Laeger build a handful of titanium 250r frames?

 

[69hondo]

Good. I’m not racing quads down streets drunk at o’ dark 30 anymore

Lol. Right on. You still in the desert?

 

[dread Pirate]

Didn’t Laeger build a handful of titanium 250r frames?

I do not know? Mine was cro-moly.

 

[W.O.T]

Great thread! I’m building a banshee right now.

 

[olduner]

Had a new 84 Honda ATC 250R, put my foot down on my first ride after buying it, on asphalt, never did that again. Moved to a 90 Banshee, still have it and ride it, and I just turned 63, damn time flies.

 

[olduner]

Great thread! I’m building a banshee right now.

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[JUSTWANNARACE]

Great thread! I’m building a banshee right now.

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Just a heads up.. those are old v-force 2 reed cages. Those still had little screws holding the cage together. Very common for the screw to come out and destroy a cylinder. I'd upgrade to a V3 or V4 to eliminate the issue.. jmo