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[olduner]

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.

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.

Wow,that was the first place I took my 90 Banshee to, when you could drive from IE to Anaheim in 45 min, still have the single carb stage 4 kit.

 

[v6toy4x]

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sounds as good as any boat on here, gives me goose bumps!!

 

[bonesfab]

500 was heavy though.

And a mother fucker to start That’s why I sold mine. Still have my 86 250r foutrax.

 

[NicPaus]

So many great memories ripping through Glamis on my Banshee. Never forget coming back from pair a dice 6th gear the whole way racing Blaise (RIP) and street shock Sean. Good old days.

 

[JJ McClure]

My choice is the quadzilla

Bansee

 

[riverroyal]

Banshee
I had 250 fourtrax and a 250R 3 wheeler.

I went a few years after having those with a buddy on his Banshees to occotillo.
Nearly killed myself in the first 3 minutes. Hit whoops like normal and wholly fock. Then whiskey throttle....
Then regrouped to realize it would be a long day

 

[brianwhiteboy]

The baddest 250r right here

 

[DLC]

I like The 250r great all around and comfortable bike.

banshee fantastic drag/ hill climber & can be extremely fast

I never rode a quadzilla always wanted one!

 

[brianwhiteboy]

This was my Laeger CR500. Smoked Banshees all day long.

 

[Tank0088]

Tossing up the idea of selling my first quad. My parents bought this for me when I was about 3 years old. It has been in the family ever sense. My boys learned on it but now are riding bigger quads. Everything is original except the gas tank. Let me know what price you are thinking and if it’s good enough, I might sell it.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Most y’all need to stick to boats. Leave the ATV conversations to the people with clues!

 

[glamis0812]

Wife and I still have ours, we’ve moved on to bigger and better but the banshee days were a blast.

 

[If Looks Could Kill]

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Tossing up the idea of selling my first quad. My parents bought this for me when I was about 3 years old. It has been in the family ever sense. My boys learned on it but now are riding bigger quads. Everything is original except the gas tank. Let me know what price you are thinking and if it’s good enough, I might sell it.

I'm not sure what a good price on these are but my grandson would love to have it

 

[ULTRA 94]

Banshee or 250

Dave I agree, I own both of them. Both bad ass.

 

[69hondo]

Dave I agree, I own both of them. Both bad ass.

Hell yeah, its about time you comment. LOL

 

[69hondo]

Wife and I still have ours, we’ve moved on to bigger and better but the banshee days were a blast.
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late 90s early 2000s?
I remember that excursion out there all the time.

 

[glamis0812]

late 90s early 2000s?
I remember that excursion out there all the time.

2001 or 2002

 

[69hondo]

2001 or 2002

Those were wild years out there.

 

[Riverbound]

Wife and I still have ours, we’ve moved on to bigger and better but the banshee days were a blast.
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I did the stereo in that orange expedition in the background.

 

[satellitemike]

I guess I will be the odd man out, had honda three wheelers,a 250x and 350x in the early 80's, then in the 90's got a DS 650 Baja, then got another one when I was driving by a nieghbors house a few hundred yards from mine, older guy was pushing it to the curb w a for sale sign. I didnt need it but you know how that goes.

I know it was the heaviest thing out there at the time but it hauled my ass anywhere I wanted to go. I think the Kawasaki KFX 700 is the only thing heavier now.

 

[KenJoeBob]

Late 80's were fun

 

[MK1MOD0]

Those DS 650’s are bad ass. They have won a lot of desert races over the years.

 

[MK1MOD0]

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

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That’s looking sweet ! Are you doing anything crazy with the motor, or going for more of a mild motor build ?

 

[Lavey5150]

Who remembers WAR WAGON from the ole' Glamis days......

 

[redman]

True CR 500 conversions, not a 500 motor thrown in a 250

 

[MK1MOD0]

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Tossing up the idea of selling my first quad. My parents bought this for me when I was about 3 years old. It has been in the family ever sense. My boys learned on it but now are riding bigger quads. Everything is original except the gas tank. Let me know what price you are thinking and if it’s good enough, I might sell it.

Don’t Sell it. You will wish ya hadn’t.

 

[Tank0088]

Wife and I still have ours, we’ve moved on to bigger and better but the banshee days were a blast.
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I remember that orange excursion. Good ole truck show days.

 

[pwerwagn]

I never could afford a Banshee, but I found a clapped out Yamaha Warrior, and a ~84ish YZ490. The 490 motor got shoehorned into the Warrior frame. It was horrible to start because the kick starter would hit the fender. I believe I used a head pipe off a polaris scrambler 400. It was super fast, but handled like dog shit. The my buddy scored a 250R frame that we grafted some other plastics (we were broke high school kids) on and put the 490 motor into that and it was much better. I think its all still sitting in his grandpas shed somewhere...

Honestly though, I think the most out of control I have ever felt on a quad was on a built Bombardier DS650. It had a bunch of Ron Woods (? I think ?) parts on it, and hauled the mail. Those things are so heavy and wide you could feel insignificant in a hurry!

I just scored a Honda FL350 Odyssey a few months ago, in pretty good shape. I was looking for another pilot, but people are crazy with those prices. I will say, riding the odyssey for the first time made me giggle more than I have in ages.

 

[rivermobster]

Apparently there are a couple guys on here that actually DO know their quads.

Quadzilla all day long.

A stock banshee is lame. They get more fun to ride with Toomys and carb work, but I could still smoke one on a hill with my LT400 (mostly stock).

And yes they don't handle worth a fuck! Lol

You need a big fat wallet to make a Banshee a serious quad. And then a Quadzilla with a pipe will still smoke it.



I still have my LT400 and LTZ450. Both still run great.

 

[76 Southwind]

Apparently there are a couple guys on here that actually DO know their quads.

Quadzilla all day long.

A stock banshee is lame. They get more fun to ride with Toomys and carb work, but I could still smoke one on a hill with my LT400 (mostly stock).

And yes they don't handle worth a fuck! Lol

You need a big fat wallet to make a Banshee a serious quad. And then a Quadzilla with a pipe will still smoke it.



I still have my LT400 and LTZ450. Both still run great.

Yep had a Trinity built Zilla and I'm pretty sure it hauled the mail.. But then again we used to pack 10 beers into a little playmate. The cans would be rattled clean of what brand it was. Just polished aluminum.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Apparently there are a couple guys on here that actually DO know their quads.

Quadzilla all day long.

A stock banshee is lame. They get more fun to ride with Toomys and carb work, but I could still smoke one on a hill with my LT400 (mostly stock).

And yes they don't handle worth a fuck! Lol

You need a big fat wallet to make a Banshee a serious quad. And then a Quadzilla with a pipe will still smoke it.



I still have my LT400 and LTZ450. Both still run great.

You have fell off your rocker and bumped your head.. dont fall asleep for awhile you may have a concussion

 

[wayniac]

man i miss my banshee... once dialed, these were scary fast. Had a buddy with a built 500 and would take it to the hill at night and hurt feelings. start in 3rd hit 4th-5th in the whoops and gone... of those bikes though.. a stock banshee dint sound mean enough to be scary.. the 500 was too bulky.. riding an 85-86 250 3 wheeler thru the dunes was the scariest of them all...

 

[wayniac]

Apparently there are a couple guys on here that actually DO know their quads.

Quadzilla all day long.

A stock banshee is lame. They get more fun to ride with Toomys and carb work, but I could still smoke one on a hill with my LT400 (mostly stock).

And yes they don't handle worth a fuck! Lol

You need a big fat wallet to make a Banshee a serious quad. And then a Quadzilla with a pipe will still smoke it.



I still have my LT400 and LTZ450. Both still run great.

a set of T5's a couple of jets and the cascade filter kit is all a banshee needed...

 

[Gelcoater]

You have fell off your rocker and bumped your head.. dont fall asleep for awhile you may have a concussion

Pretty sure I can leave my banshee at home, just bring the wife’s 250r to clean ol Joes 400(440) quite well

 

[NicPaus]

Pretty sure I can leave my banshee at home, just bring the wife’s 250r to clean ol Joes 400(440) quite well

Shit a Blassster is probably just as fast as a 400 Suzuki.

 

[PlanB]

My desert ride was a CR500 with a paddle. Race bike was a KX250. I made the mistake of racing the 500 in open class though and ended up in the hospital. Hell of a bike...

 

[Gelcoater]

Wow,that was the first place I took my 90 Banshee to, when you could drive from IE to Anaheim in 45 min, still have the single carb stage 4 kit.

I had a stage 2 Trinity engine with the 377 long rod deal.
It never pulled quite as hard as my buddies stage 3 engine but he had big carbs and I was sinking with the stockers and later to Khein 28s.

My buddy Paul the AC guy had a Stage4 Trinity LT500, it either kicked serious ass... or he was asking to borrow my truck to go to Indio to get parts.

 

[Gelcoater]

Shit a Blassster is probably just as fast as a 400 Suzuki.

Joe thinks it’s fast

 

[Gelcoater]

This was my Laeger CR500. Smoked Banshees all day long.

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thats pretty rad, Brian

 

[Wizard29]

Apparently there are a couple guys on here that actually DO know their quads.

Quadzilla all day long.

A stock banshee is lame. They get more fun to ride with Toomys and carb work, but I could still smoke one on a hill with my LT400 (mostly stock).

And yes they don't handle worth a fuck! Lol

You need a big fat wallet to make a Banshee a serious quad. And then a Quadzilla with a pipe will still smoke it.



I still have my LT400 and LTZ450. Both still run great.

Ugh. A Ford guy and a Suzuki guy.

We can't be friends any more.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Pretty sure I can leave my banshee at home, just bring the wife’s 250r to clean ol Joes 400(440) quite well

I'm just here to learn about 4 wheelers

 

[NicPaus]

Joe thinks it’s fast

Headed to Big Bend now on my ski to hang with friends. Will do a wellness check on Joe. Make sure that bumped head is not to severe. Lol

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Apparently there are a couple guys on here that actually DO know their quads.

Quadzilla all day long.

A stock banshee is lame. They get more fun to ride with Toomys and carb work, but I could still smoke one on a hill with my LT400 (mostly stock).

And yes they don't handle worth a fuck! Lol

You need a big fat wallet to make a Banshee a serious quad. And then a Quadzilla with a pipe will still smoke it.



I still have my LT400 and LTZ450. Both still run great.

Let me know next time you head to the Oregon dunes.. I'd love to test your theory

 

[69hondo]

We are still rocking 2strokes. 927 all the way. Lol did pick up a couple yfz 450s from the most generous TPC. They are in a different class.

 

[Deckin Around]

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Tossing up the idea of selling my first quad. My parents bought this for me when I was about 3 years old. It has been in the family ever sense. My boys learned on it but now are riding bigger quads. Everything is original except the gas tank. Let me know what price you are thinking and if it’s good enough, I might sell it.

Right in the middle of Covid I sold 2 exact 1986 models that had been in my family for 30+ years $. The ‘87 has a foot brake which was more desirable to collectors. Sold them both running in good condition for 1200 and 1300. I regret not keeping one, but my kids were done with them and onto bigger toys. My plan was to put a 140 cc electric start piranha motor in. I think $1000 would be good currently with a seat cover needed

 

[zhandfull]

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.

I’m a big guy and kept getting smoked by my camping buddies going up Olds on the quad at Glamis. One Thanksgiving I’d had enough. Took my 660 Raptor to Trinity in Anaheim for a tune up. It came back bored and stroked with a new exhaust. Other than that it was stock looking. By New Years I had it back and just told my camp buddies that I put on a new pipe. It was pretty sweet smoking them up the hill and hearing all their excuses from bad start to not running right! Lol…

 

[rivermobster]

Shit a Blassster is probably just as fast as a 400 Suzuki.

I've owned two Blasters. I know the differences quite well.

Let me know next time you head to the Oregon dunes.. I'd love to test your theory

Been to Spinreel, Winchester and Coos Bay. Sorry I missed ya.

Pretty sure I can leave my banshee at home, just bring the wife’s 250r to clean ol Joes 400(440) quite well

Let's do this!

 

[Rupp250]

I'm a 250r guy. Can hang with some banshees.

 

[W.O.T]

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

Copy that I will check on those thanks. I was wondering why I’ve never seen this style before. The new ones look so much better.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

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That is a Ziggy(not the Ziggy on here) chassis with a saber motor. Matt Shearer built the pipe I believe. Is that Ziggy's old bike?