Good Banshee buy?

[Ed Gein]

Originally Posted by djguestone

We have to pay the cost for having beaches, hollywood, the lakers, kings & dodgers all within a 25 minute drive.

You have to PAY for that? The "governator" should be paying you people.......and I doubt it takes 25 minutes in bumper to bumper traffic.......Yes, even though I was born in Oceanside, I'll stay in my "Fly-over" state of IN, where I can have a 30 round magazine in a rifle, no emissions inspections, no fault lines, and a person can rent a 3 bedroom house for $600 a month.......sorry, off topic here.....California Uber Alles!!!!!!!

[B To The Ry]

I bought a 1984 CR250R (my avatar. thats a pic i took right when i got it to my house) i cleaned it up still same stuff on it. I bet it is all stock? im not positive, but i bought it for 450$ american. it starts 2nd or 3rd kick in 20 degree weather. it was wrecked a few times. bent the clutch lever... a little bend damage on the rear fender and a faw scratches on the frame.. nothing major. did i get jewed? or was it a steal like i thought?

[climb any hill]

Out here.... it's definately stolen haa!! Really though, you don't get a running dirtbike in good conditions for that amount. Sounds like helluva deal! Everything good on it? Mods??

[B To The Ry]

not sure about the mods. here is a pic i took not just 10 minutes ago. my bike is dirty.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...irtbike002.jpg
coopy and paste that if you cant just click it.

[B To The Ry]

i guess HTML is disabled on these forums.

[RagunCajun]

I'm looking to buy one after i get paid friday but from reading this thread, i need to go about things a different way.

How much does it goes to get a blown or abused engine running like a champ again? I guess top end kits cost around $300? If that all there is to it or what? Oh wait, there's the cylinder walls too that can be scared.

[Ed Gein]

Originally Posted by RagunCajun

How much does it goes to get a blown or abused engine running like a champ again? I guess top end kits cost around $300? If that all there is to it or what? Oh wait, there's the cylinder walls too that can be scared.

$160 for a Wiseco kit, if it needs a bore job, it should be less than $100, so, you're looking at $260 max.......

[RagunCajun]

So basicly i should just look for a good condition bike(cosmentics, suspension, frame, etc) and the engine is not that important because i can rebuild it.

Am i on the right track here?

[joe22883]

i bought my 88 for 800 bucks..pretty good deal i think.

[yam2stroke]

As long as the top end is the only thing needing rebuilt your not looking at much money. Even if the crank is bad its more money, but its still not too bad.