BLaster or Banshee?

[blaster111]

I have a 98 yamaha Blaster. with some extras..
Procirciut Pipe and silencer
Bored .40 over
DOuglas rims
Holeshots in the back DG skid plates
Rnthal bars
FMF pwer reeds
Aluminum bearing carrier
Barnett Clutch
You get the picture. But Am I better off going all out on my blaster including a 240
kit and Hydralic brakes and probably powder coat or should I go for the Banshee
Which probably will only have pipes and a couple of little things?
Love the Banshee but price is a BIG issue!

[yam2stroke]

It all depends on what you're doing. If you want to have a smaller snappy quad stick with the blaster and mod it out. I recomend you add porting to your list of mods, as that is one of the best power gains for the blaster.

On the other hand, you can sell the blaster, add your mod money, and land yourself a pretty nice banshee. Even if you can only afford pipes and filters, that really wakes them up and they're pretty quick. If you're getting to the point where you're a little big for the blaster, I would deffinetly recomend bumping up to the banshee. Stock for stock the banshee is more comfotable and stable. Although the blaster can easily be made to keep up with banshees.

It's all a matter of personal opinion. I just moved up to a banshee a few months ago and love it. I love the added power, and stability...and the fact that I have one of the fastest quads in the area since everyone else rides 4strokes. I picked mine up for $1700 and have about $300 into since I had to rebuild right after I got it. If you look around and are patient, you can find decent deals.

[369DuneBunny]

i think you'd be happier with a banshee if you have experience riding.

[hawkeye]

yeah the banshee is faster, bigger, more stable...but it just depends on what type of riding ur gonna do.....like i wanna get a banshee but i didnt have enough money so i modded out my blaster with what little money i didnt have....so the next quad i'll get is a shee......its all a personal preference.....if someone u know has a shee see of they'll let u ride it this way u know if u'll like something bigger or not

[bulllydog8890]

I would say it would depend on what kind of riding your are going to be doing. A Banshee is definitely not as easy to ride in the woods, its turning radius isn't the greatest. But if you've got room to move, or feel comfortable on a quad with not much bottom end power, but screams up top, definitely go with the Banshee.

[swrbansheeboy]

get the banshee. we have a pretty fast blaster that almost hangs with our banshee. the blaster engine is sitting on the shop bench and the banshee hasn't been apart since i bought it over 5 years ago. moral of my story is that to make a blaster even come close to preforming like a piped shee you have to build it to the wall and then it gets realy shakey on the side of reliability. and regardless of how big you can build that blaster it will never be 1/3 as big as you can build a banshee.

[BlueDiablo]

Yes very shaky on the reliability...But ive been curious...MaineExport how many times do you do a rebuild every season?

[Ed Gein]

I rebuilt my Banshee from the frame up, and can tell you, things can get quite pricey real quick, especially when you go aftermarket suspension. I pondered a Blaster project because of the price, and so I could have enough $ to have another project quad going at the same time....