Blaster or Banshee

yea i like my blaster for what i do, and it starts every time and i can ride pretty much all day on a tank, my buddys banshee can only make it acouple hours on a tank.. i think if i want speed and power ill justy pick up a lt500r i see them all the time on CL ..
 
coreyownz said:
if you know how to ride a blsty is fine but i like the way a banshee looks... i still think a blasters easier to work on though cause the banshee carbs have to be synched end of story..
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having the carbs synched isnt that hard...jus takes a screw driver and bout 10 mins...and RON89 your right on bout the gas...it sucks on gas...
 
It depends what you want to do. If you want to flat out drag your quad a banshee woudl be the way to go. If you dont need all that power then go with a blaster. You can modify a blaster to have great suspension and also haul ass. This is just the same arguement as people saying are 400ex better than Z400's or YFZ 450's. It all depends on what you want to use your qud for and what brand you like. Simple as that.

Don't get me wrong there is quads that are better than other quads. But there is no quad that is 100% better than another. I man a honda forman 500 is going to be better in the snow/mud or around the farm than any sport type quad.

Bottom line go with what you want/can afford/what you want to do with your quad.
 
i still think a banshee is better in the snow than a foreman. nothing beats a 4th gear power slide in a snow covered field.
any quad can be good, it all depends how you mod it. but some are cheaper and easier to mod than others.
 
thefastestkidontheblock said:
Ok, the banshee is better. But some of you people are retarded. mainly that tj guy. You said because it is a 2-stroke it is more reliable, i am pretty sure it is they are not as reliable. Also you said the banshee is a full out racer, this is again wrong, the banshee is a full out drag quad. The banshee's suspension sucks ass and one the best upgrade you can do to a shee is the suspension. Also the banshee did not make 40whp, it only makes 35hp. That is 35hp at the crank and not 40hp at the wheels.
Also to the fergie, are you sayin that the blaster is harder to work on or the blaster? If so, they are actually the same to work on, both are very easy to work on and the carbs are similar design. Also the banshee has a unique look, and personally I think it looks way better than a blaster.
Also, the banshee is not all the big and bulky, it is that the blaster is just that f*ckin small. The blaster was made for small kids where the shee was made for bigger adults.
As far as trail riding, I would pick a correctly modified shee or a blaster anyday. The blasters wheelbase is just to short for any hill climbing and it is too narrow for fast trail riding.
Finally, you can't compare the two quads as they are not even in the same class. The blaster is a beginner quad where the shee is for someone who knows what they are doing. One is air-cooled (which sucks) and the other is liquid cooled.
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i guess i lied, im not done here
ARE YOU ON CRACK???!!
two strokes are twice as reliable as four strokes.
and if you guys arent going to buy an amazing quad because you cant jet two carbuerators, i bet you pay someone to work on your blasters dont you?
 
my boy has a banshee and i have a blaster..last week in the snow..the banshee cought no traction and kept spinning out..blaster held its own and was very reliable..
 
i agree with fastestkid when he said they are in 2 different categories. kinda like saying is an integra better than a mustang..... you can make the integra faster than a stock mustang easily, just like you can make a blaster faster than a stock shee. but when you start modding the mustang, it has a higher ultimate horsepower potential than the integra. just like the shee and the blaster. they also have different handling characteristics. mustangs suck in the snow, integra's do decently.

i'm a horsepower freak, so i would say the banshee is better simply b/c it is capable of more power.

but i am wondering why your saying a 2 stroke is more reliable than a 4 stroke? i guess the 4 stroke does have more moving parts, and my buddies with 4 strokes break down on the trail all the time and i never have, lol. but thats mostly b/c they dont have kickstarters and they have a lot of problems with starters and batteries and switches... but what about rebuild time?
 
well, i have owned many different quads, 2 and 4 strokes, and sh*t. I will have to say, they are about the same in reliable for me, it just depends on how to take care of them. had two 01 raptors, one never had a problem, the other had many problems, my blaster never had a problem, my shee only been rebuilt once in 5 years i owned it. my zilla has been rebuilt twice when i first got it, but haven't had a problem since. they are all luck of the draw when it comes to reliability, sometimes you get a bad egg, sometimes you get a freak of a motor and it runs better and longer than anything else.
 
well, my 94 rm125 with the original top end shattered an 07 ltz400 in a drag race, not only that, but a month later, the ltz400 sheared a gear right in half on me.

when it had the new top end, nothing came close, the ltz400 just couldnt keep up anywhere.

but thats just 1 comparison, four stroker guys at the track always have breakdowns, with my rm along with alot of other 2 strokers, breakdowns were unheard of
 
tjscott said:
i guess i lied, im not done here
ARE YOU ON CRACK???!!
two strokes are twice as reliable as four strokes.
and if you guys arent going to buy an amazing quad because you cant jet two carbuerators, i bet you pay someone to work on your blasters dont you?
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At first I just thought you might be an idiot, then you opened your mouth and removed all doubt.
as far as you shearing a gear, the tranny has nothing to do with 2 stroke V.S. 4 Stroke, They are essentially the same. It is more likely due to poor maintenance and/or abuse.

The reliability of a 4 stroke is far above that of a 2 stroke. 2 strokes tend to run hotter because they fire on every compression, they rev very high to make there power, and they dont have as good of lubrication as a 4 stroke. All this leads to rings frying, pistons cracking, cylinders wearing, plugs fouling, not to mention much higher fuel consumption than a comparable 4 stroke.

Now For the good about 2-strokes. When it comes time to work on them, its a lot easier and generally cheaper. The 2 stroke design is much simpler than that of a 4 stroke. No I/E valves or cams or timing chains and sprockets to Buy, your reeds take care of that. While those part do ware out, its not nearly as often as rings in a 2 stroke.
 
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ruthless_one3k said:
2 strokes tend to run hotter because they fire on every compression.
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now youve removed all doubt, =))
i know the transmission has little to do with it, but i was already on a roll.
but that statement right there, turned the whole thing around =))
 
I can only speak from my own experience, and I have had several 2 strokes that seemed to run hotter than the 4 stroke I had. The point is a 4 stroke will run longer without a rebuild mainly due to the not so great lubrication of a 2 stroke. And this lack of lube along with the constant fire burning up top can cause hot spots throughout the motor. And while I cant say anything about how well they disperse heat at low speed as I dont do much low speed riding. I will say that low speeds tend to lead to fouled plugs.
Both The 2 and 4 strokes should prove to be plenty reliable provided they are properly maintained. The 2 stroke just requires a little more in depth maintenance like rings and pistons where the 4 stroke needs oil changes and oil filters.

But this doesn't matter anyway. He's asking about a blasty and a shee.
As far as which is better I would say if you want all out speed get a shee if you want something light and easy on gas get a blasty.
 
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