Dirt ad Trail Online Nov 2020

Brakes:
Fronts - Honda Trx 450 R front
spindles with oversize Rotor and
Trx Nissin Master cylinder and
Nissin front callipers,
Rear - Oversize wave Rotor disc
from Modquad, Dual braided
hoses for front and single for
rear.
Suspension: Elka stage 4 Triple
rate shocks in front. They are
high-speed comp, low speed
comp, rebound and preload
adjustable shocks and ensure a
very plush feel. These are mated
to Lonestar +2 A arms. The rear
Features a Stage 3 Elka dual
rate shock on a Elka long travel
linkage.
All of this is mounted to a custom
fabricated + 2 swingarm from
Fireball engineering.
This was fairly easy to do as I
work for an engineering firm.
Handlebars are Fast flex bars
mounted to Zeta Bar Clamps.
The frame is standard - I reinforced
in certain areas for extra
strength.
Bling stuff includes a Billet
aluminium kick-starter and gear
lever both from modquad and
supplied by SMR.
The Clutch Cover case as well
as the Stator cover is painted to
a high gloss perfection by Cecil
from Perfect panelbeaters and
really came out superb.
Nerf bars were also sourced from
SMR and powder coated black to
match the rest of MR B’s look.
The swing arm houses a Billet
CNC axle bearing carrier with
Billet Alu brake disc holder to
accept the bigger disc rotor.
All of these nice goodies are held
in place with one of modquads
full Lock polished axle nuts. The
Swing-arm also utilizes a TM
design Chain roller guide as well
as a modquad chain tensioner.
The Axle is a +2 Dominater axle
which was imported and uses
the standard banshee hub. I felt
the banshee hubs have sufficient
strength and opted to keep them
original.
Exhausts are Pro Circuits as they
give some nice mid to high end
power.
The bike runs on normal fuel
and Motul 800 and with minor
adjustments and alterations we
can make way more power out of
this 4mm 421 setup but for now I
choose to leave it as is.
Power is put down via EK Gold
525 chain and PBR sprockets.
The seat is a custom seat from
Eric Groenewoud at Nithrone
custom seat covers and the
graphics were sorted by Dwane
Bates from DBS bike graphics.
Hullo Dirt And Trail Magazine guys.
I know that there is not a lot happening
in the new quad market, but
I thought that I’d share a lockdown
build that I undertook. I’m pretty sure
that there are plenty of Banshee fans
still out there who might find this interesting…
This bike started its life as a 2005 limited
edition Banshee 350 – one of the most
iconic quads ever built. I’m pretty sure
that it was passed down through multiple
owners and I bought it in January 2020.
The quad just did not cut it for me, I have
been Racing 4 strokes for a very long
time but wanted something different and
have always dreamt about owning a Banshee.
I needed to make her special.
The motor was a 4mm stroker 403cc but I
was just not happy with the power.
Now it’s a 421cc high port setup pushing
82 HP Built and Tuned by Sidney Da
Costa from Sidz Motorcycles in
Bloemfontein.
He built it from the ground up using only
the best available parts with a new 4mm
stroker crank, match ported cases, new
barrels, pistons etc.
Fuel is delivered via a dual output Pingle
fuel tap to two 33mm Keihn Pwk carbs.
Dual pod filters with outerwear’s and air
box delete take care of the filtration side
of things.
The Carbs feed the Motor Via oversized
billet aluminium Chariot intakes and
V-force 4 reeds.
On the cooling side of things, I fitted an
oversized radiator, white silicone radiator
hoses with a Modquad temperature
gauge. The motor is fitted with a Chariot
cool head and a oversized billet water
pump impeller.
Rims: Dual Bead lock Hyper carbon fibre
bead locks.
Tyres: CST Pulse 20/11/9 rear and
21/7/10 front
Protection of frame and swing
arm comes in the form of Stainless
steel skid plates sourced
from a local quad outfit, SSS
Racing.
The steering column is a modified
standard steering column to
get to a +plus 2 inch.
I would just like 2 say a special
thanks to Sidney da Costa from
Sidz Motorcycle Racing for all
the help and advice and building
of motor.
And yes….
It goes as good as it looks!
JERARD OLIVIER
I started the build just before lockdown so
there was plenty of time…
Heres a little rundown:
Engine and fuelling: The interesting
stuff…