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Which drag bike?
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Posted by: 250xex

A couple of my friends have dirt bikes and drag race them at the local motorcycle club, and there are a few quads there too. I am pretty interested in drag racing a quad there. I was wondering what would be better for a 300ft drag strip. I have narrowed it down to a banshee or a quadzilla. It is a dirt drag so i was worried about traction on the banshee and i am not sure how the bottom end of the LT is. So what does every one think would be the best. It is a 300ft. dirt drag. If anyone has a suggestion on a better bike please post it. Thanks

Posted by: DEAL

The LT has considerably more bottom end than a banshee.
Since its such a large engine it almost feels like a 4-stroke.
They would be perfect for drag racing.
a Banshee is probably your best choice but you are right they do spin alot. But its all about your choice of tires.
The reason I say the Shee over the Zilla is because the Zilla is an older quad, And will probably break down alot more.

Posted by: CHAUNCY

You can make both of them pretty fast. Its a tough call

Posted by: heavy_d

please just get a zilla!!!!! you get a nice one with good plastic for $2500 and that has been rebuilt and if you run it a little rich then you really don't have to worry about breaking down, i ride like a bat out of hell most of the time and haven't had any trouble, mine is scary fast, i took mine down a dirt road a couple of days ago with my dad, he was riding a dt175 and doing 60mph (has a speedometer) i blasted by him like he was standing still in low 5th

ZILLA=DRAG

Posted by: CHAUNCY

You could always swap engines in a 500

Posted by: CHAUNCY

or in a banshee

Posted by: CowsBitePeople

What enhines are in those??they are sweet!!

Posted by: CHAUNCY

The banshee has a 1000 or 1100 streetbike engine in it while I am not sure what engine is in the zilla

Posted by: 4TraxRider

My old LT500 would stomp a shee with toomey's and there is another around here that could tomp mine. They have way more bottom than a shee, and are easier to ride, but dfinately not to start.

Posted by: own2424

Banshee

Posted by: bansheerider_13

thats a tough choice the zilla is going to break down more then the shee

what kind of surface to they run these races on ?

zillas are denitly fast but so are the shees if ur planning on going

all out into a drag bike i would get the shee
keeping it stock shee
just a few mods zilla

Posted by: xxg0tn0lifexx

quote:
Originally posted by CHAUNCY
You can make both of them pretty fast. Its a tough call

definatly a hard decision for you, good luck

Posted by: heavy_d

come on get something that will just go up in value, a real collector's, everybody has a shee, with a zilla right from the start its like you have a modded shee, then add some mods, you'll be amazed, just adding a pipe and a reed cage is assanine amounts of power gain

Posted by: 350Xrider

Im not an expert but id go with the zilla.

Posted by: ledofthezep

BANSHEE!!! Of course, my opinion is biased, but for good reason.

I'd say the banshee because they're easy to modify and you can get parts w/out any problems. Ok, well you can with the LT too,...but I'd still get the banshee!

Posted by: bone705

get a banshee. then put trinitys new kit that puts it up to 125hp. After that if u can find traction and when you do find some just keep it from flipping over u should be able to beat almost anything out there.

Posted by: wilkin250r

You can make either one a really fast quad, depending on how much you want to spend, so I don't think you can really go wrong with either one. However, the banshee is the king of drag racing.

Posted by: sparks400ex101

you dont need 125 hp for a 300 ft race i would be reasonable and get a banshee, the parts are easier to find for the shee than the 500, and they are more reliable, trust me and go with the shee or even a raptor, they both turn good times!

Posted by: Flyin#3-1/2

get the banshee, mine has very few mods on it and it FLIES. and as for traction, if you're using stock tires then yea there is no traction, but just put any aftermarket tire on...and you've got LOTS of traction. i put my holeshots on and it hooks up right away with no problem. get the banshee, get a 400PV kit for it, pipes and silencers, reeds and reed cage (V-force), extended axle, maybe a wheelie bar, and you've got one fast mo-fo banshee! plus it'll last a LOT longer than an lt500.

Posted by: Scott-300ex

omg, a zilla would own a shee, they are the fastest stock production bikes ever made

as for people saying it will break down, what makes you think that? you have to rebuild the top end in a banshee often and if you take care of the zilla then it will be just as reliable, if it was real old when you bought it it might need a rebuild but after that i think it would be just as good and a lot faster.

Posted by: FastestXuwilsee

c'mon now ...i drag race every saturday i own a banshee well...a few.... and i have yet seen a lt run even considerably close with a banshee heck ives seen wariors outrun em.

Posted by: FastestXuwilsee

another

Posted by: CHAUNCY

Looks like a sick shee you got there fastestX

Posted by: Scott-300ex

yeah, those are sweet pics but maybe they don't have any mods, maybe the driver sucks, maybe the gearing is off, AND MOST OF ALL, MAYBE IT IS A LT250!!!!

a 500cc 2 stroke man, those things are fast, trust me

Posted by: 4wheelboy

^im with u man they are sickening fast

Posted by: danney f

I'm in the same boat. I have been kicking around the idea of buying a she' or a zilla for drag racing at our local 1/8 mile drag strip. I was really leaning toward getting a zilla' because of it being a 500cc 2stroke and are they are longer. But than there is so much more available for the she' and you can get one that is not as old. I guess the only thing that is keeping me from buying a she' is the fact, there are twice as many parts to rebuild and replace as there is on the zilla' since the she' is a twin cylinder.

When I make up my mind and go to buy a quad for drag racing, the quad in my signature will be up for sale.

Posted by: heavy_d

yeah, i wouldn't like to have carb problems with a banshee danney f

Posted by: stevengates45

I'd take a shee over a zilla any day.... 3.7 seconds in 300ft. Tell me that aint movin!

http://www.atvdra.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/normal_MVC-003S.JPG

Posted by: ex-mxracer

just came across this post! i was in this same sit. a shee or zilla i went with the zilla. shee's are a dime a dozen and i'm all about different and being the underdog. my zilla is going to rock!!!!!

Posted by: user101

quote:
Originally posted by stevengates45
I'd take a shee over a zilla any day.... 3.7 seconds in 300ft. Tell me that aint movin!

http://www.atvdra.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/normal_MVC-003S.JPG

ur pic didnt work...so im assuming thats a heavily modded banshee to be runnin a 3.7 in 300ft.

Posted by: Mitch_McComb

quote:
Originally posted by 250xex
A couple of my friends have dirt bikes and drag race them at the local motorcycle club, and there are a few quads there too. I am pretty interested in drag racing a quad there. I was wondering what would be better for a 300ft drag strip. I have narrowed it down to a banshee or a quadzilla. It is a dirt drag so i was worried about traction on the banshee and i am not sure how the bottom end of the LT is. So what does every one think would be the best. It is a 300ft. dirt drag. If anyone has a suggestion on a better bike please post it. Thanks

I went to the drags there last sunday. I assume you're talking about the one in schoolcraft? I'll be going to the next one also. Maby I'll see you there.

Posted by: ID-YFZracer-BE

http://rriders.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=560&stc=1
u just cant turn something down that looks like this

Posted by: stevengates45

quote:
Originally posted by user101
ur pic didnt work...so im assuming thats a heavily modded banshee to be runnin a 3.7 in 300ft.

Yep... That was an old picture, he now has a new bike, best time 3.77 in 300ft dirt.

http://www.planetsand.com/memberphotos/197339-P1010011.jpg

Posted by: stevengates45

Btw, if you're lookin to drag only... The banshee is the only way to go.

Posted by: Cheese_Head

That is Jon Lorio's Banshee it is a 14mm 540cc Cheetah alky engine built by Dan Hull and it will destroy any Zillas in existance, his 350cc alky Banshee has gone 4.05 in 300ft before.Hell the fastest Zillas on nitrous outhere cant even beat the fastest 350cc alky Banshees so dont waste your time and money if you want to be a contender buy a Shee and build it up or be different buy a Zilla and get spanked...

Posted by: theyfctr

I would go with the Zilla becouse you can take the money you might save and get some mods

I just rode a piped 2003 banshee and was not impressed but then the tires kept spinning so i am not surre.

Posted by: bansheedude

banshee are the fastest at the drags i race every sat in oh till the snow flys i race in open class there is 85%banshee the rest are street bike motors on atv frames they still have no chance of wining the big one there fast but not fast enough .for the zilla they race against my boy he has z400 and he eat them the z400 has 440 kit gtthunder cams fcr carb and runs alc good lucky