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Tips and Pointers
Coolant Loss --
Ever gone screaming up a steep hill and on the way back down coolant dribbles out of overflow tube onto you pipes and motor? Well, you aren't the first one to have this problem. In my opinion, the Banshee has a rather poor location for the coolant reservoir.
With the factory tank location and breather tube routing, it doesn't take much down slope to put the reservoir above the "high point" in the tube causing a situation where the coolant can gravity feed right out of the tank. On top of this problem, the low spot in the tube acts as a trap and fills with coolant that sloshes into the line. When the radiator vents pressure, this trapped coolant is pushed out.
The fix for this is really easy provided you have some long zip-ties. If you look at the very front of your frame between the upper swing arm pivots, you should see a stamped sheet metal cross member with holes drilled in it. This makes an idea location to zip-tie your reservoir to. You can run one zip-tie around each side of the tank and through the cross member holes. Run theother zip-tie over the top and bottom of the tank and around the cross member.
In this location, you can route the breather tube (the upper tube on the reservoir) up and over the upper steering stem bearing and down from there. I bought extra tubing and ran it all the way behind the motor so it would never drip on my frame. Yes, you have to take off your front nose plastic to get to the top of the tank. BUT, once you move it up front and properly route the breather tube, you should never have to fill the reservoir again!! After a summer of riding, my reservoir is still almost full.
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