Back in 1998, I bought a basically brand new 95 Banshee from the original owner. He bought the bike, put a bunch of Graydon Proline stuff and FMF pipes on it and rode it twice. I found it in the local newspaper classified ads and bought it. A few years later I traded it for a 5.0 Mustang and have regretted it ever since.
I've been looking at Craigslist for the last ten years for another 95, but being a one year only color scheme, they never pop up. So I decided to post up a wanted add and I get an email the next day with this bike.
Original owner with title, but has no compression. I wouldn't call it abused, but rather neglected. It's pretty much original save for the tires.
Part of me wants to do a restoration, but the other part just wants to address the issues and ride it. It's a struggle!
I have the Power Pros/Graydon pipes coming along with a practically new set of oem front Dunlops. The rear grab bar is bent from a previous endo that also bent the back of the subframe where it bolt onto. It'll need a bunch of little things like bushings and brakes. I'm going to pull the cylinders off and survey the damage.