How a "PowerBand" works on a 2 Stroke

**White trash** · 12th October 2010, 10:05

Right-Oh n00bs, here's the skinny.

On your two stroke motorcycle, under the tank you'll find a dense little black cylinder, approx half the size of a red bull can screwed firmly to the frame by a couple of bolts. It will have a couple of little skinny coloured wires going in one end and a big thick one out the other end and going to your spark-plug.

This is the coil.

It does however, also contain the PowerBand which is why it's so dense if you remove it. The PowerBand is similar in its design to a golf ball. Essentially, there is one of those really thick rubber bands wound up tight as all hell in there. This rubber band if removed and stretched out would be about 30 feet long so leave it in there. You can, however, make noticeable changes to your 2 strokes power by fitting the PowerBand from another model. Suzuki A50 PowerBands fitted to my VJ21 RGV250 made it wheelie off the throttle in 3rd gear easily. I also removed the mufflers to aide performance and you can easily spin the wheel out of turn 1 at Manfeild once this has been done.

Hope this helps in your "Google Quest" for PowerBand info retard.

**Latte** · 12th October 2010, 10:08

The A50 had the red powerbands right?

**White trash** · 12th October 2010, 10:11

Originally Posted by hiss

The A50 had the red powerbands right?

Mine were grey but maybe, yeah. It's worth mentioning that you need 2 A50s to get 2 powerbands. Unless you want to just replace the one RGV item for a little less savage power delivery. You need to add 1 HT lead to the A50 if you do this as the RGV only has one coil, 2 leads.

**onearmedbandit** · 12th October 2010, 10:17

Will my powerband wear out over time? And if it does, could I just cut the outer shell off a golf ball and put the rubber banding inside in as a replacement? Should that be the case, could you recommend a suitable golf ball?

**Crasherfromwayback** · 12th October 2010, 10:25

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Should that be the case, could you recommend a suitable golf ball?

Yep...you'll want a 'balata' type golf ball for a nice soft powerband, or a top quility 'distance' ball for a hard hitting powerband that goes the extra few km's

**onearmedbandit** · 12th October 2010, 10:31

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

Yep...you'll want a 'balata' type golf ball for a nice soft powerband, or a top quility 'distance' ball for a hard hitting powerband that goes the extra few km's

Nice. Kiwi ingenuity at it's best again. We'll show the world!

**ellipsis** · 12th October 2010, 10:35

...thanks for clearing that up for me....is their a way of shielding it from your body when it winds up... is it likely to make you ill if constantly used....when I first started racing it was two strokes...then I changed to four strokes...now its just constant whacking it all night....could this be a result of too much tension in my coils...

**yod** · 12th October 2010, 10:40

I had the limited edition HRC powerband on my NS back in the day, so small you could barely see it......

it was teh awesome!

**rachprice** · 12th October 2010, 10:43

Apparently I have to spread it first

**Ferkletastic** · 12th October 2010, 10:55

Could I stick a 2 stroke powerband on my 4 stroke?

Would it then be a 6 stroke?

Cos I'm pretty sure that would be the coolest thing ever.

**White trash** · 12th October 2010, 10:58

Originally Posted by yod

I had the limited edition HRC powerband on my NS back in the day, so small you could barely see it......

it was teh awesome!

Honda powerBands tend to be so small you can hardly feel them too....... I reccomend fitting Suzuki PowerBands to Hondas.

**White trash** · 12th October 2010, 11:00

Originally Posted by Ferkletastic

Could I stick a 2 stroke powerband on my 4 stroke?

Would it then be a 6 stroke?

Cos I'm pretty sure that would be the coolest thing ever.

Actually harder than you may think. You have to fit a 2 stroke head to your 4 stroke to make a 6 stroke. Ask Shervin, I think he's doing the conversion on his ZX10........

**ellipsis** · 12th October 2010, 11:00

.....one question i have....do us Sarth Islanders have to reverse the band rotation in the coils to race in the Norf Island...as you all go round the wrong way up there...

**White trash** · 12th October 2010, 11:03

Originally Posted by CAMSec

.....one question i have....do us Sarth Islanders have to reverse the band rotation in the coils to race in the Norf Island...as you all go round the wrong way up there...

I think it's more the fact that you hillbilies are all a little backward, not us.