We stumbled on this rare 2012 Yamaha Banshee on social media @wheeliadores_pr. It was about to be uncrated and assembled to ride down in the Puerto Rico. Actually a pair of them are owned by a collector and the time has come to start one up and ride it.  It’s interesting to note, the graphics are similar to what Yamaha is using as throwback colors on their 2024 motocross bikes.

As far as we know, 2012 was the last production year of the Banshee worldwide. We think Australia and Canada were lucky enough to see them in dealers until about a decade ago. The U.S. dealers stopped selling them after the 2006 model year.

Send us an email at [email protected] with a picture of your Banshee and we will put it in the magazine. Please send as high resolution as possible, so it will reprint on future pages of the magazine. 

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