hey im looking for a quad and the quad that i want it a cannondale cannibal

now i heard some pretty bad things about these and i heard some good stuff things i like is that there fuel injected

today i went to 4 dealers and i asked them wat do u think about the cannondale's one dealer said i dont like them cuz there not relieable one said there to hard to find parts on and one said theres no one that wants to work on them
but the one said the only bad thing was the fuel pump and something else and the dealer was selling one and they said they replaced the pump and this other thing so it was good
not the one dealer had to cannondales that wouldnt start and they couldnt figure out what was wrong with them

so what should i do i mean i heard some bad stuff and some good.

if i get one am i going to be looking for alot of work and money into this thing? or what?

thanks guys

 

Why on earth would you want a cannibal when you can pick up the better models for about the same price?

 

what do u mean im not really up to date with the cannondales?

 

If you are looking for a new quad then I suggest an ATK quad. They will build you a quad to your liking with all the updates and 450 engine. The cannibal was the "no frills " cannondale. It was meant to be a low cost model but retained the fuel injection and alloy frame. It had cheapo parts on it similar to what youd get on a 400ex or z400 raptor. The speeds came with better shocks,grips,seat cover,tires,high rev limit,. The blaze was a woods racer with premium standard travel shocks,titanuim exhaust,nerfs,steering dampener,ect. The moto had long travel front suspension with the goodies the blaze had.
In case the dealers you were at didnt tell you cannondale ran out of money a year and a half ago and had to declare bankruptcy. ATK bought the factory inventory and has just started building quads again with thier own special enhancements.

If you really want in depth info get off this forum and go to cannondalers and cannondaleriders web sites.

 

a guy i used to work with raced amateur with a cannondale in new york. he went through 3 in one season, 2 had the frame snap motor mounts and other conjunction points, and one had huge fuel injection problems. so there's probably a good reason cannondale doesnt make quads anymore.

 

He replaced the entire quad (twice) because of a broken removable engine cradle? Huge fuel injection problems? Sounds fishy to me.

 

Yea wistech is right that does sound fishy I know a lot of people that have dales and I've only seen one frame that had to be replaced because of damage, he hit a tree 3rd gear full throttle[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

hey i have a cannondale cannibal i like it alot its fast and reliable we have only had one problem with them the older model 2002 is my year and the maping for the cannibal kept frying computers so we finaly switched to a moto maping and later learned the machine that was programing it was the problem but the moto mapping works really good and very reliable. so i dont have a problem with cannondale and soon dinili the company that baught cannondale out is coming soon and will produce every part u need.