I am sure it is a great quad... but not for the money you spend. Everyone talks about this quad like it is the god of all quads. Retail is like 7 grand for the cheapest right? I bought my EX for 5 grand. with the two thousand i saved I could put a new suspension new cam,piston and pipe and i gaurangoddamntee that it would be much better than a dale. just my two cents.

 

It would depend on what type of racing you would be doing and at what level.

Dumping $3000.00 into a 400EX will only get you a quad that is equal in power [maybe] but will not be worth any more regarding resale value than it would if you left it stock. Reliability of such a quad would also be an issue.

There is only a $1300.00 difference between the 400EX and Cannibal and you aren't going to get a Cannibal eating 400EX with that ammount of money.

And to think that thus far, everyone is running stock internals in their Cannondales right now. A few comanies are beginniong to tap into the engine and the results are good.

Unless another manufactuer steps up to the plate in the next two years....Cannondale will become the next 250R.

Especially after all the pro classes require production quads.

My .02 cents

 

You guarentee it? Faggetaboutit! The 400ex, although a nice quad, can never be a Cannondale, At any level...

Roostking...

 

Steve, you are right on man. For 2 grand, you can make the 400 fast and VERY competitive. Knowsalot, your 1300 difference is just the retail not what you can actually buy a 400EX for now that Z400 and KFX are out. By the way I like them better than the 400EX, but the 400EX is still a great quad. Cannons are getting better, but Hondas are almost always winning.

 

Anybody could get a 02 Cannibal for around 6k in the last two months. Retail is the figmant of your imagination.. Steve your welcome to ride my Dale this weekend at the dunes. I'm still amazed thats this quad can be revved to 11,600rpms.

 

Has the DALE been beating the 400EX in GNCC ?

 

Same thing.

You can find Cannibal's for under $6300 and 400EX around $5000......you still have only $1300 to play with.

Paying retail or shopping around....it doesn't matter.

 

<< Has the DALE been beating the 400EX in GNCC ? >>




raptorACDC,

No it hasn't.

A $17,000.00 FST500EX has been beating the $10,500.00 Blaze in the GNCCs.

That's exactly the point.

 

Knowsalot, I am a fan so dont think I am trying to be a smart assbut ,how can you put 17000 in a stock frame EX?

 

a 400 ex modded up, which you and other people have, could have spent that money and got a dale. and all that money that people have spent, even more money than a new dale and they still dont have a quad good as a dale