Hey I just acquired a Cannondale 440 engine in pieces. It looks to me as if everything thing is there. It came out of a neighbors bike when he went to try to drop a street bike engine into it. It looks as if his son took advantage of the opportunity to hone his mechanic skills and took it all apart. If anyone knows anyone or would like to try to piece this back together themselves for me it would be AWESOME! I want to end up buying a rolling chassis to drop it into. Or maybe a golf cart.

Let me know if you would be interested in the work. It would be greatly appreciated.

 

Oh crap, you just described the perfect nightmare, first you must ask yourself a couple questions, why did your neighbor want to change the motor and is it a good idea to delve into an already botched recronstruction. If you do intend to do this then at least contact ATK to see if you can get a manuel or at least point you in the right direction. One other wild leap of faith that would be a lot cheaper would be to see if they would take the motor as a core and sell you a new or remanufactured unit for a lower price.

 

Yeah I figured it would be a hassle. That is actually a really good idea that I never even thought about.
I was told it was running when he took it out so I don't think anything is wrong(or too wrong) with it.
I think my best course would be to contact ATK and try to sell it/swap it with them.
Thanks for the input.

 

Go to cannondaleriders.com
You can download the engine and parts manuals as well as contact a skilled engine builder in your area.
With the reliability updates, they are as reliable as any of the big 4 and very powerful.

 

Great tips, and if I'm not mistaken, the C dales are nowhere near as bad as the new 450s in the maintenance department.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: this guy

Great tips, and if I'm not mistaken, the C dales are nowhere near as bad as the new 450s in the maintenance department.</end quote></div>

true

 

Friend of mine bought a cannibal when they first hit the scene and had a couple of bugs with the computer at first, but that has been about it really(same guy had a honda elsinore since it was new and said he had never actually changed the oil, just added when it needed it so not much wrench time on his bikes). It's very fast and looks like a hoot.

 

Shoot I remember the dealers trying to blow their invantory out the door for like $2900 new back when C dale had just gone under. Wish I had got one then.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: this guy

Shoot I remember the dealers trying to blow their invantory out the door for like $2900 new back when C dale had just gone under. Wish I had got one then.</end quote></div>

Yeah no kidding! Same here.



Thanks for all the help guys. Haven't been able to hit the cannondalerider site up yet, but will be soon. Trust me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img].

Anyhow, if anyone would like to buy the engine from me I may think about selling it....put together, or in pieces. Will be more of course once it's in pieces..

 

Well, if you do keep it, I'm sure you could find a good 250R frame to drop it in or a 400ex frame, cheap and plentiful.