A little background here... I do ride... currently I have a 95 Mojave that I am rebuilding along with an 84 ATC 200x(for sale),an 88 KLR250 (for sale), a 75 Yamaha mx 125 (for sale)... Past bikes from most recent to least..cr 500, xr 350,xr600. I started at the age of 10. I am a rabid enthusiast for all things quad or dirtbike.
It has really been eating at me ever since the mags have turned their back on the Cannondales... I really think that moto24 is right.. The mags are getting a major black eye. Part of their reluctance is due to the dressing down that dirt rider got for naming the mx 400 "bike of the year" based on paper only. The bike just wasnt ready for prime time yet. Now, they wont even go near any accolades for fear of the same thing. I spoke with Stephanie Parton (currently 2nd in GNCC womens with 2 wins) her husband and her both rode Honda 440 (built to the hilt)..She works at Southside Honda Yam,Suz (Also known as Yamaha of Troy)which is also a Cannondale dealer here in Dayton,He switched to a Cdale FX and at first said that although its faster than stink, it was a bit twitchy (his words) in the woods. He put on a Scotts stablizer and said it is magic now. Stephanie told me that his stock(not even remapped EFI yet) will eat her 440 alive. This is what I have been waiting for . I am not anti Japanese (look at my bike list,plus my Toyota Pickup) I am just pro excellance. Anyone who purposely stays away from this bike for any reason other than money or purpose needs his/her head examined....

 

Man I cant believe I forgot about the 97 Banshee I had until 4 months ago.. It had a motofast 2 into 1 pipe and cool heads. Wow, would that thing scream... It just wasnt as much fun in the woods as it was in the wide open stuff. Anyway Thanks for all the great encouragement from all of you. BTW, lonestarbanshee, great pics of great bikes!

 

I've had a 250X, 300EX, 400EX, 250R, and a Bombardier DS650. I bought a FX400 3 weeks ago, and I'm never going to put those names in the same sentence as the Cannondale again. I'm sorry Dirt Wheels and ATV Action but your comparisons are wrong. I've never ridden anything that is as thrilling as the FX400 to ride AND look at!! It has more power than Honda ever dreamed about putting in a stock quad, and mine (with the free updates) handles just as good as my 400EX ever did. I can putt it through the peach orchard, or nail the throttle and take any quad made today. I'll never buy another quad without EFI either. Cannondale the FX is a wonderfull work of art, Thank you so much. Just put a little more foam in the seat [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Great Post Awesome88250r!!!!!!!You are who we have been looking for! Someone who has tried them all, has lots of experience, and isnt afraid to call it like it is! I hope you guys in the honda forums are reading this! I would love to have been there when the Honda engineers got their cannondale out of the truck at their secret test track (you know they did),took some hot laps and when the test rider took off his helmet said "we have a problem" in Japanese. I would have been doing that dance that Stuart the copyboy does in the commercial for etrade!!!!!!!!!!

 

I would just like to thank all of you who have been so enthusiastic about our company. We work very hard at Cannondale to bring real innovation to all the products we produce. As Newsboy so passionately states it is easy to copy, but to expand the state of the art against excellent gigantic Japanese companies is honest to goodness good old hard work.

We are not always perfect but you can trust that we will never stop trying to make it better and that we have an awesome engine, with state of the art fuel injection (which
someday will be copied by every competitor - good luck not easy) and an aluminum frame
that quite frankly makes the steel structures used by others look like they are from
another ((older)) generation.

If you invest in us, we promise we will keep investing in you. Thank you very much

Scott Montgomery
Cannondale
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Mr. Montgomery said it guys, Not me or anyone else that owns a Cannondale. Not everyone else that talks about the Cannondale and has never even seen one in person. My question is,who do you beleive now?
Cannondale CARES about us atvers,for Scoot Montgomery to come to this forum and take the time to type something says alot about him and alot about the GREAT COMPANY CANNONDALE. Has anyone from the other Manufactures ever said anything in these or anyother atv forum? I dont know because i'm new but I would have to say noway. The way Cannondale is going they may be the best and biggest USA company in the history of the US.in a few years. Thanks MR. Montgomery for giving us ATVers a product that we cant go wrong with, and for letting other atvers that dont have a Cannondale (yet) know that you do care.

 

I will have to say, I am VERY impressed. Never ever EVER, have I seen a manufacturer come into the forums. My hats off to Cannondale. If I could, I would buy everyone you can put out!!!

Thanks NewzBoy, I am going through a step-by-step picture by picture front end rebuild of my Banshee. Its come a LONG way since I bought it! Great machine! By the way, is there any reason your name is NewzBoy.. Like, you heard of that band?

 

Mr. Scott Montgomery,

You have no idea how much confidence you just gave me in Cannondale. I've ridden and dealt with almost every manufacturer, and never felt like my opinion mattered to them. Now I have a company that cares about what I think and is willing to go that extra mile to make the comsumer happy. What a great thing. I've ridden and sold almost every type of sport ATV to put myself through college. I bought my Cannondale to ride, and sell just like the others. Since I'm finally going to finish college in May, I've decided this is the one ATV that I'm going to keep. I've been riding Honda quads since I was 9, but now the quad in my garage says Cannondale.

 

Man, This just keeps getting better and better. I am really impressed that Scott Montgomery, a director at Cannondale, would take the time to see what we as riders are thinking...I hope you naysayers are watching this forum. I dont think its ever happened. Did you catch what he said about always trying to make a better product? Im here to tell you that manufacturers dont ordinarily do that. If there is a problem, most manufacturers ride it out till the next model year/software upgrade. I would love to see sales of these bikes just take off, because they deserve it. For any of you investors out there, the stock is a bargain right now at around 3.50/share.... If you look at where its home used to be it is around 20-21....I know it will be there again.As they say on the Motley Fool investing "Dont just buy stock from a popular company, Know the company and what they make".........Heres to you Cannondale! I just wish I lived in Pa.

 

Awesome88, Newzboy, others,

Thanks for the kudos and I have asked our production manager to post your comments
in the Cannondale factory lunch room so that our entire staff can see how much you appreciate the workmanship and efforts.

Awesome: Also we noted your comments on the seat hardness and we will see if we
can improve that in the future - our seat vendor is responsive.

To the future,

Scott Montgomery
Cannondale
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