I just purchased my cannibal(ohlins shocks) a couple of weeks ago. I had sort of the same dilema. I test rode the baja and the cannibal. I'm over 200lb. and I liked the cannibal better. The baja is a nice quad but I still thought it felt a little gerthy and I do a lot of wooded trail riding and I thought the cannondale had a better throttle and steering response. The c-dales are very comfortable to ride compared to a utility. The cannibal was the pick for me.

 

ok but anyways, whats the difference between the speed and cannible? ive noticed that all of the models look the same, is it just the level of preformance upgrades?? i so i think ill buy a cannible, because for me its better to pay a litte at one time and payextra for hop up parts later(spreading out my costs)

im 16, getting my license in like june. im either getting a truk or a muscle car witha hitch and a trailer...

test riding is out of the question unfortunately

 

This has been rehashed over and over again but once more, the differences between the Speed and Cannibal are:

Speed has Ohlin shocks, the new Cannibal's have Arvin shocks
Speed's rev limit is 11600, Cannibal is 10600
Speed has Tag bars
Speed has grip style seat
Both now should have hydraulic clutches

The Cannibal is a better buy if you can find one of the "older" quads which had the Ohlin shocks or one of the refurbished units which sells for $5000 or a little higher.

 

well i guess ill go for a cannable or z400, guess ill have to wait for reviews on the z400

 

I dont think they will compare to well. The Dale should blow it away.

 

I wouldn't listen to reviews done by magazines for info on the Z. Read the Suzuki forum and ee what they say. All the mags are biased towards the company with the most cash throwing it in their face to promote a quad that shouldn't be(I.E Raptor) And I'm not trying to starrt a war here, but they make it out like it's gods gift to quads.