has anybody lowered the rearend on their cannondale? If so how did you do it?

 

I machined a collar and found a real light spring made it zps.at rest there is less than a inch between bumpstop and body its still not as low as honda guys linkless shock is the problem.

 

I had helper springs added to front and back. It sits about 3 inches lower than stock. I can lower the front almost to the ground but the back is at it's lowest setting. My local race shop got the springs from PEP.

 

A shorter shock is probably the only answer for lowering the back end further. Ran into the same problem on mine after adding a "ZPS" spring....

Be careful lowering the front... Tie rods will bind into the frame if you take it too far -- at least on the 2002's.

 

I put an Elka SSD kit on the rear of mine and it did wonders!

 

where do you get an elka SSD kit? how much did it cost and how low did it make it?

 

86atc250R - I have the shocks off of the front of my quad and picked the a-arms all the way up and the tie rods don't have any problems on mine (older style 02 Cannibal w/ Ohlins).

The Dales really aren't that tall. There seems to be more distance between the seat and foot pegs but if you check out the "my pics" section of my website, you can see my Dale parked right next to MX26's R, and although his is lower, it's not a WHOLE LOT lower. That was also before I adjusted my front shocks and got smaller rear tires (which lowered it). When I buy an aftermarket pipe, I'll lower the rear some more.

 

Turn the handlebars.