Well, here's the CannonDale!!

**Lomax** · 11-17-2005, 11:15 AM

Thats got to be what mine is. I have Black Widow ATV running the VIN number so that we can be certain. According to Dirtwheels (I have the issue somewhere) there were 6000 quads and 2000 Dirtbikes. I dont know how accurate they are but thats the numbers they posted on them. The machine is over at my brothers house so He generally goes out there and looks at it or messes with it some. Anyway, The Stock width of the Speed/Cannibal/Blaze is 46 inches accros at the A-Arms. The Moto 50. He said that he measured mine last night and it came up to 50 inches???? I am not sure where exactly he measured at but he's got like a book of specs that he downloaded from somewhere. If that is accurate then I am convinced that I have a Cannondale Mutt lol......

**CHAINSAW** · 11-17-2005, 02:23 PM

Not sure where he measured from either, but those are not Moto A Arms. The width of the moto was 50", but I dont know where they measure from. I know if you put 400ex spindles on, that adds like 3/4 or something, but I can tell from the pics those are Cannondale front spindles.

**Billy Golightly** · 11-17-2005, 02:38 PM

Is it possible their aftermarket A-Arms? I know a few different companies did make some...

**skippy** · 11-17-2005, 03:05 PM

i thk those are the same arms that are on mine..Cannibal,, mine came with a wider offset wheel.. so it bumped to just shy of 50..

**Lomax** · 11-17-2005, 03:07 PM

The results are in: Its a 2003 Cannondale Cannibal LE. According to Black Widow ATv this is an extremlly RARE and desirable model to have in the collection due to the fact there is only just a few of them. What makes it LE was the Graphics and the Ohilins shocks came standard along with.... umm something else, I dont remember what they said. Wel,, now we know. Time to get to work.

**skippy** · 11-17-2005, 03:12 PM

cool.. its the same quad as mine,.. if you need any help just ask.. i have since changed mine alot,, but the fuel injection is very cool!!

**CHAINSAW** · 11-17-2005, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by HondaATC

Is it possible their aftermarket A-Arms? I know a few different companies did make some...

There are lots of aftermarket ones,.. but those are dead on 2003 year model cannibal/speed/glamis a arms. You can tell by the tab on top, going around in a 1/4 to 1/2 circle.

Nice man, there were not many of the LE's made, so you do have a rare machine, of an allready rare breed anyhow

**370banshee** · 11-17-2005, 11:45 PM

i;ve only seen a few cannondales aroudn when i'm out riding... they are either quick or broken... and i NEVER see em in teh trails.. only on the MX tracks

**370banshee** · 11-17-2005, 11:46 PM

oh and tehre was the one i saw drag racing... to bas he saw what the back of my shee looked like haha.. those dales are a strange looking machine... very inovative though.. and i;ve heard alot of good thigns about em.. to bad they are a 4 stroke though

**Lomax** · 11-21-2005, 11:59 AM

Well the work has begun, here are some updated pics of what the Cdale currently looks like.

**Lomax** · 11-21-2005, 12:05 PM

The rest of the pics

Chainsaw and Skippy: I am missing ALOT of parts and I know very little about this machine so I will be calling on you guys trying to figure out where some of the items that I do not have go lol..

**skippy** · 11-21-2005, 04:00 PM

no prob.. enjoy... i have some extra laying around also... * polishing the frame? or powdering??

**Lomax** · 11-21-2005, 05:56 PM

I think that we are going to go the polishing route. I was considering powdercoating or painting but then I am getting into putting more money in the wrong area's of this dale. Other than hours of elbow grease, about 20 bucks will polish the frame/subframe out. I am going to paint the swingarm to match the A-arms. That reminds me, can you take a close up picture of the rear of your swingarm. I think that my chain adjustment system may be broke from a chain de-railment. I also have no idea what everyintg is supposed to look like 100%.
I am going to keep this thread alive for a very long time with updated pics, progress reports and questions for the Dale owners.

**willcamach** · 11-21-2005, 07:17 PM

you should really go to cannondaler.com.... or canondalriders.com you will find all of this info there and plenty of help with your questions

**Lomax** · 11-21-2005, 07:20 PM

I joined cannondaleriders.com but they never sent me my comfirmation e-mail. Ido need to hope over to cannondaler though.

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