Cannondaleriders

Aren't they anodised already? They look like they could be, the welds being the same finish and colour as the rest of the frame.. and they seem to be good at resisting corrosion. Mine have been wet and burried mud plenty of times and are still in good condition when cleaned again... not like bar...

A customers Peugeot I did a while ago had less power than the engine spec should have made.<br /><br />I played with the mapping, the cam timing, checked all was as it should have been.<br /><br />Then I noticed it had 45mm throttle bodies... This is only a 1600cc 4 cyl revving to 7800 rpm and which...

Oh yes, the flywheel problem is going to be worse on a 'stroker' motor.....<br /><br />The longer the stroke, the higher the piston speed. <br /><br />The higher the piston speed, the more energy it has to take from the crank mid-stroke. <br /><br />The more energy taken from the crank, the ...

What do I do for a living....?<br /><br />I have an engine mapping company, but I have worked in racing all of my life.<br /><br />If I don't know something, I just do my best to find out what I need/want to know....<br /><br />Engine and suspension design is really my forte, but engine software...

If you can just hold off a couple of weeks.....

Here here!<br /><br />Welcome to Cannondale ownership....<br /><br />Don't do as I did with my first one and think "oh, it'll be alright...." because it won't!<br /><br />Don't use it, save up some pennies if you need to, and do the coolant/cam cover swap, sideplate...

If you need a flywheel puller quickly, then a 'Stihl' chainsaw shop should have them. The thread in our flywheels is M26x1.5.<br /><br />Crank torsional vibration would cause exactly this kind of failure.... It's not an 'out of balance' thing, it is simply the unavoidable fact th...

I do custom mapping, mainly on cars, and they vary plenty from one to another.<br /><br />Why should quads/bikes be any different? Especially when the cam timing is known to be somewhat hit-and-miss from the factory....<br /><br />Peak figures are really irrelevant, and use only to those wanting to ...

I really would just polish and mike the journals to make sure they're on size....

Look at the failed component under a microscope too, that might tell you something...

Magnesium water pump cover?...... I can see into the future.... better stock up on the Evans coolant....