Cannondaleriders

I agree you should not need to pull the plug, if it is hydrolocked. Just pop off the flywheel cover and turn it over manually, and you can also do it back-forth, just not as hard in reverse which could loosen the nut. You will soon detect more movements... and hear some sloshing. Once freed up for a...

Perhaps the factory covered some with plain Black... in the transition to the Cannibal. But I can see a guy covering the "400" misnomer anyway.<br />Cannondale was so conservative -- Honda and others would have been naming a 432cc machine as a 450. Even referring to our machines as 440'...

I have all that, and with several exhaust options btw.

Thanks guys.. appreciated!
But sadly, rider Jude just reports a DNF, good time lower leg and then machine stopped before midway up. No warning or symptom to guess about yet. Sorrow today, but thanks for support.

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Yep fellas... happy to announce that we have another pony in the race!, for the 2nd year in a row.<br /><br />Last year, rider Jude Monica finished the Climb, for the first Cannondale ever. He was running a 3-year old motor from an earlier build I did for him.<br />That one was a ported stock 43...

Is the motor installed and the gearbox lubed?... Hopefully a shifter pawl tophat is not missing or cracked. Or maybe the shifter inner barplate is bent, or a spring is not correct in the drum ratchet... all requiring a motor drop. Hopefully you get lucky, before having to do that.

Yep I have several options, will send a pm..

I can help with that next month when back to my AZ place... if you still need it then, just hit me up.

I would at least pull out the starter clutch pack, right-side cover 3 bolts, and see if you get the same sound... maybe a bit easier than pulling off the starter and having to ground it to test it.<br />You might find it whines under load only, or it's the clutch pack that is slipping to make th...