VForce vs. Cannondale
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 1:37 am
per Lappers request i'm posting a couple pics of the new Vforce. I don't have the desire to write a novel about it though so i'm sending my notes to him for editing.
Took it to our fave spot on saturday and between my boy and i it ran all day long. 9-6. The quad absoolutely rips. Ran my first MX race with it, just for fun, after only an hours seat time. Took a piped rap and Z and an ex etc by a quad length into the first turn only to learn that I still don't know how to turn the beast with a CVT! Last one out of the turn, grateful to have missed that huge pine tree:eek: skid mark. I took it slow and rolled most everything the first two laps. Wisdom learned from my first practice lap where i cased a step up and the frontend rebounded back hard enough to brake off the taillight and leave me on my *** while the prairie, i mean vforce, rolled on to the next jump. On the last lap i finally got my nerve up to take a 15' double and pass a 12 year old on a blaster for 6th place!!! I was proud to have survived. I didn't buy it to MX though, more as an all around machine for riding her double, her riding(with the throttle limiter turned way in), and as my backup for the 'dale.
The quads best and worst points are the CVT V twin. Puts all the massive torque/ power to the ground all the time. This coupled with the huge holeshot xct's lightens the front end very easily and limits steering control. That's when the weight comes into play! whew...Throttle response and clutching is excellent. Handling is superb except when too heavy on the thumb. It's a point and shoot quad, make sure your pointing straight when you gas it or you will eat a tree. It is deceptively fast and made me wish for stronger brakes several times. Very balanced and stable, not tippy at all. The seat width is kinda uncomfortable for aggressive riding, but great for pleasure. Wheelies are killer.
I'm pretty happy with it for now. After a day with it though, my commitment to having a good running Cannondale is a priority. The Vforce is great and so are all the other 'rugular' quads. I might eventually be faster in the woods on the praire, i mean Vforce(can't stop doing that:confused) than on my 'dale, but nothing give's that cannon rush. I've started shopping 'dales again as getting a CRANKSHAFT CARTRIDGE PLATE isn't promising.
So, in my book, the 'dale wins. Here's the pics anyway.
Took it to our fave spot on saturday and between my boy and i it ran all day long. 9-6. The quad absoolutely rips. Ran my first MX race with it, just for fun, after only an hours seat time. Took a piped rap and Z and an ex etc by a quad length into the first turn only to learn that I still don't know how to turn the beast with a CVT! Last one out of the turn, grateful to have missed that huge pine tree:eek: skid mark. I took it slow and rolled most everything the first two laps. Wisdom learned from my first practice lap where i cased a step up and the frontend rebounded back hard enough to brake off the taillight and leave me on my *** while the prairie, i mean vforce, rolled on to the next jump. On the last lap i finally got my nerve up to take a 15' double and pass a 12 year old on a blaster for 6th place!!! I was proud to have survived. I didn't buy it to MX though, more as an all around machine for riding her double, her riding(with the throttle limiter turned way in), and as my backup for the 'dale.
The quads best and worst points are the CVT V twin. Puts all the massive torque/ power to the ground all the time. This coupled with the huge holeshot xct's lightens the front end very easily and limits steering control. That's when the weight comes into play! whew...Throttle response and clutching is excellent. Handling is superb except when too heavy on the thumb. It's a point and shoot quad, make sure your pointing straight when you gas it or you will eat a tree. It is deceptively fast and made me wish for stronger brakes several times. Very balanced and stable, not tippy at all. The seat width is kinda uncomfortable for aggressive riding, but great for pleasure. Wheelies are killer.
I'm pretty happy with it for now. After a day with it though, my commitment to having a good running Cannondale is a priority. The Vforce is great and so are all the other 'rugular' quads. I might eventually be faster in the woods on the praire, i mean Vforce(can't stop doing that:confused) than on my 'dale, but nothing give's that cannon rush. I've started shopping 'dales again as getting a CRANKSHAFT CARTRIDGE PLATE isn't promising.
So, in my book, the 'dale wins. Here's the pics anyway.