02 and 03 cannibal a-arms

Message

jacobw · #1 Post by **jacobw** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:38 am

my brother has a 03 cannibal that has the old style headlight covers and the a-arms are triangular and I have an 03 that has the arms with the rounded ends. Is there any difference in the geometry of these 2 arm styles or just the 03's were an updated version? I just now noticed this after months of him having his quad. His also had a silver clutch cover and mine has black and his engine case is a silver color and mine has a light cream color what is the differnce in these 2 quads?

jacobw · #2 Post by **jacobw** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:02 pm

any body have some input on this?

claas900 · #3 Post by **claas900** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:58 pm

..I have an 03 with triangular arms,buddy of mine has an 02 with the rounder style...I thought the triangular was the newer style?..From what i know there is no differents in geometry?..The sliver clutch cover ws on the last of the cannon's..sounds like your buddy has a newer one..yours may have been a left over 02 w/ 03 plastic?..
....whats old style headlight covers?.. im not sure what your talking about?..I only know of the very frist cannons have different ones"FX's"..I thought all others were the same?..

jacobw · #4 Post by **jacobw** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:10 pm

my quad has the new updated headlight cover that have the headlight attached to them not the frame

claas900 · #5 Post by **claas900** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:49 pm

..AWWW ok for some reason i knew that..lol...I dont think theres a lot of thos out there?..So does your frame still have the 2 little taps,2 bolts holes that the old style uses?

jacobw · #6 Post by **jacobw** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:54 pm

sure does it still has those on there. I knew there was a difference in the headlight covers I just noticed the a-arms and i was wondering if there was a geometry differance and the reason for the 2 different style arms I also noticed that the shock almost touch the front of the arms on the triangular style and mine on the rounded end style has plenty of clearance.

IRONSIDE · #7 Post by **IRONSIDE** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:09 pm

My early '02 Cannibal has the rounded a-arms.

jacobw · #8 Post by **jacobw** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:38 pm

so what are the pro's and con's to each style of a-arm why did cannondale change the design?

IRONSIDE · #9 Post by **IRONSIDE** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:34 pm

I don't know if one is better than the other. Most of Cannondales changes seem to have been more financially motivated rather than performance modifications. Only a guess though.

theJeStEr1340 · #10 Post by **theJeStEr1340** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:25 pm

I think the triangular ones won't let you run a 4+1 offset wheel, and I am not sure if you can with the rounded ones or not.