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[Willdat? 4,377]

DR-Z400E carb and cam are upgrades too eh?

[cletus 40,379]

Yes, E has a thinner cylinder base gasket as well for more compression.

It's funny, the first question on any drz400e wrecking auction on tm, is 'how much for the carb?'

[cletus 40,379]

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[cletus 40,379]

Vespa. 

A while ago I got a aliexpress knock off carb for it which was a little bit bigger

It had some casting flash and stuff like that that wasn't very good 

The base wasn't flat 

The throttle slide was sticky 

I fixed all that stuff and took a punt on the jet it had in it and it went ok, moved the power up the rev range enough to notice, it went better

However it had issues with what I thought was the throttle sticking  and pulling lots of lean sounding revs 

I was trying to find where the problem was, it wasn't the throttle, it was getting airflow from somewhere though, and it managed to select first gear by itself and fuck off into my toolbox,  broke the brake lever off and knocked the steering out of alignment 

 

 

All fixed now , spare parts bike to the rescue,and I put the original carb back on. Stupid china. 

[cletus 40,379]

For sale if anyone is after a tent that needs wofs 

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/caravans-motorhomes/caravans/up-to-12-ft/listing/2871792869?ed=true

[UTERUS 19,008]

Could I please see some pics of it erect.

[cletus 40,379]

No problem. It starts out quite small but it gets much bigger once erection is complete  

[Valiant 42,025]

Wow! It's a grower, not a shower.

[cletus 40,379]

I bought this for my daughter probably 5 years ago. When I was a kid I would have given anything to have a go kart so as any good parent does, I project my childhood dreams onto my own offspring 

The first time she drove it, I was pretty lax with the explanations, and she was 4. It's a 2 seater so my mrs sat on the other side. I'd backed the throttle right off but on grass with 2 on it, it was frying the clutch and wouldn't get moving so I had to give it more 

She started doing laps of the grass paddock but freaked out and forgot how to take her foot off the gas so she's going quite quickly, my mrs started freaking as well , kid starts screaming... I took a lunge at the spark plug lead but missed, luckily she hit a bump and her foot came off the gas

Left it parked under the house until she was 6. Had another go, gave her a lot more training this time, and took her to an asphalt car park. She was going well until she turned too sharp and rolled it, her and the wife got a few scrapes and bruises. 

Parked it again, was going to sell it but daughter was still keen to have another go, she's 9 now and asked about it this morning so finally got around to fitting some smaller tyres to gear it down and make it less likely to fall over  

[RUNAMUCK 29,833]

Have you considered upping the horsepower? 

Itll be a small leap from a fast go kart to junior dragster.

[cletus 40,379]

I'm pretty sure they were NZ made in the 90s. I used to race a kart when I was 13-15. Roundabout kart shop was where we got my kart and parts from and I vaguely remember seeing a brochure for these 

It has a 4hp 2 stroke briggs on it that has been turned from vertical to horizontal shaft , it has a carb and fuel tank from an iron horse mower by the looks of it  

I made the exhaust longer cause it used to just chooch straight up out of the muffler  

[cletus 40,379]

11 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Have you considered upping the horsepower? 

Itll be a small leap from a fast go kart to junior dragster.

It's scary enough to watch as is, she needs to get a lot better before any more power 

[Valiant 42,025]

That's a cool little cart!

Have you considered a remote controlled kill switch?

Could could use an Ali Express RC with one servo to trip a micro switch and earth the coil if things were getting a bit hektik.

[Raizer 18,174]

Those Briggs stickered Zenoah engines are a decent engine, was just parts availability that makes them uncommon these days.

Bike carb and a small spanny would wake it up once she gets the feel for it!

 

Remote kill is a good idea too

[cletus 40,379]

22 minutes ago, Valiant said:

That's a cool little cart!

Have you considered a remote controlled kill switch?

Could could use an Ali Express RC with one servo to trip a micro switch and earth the coil if things were getting a bit hektik.

Good idea!

16 minutes ago, Raizer said:

Those Briggs stickered Zenoah engines are a decent engine, was just parts availability that makes them uncommon these days.

Bike carb and a small spanny would wake it up once she gets the feel for it!

 

Remote kill is a good idea too

Ah, I thought it was odd that it was a Briggs and 2 stroke. 

[flyingbrick 9,356]

Rather than a servo, there are 12v garage door style remotes and receivers that would work well. I have one sitting around I think, pm me your address 

[Muncie 11,038]

Ive got some 1/2 used drift trike sleeves throw those on no speed but plenty of fun for a learner. She can pretend shes at summernats.

[SOHC 11,305]

Is there some kind of government on that engine?

[cletus 40,379]

Nah just a stopper you can adjust on the throttle pedal 

[cletus 40,379]

Was unable to resist , was a good price. Boss sold it to me, it's a 98 so last of this shape, quite high miles but in the last 80k it has had a rebuilt trans and a new crate tree fiddy  

Needs a little bit of work but came with most of the parts to do so, and needs paint tidying up

I'm not actually sure if I'll keep it or not, the only things that put me off are the size of it and how much pertol it will use. Apparently this engine is a bit better than the earlier TBI engines, economy wise  

Is considerably more comfortable than the van.

 

If I keep it , it will be getting a reduction in ride height, it handily came with a set of drop spindles in the parts pile