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Kimjon's go-kart "for the kids"


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So, I had to grind down one end of a long bicycle cable to a very small size in order to fit the carburetor slide. The other end needs a solution like this:

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Now if I'm been honest, this is the MK2 model as the first was a soft M8 bolt which fell apart when I started to tighten it. The above is a M10 grade 8 bolt, which hopefully works.

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Nice power plant choice :)

One thing I've found with these is they need full right foot to get moving. Once up to speed however they have a little power on hand. Good to start on flat hard ground then hit the rough stuff with full commitment.

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9 hours ago, a.craw4d said:

Nice power plant choice :)

One thing I've found with these is they need full right foot to get moving. Once up to speed however they have a little power on hand. Good to start on flat hard ground then hit the rough stuff with full commitment.

Would you recommend one of those reduction gearboxes to overcome this? Top speed isn't really a priority right now

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Just found this on YouTube

Three things stood out to me.

1) its probably New Zealand?

2) it smokes more than he does

3) holly fuck...it's scary fast for a pedal car with a mini quad engine!!!

So, looks like it should work if I stick to the plan and just pass on your advice (commit).:-)

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Heaps of clearance, tried it over and over again to find best position. I found that if kept tight close to steering shaft it has very little movement. The twist wire acts like an old telephone cable (showing my age).

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12 hours ago, Kimjon said:

Would you recommend one of those reduction gearboxes to overcome this? Top speed isn't really a priority right now

If you've got one handy then try it but I'd run with the setup you have now. I haven't clocked mine yet but I'm guessing it might do 35-40 kph max.

It's more important to talk it through with the kids so they know how to drive it and most importantly how to stop. My niece got let loose on a 125 quad with little instruction, she panicked at speed and continued straight into a fence. Luckly she was ok. Just a brused ego.

Love your work, can't wait to see it in action.

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But God clearly hates gokarts and throws yet another curse my way, the offsets are fucking wrong...balls, arse, cunt, boobies!!!!!

Oh well, back into the scrap bin to search for treasure in order to find a solution to fix my last solution:

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And boom!

That's it, everything is hooked up...ready to go. Will let paint touch ups cure overnight. Fingers crossed for better weather???? But it should just work???

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I'll take a video (when we get better weather) of it going and link it in later.

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