CYCLEKART BUILD PART 9 RACE PREP

[@jtm2003dad]

Looks fantastic !

[@phaeton_buggy1575]

Just a very trivial comment, it would look better if you put a piece of 'something' behind the grille painted black so you can't see your feet, as said very trivial but would make it aesthetically look better, but great work, should see you at Stratford next week & will apologise in person for my comment 🙂

[@Oldguydosestuff]

Don’t worry about commenting, that’s what I’m here for m8 I’ve thought the same when I’ve seen other karts like that I’m going to see how warm it gets as I might like the cooling air flow and reduced drag of the open ish grill

[@comethiburs2326]

Somehow having the engine all the way to the back, fed with a motorcycle carb and a foam filter poking out and a cvt when the whole machine looks like it's from the 20's feels wrong. i'm a sucker for front engine rear drive. these things werent exactly efficient or well balanced back then and the engine needs cool air anyway. i understand all the work that went into this tho. built my own things out of stock... and i have an engine, 125cc 4 spd off my former motorycle, waiting for me to get the space to build my own. there's no space for something that big anywhere i could house something. your frame looks like you could run the axle above the frame and suspend it with links and a simple swingarm to keep the pillow blocks lined up. setup with quarter elliptic springs or a transverse leaf, you'd be free to chop off a fair bit of metal up front too. trailing links to the front axle will keep it from shifting, and allow you to adjust the caster angle. That's how they did it, back then. These kind of cars ran a heck of a lot of caster, it helped reducing road kickback in the wheel with the steering box or cable they ran.

[@Oldguydosestuff]

Yes I know exactly what you mean We’ve probably all chased ultimate performance in the past at great cost and time, only to eventually realize you have much more fun in something far cheaper and simpler you’d probably started out with Over time we lose something with the obsession for power and speed But it’s built to rules No gears 10hp max C90 Honda wheels Go cart parts Track width limit 1m Wheel base and weight limits The whole idea of cyclekarts is to keep costs down as much as possible while making them fun to drive and each kart being of similar rubbish performance to the rest of the field A lot of things you suggest are quite possible to incorporate into a cyclekart, but I went for the simple build is best for my first attempt to see how I like it This cart has cost me less than a headlight or clutch on most modern cars or less than a weekends racing in most Motorsport events That’s were the simple beauty and fun of these karts is If cyclekarts had 550bhp V8 motors and AP brakes they’d stop being a laugh and be very serious Get out there and build one and join in the fun 👍😎