TLowis
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 09:26 PM |
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road legal go-cart
no not in the metaphorical sense i mean a serious road legal go cart over a few beers at the pub after work (pints of coke for me  ) we have come up
with the idea of building a bike engined go cart, something like a 650 ninja engine or whatever i find , but seen aso there wont be anywhere to
testdrive it we thought about making it road legal .. what would you think sva might fail it on ?
any old 600cc+ engine needed ? aslong as its a runner including loom and carbs/bodies
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 09:35 PM |
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Everything 
It won't look like a go kart once it's done
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TLowis
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 09:38 PM |
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hah well i need a list tbh to see if its really worth it all the only thing holding back .. i thought would be dimensions , and thats only depicted by
the light / indicator placment
any old 600cc+ engine needed ? aslong as its a runner including loom and carbs/bodies
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Mark G
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 09:40 PM |
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Click me now
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 09:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark G
Click me now
Petrol tank is the first fail
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TLowis
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:02 PM |
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why ?
any old 600cc+ engine needed ? aslong as its a runner including loom and carbs/bodies
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les g
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:03 PM |
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how about a re-engine on one of them road legal buggies
would be easier as already road legal
les g
[Edited on 16/9/08 by les g]
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TLowis
why ?
Apart from it not having an unleaded restrictor? 
(did you not watch the vid of it being fuelled??)
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by les g
how about a re-engine on one of them road legal buggies
would be easier as already road legal
les g
[Edited on 16/9/08 by les g]
I think that that is what you would end up with, not exactly a "GO KART" as we know them.
Dont get me wrong, I'd love a "Road Legal Go kart", but I think it would be prohibitively difficult to get through SVA such that
that it would defeat the original objective
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Triton
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:17 PM |
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Hotbuggy got one of theirs mot'd and was regular sight around the roads in Daventry not sure if they sva'd it or cheated but heyo...CBR600
mental machine geared like a crosser. I had a drive in it around the farm where we had our workshop and ummm scary on the loose stuff.
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Triton
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:18 PM |
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It's now called the world rally kart and uses gsxr thou motor i think....
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 06:47 AM |
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Can you imagine trying to control it at speed?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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smart51
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 07:05 AM |
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You have to have a brake for each wheel, a mechancial handbrake and road legal tyres. That stops most karts. Then you need lights at the right
height.
I bet you could make a scratch built tiny open framed car that would pass SVA. It wouldn't exactly be a kart.
10" wheels and brakes from a mini or the very early suzuki rascal might be a good start, or possibly stuff from a small ATV.
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russbost
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 07:52 AM |
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I can't remember - is there anything in the manual saying you have to have suspension?
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 08:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
I can't remember - is there anything in the manual saying you have to have suspension?
With the state of the UK roads, doing without will mean you need a new back!! 
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Miks15
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 08:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by russbost
I can't remember - is there anything in the manual saying you have to have suspension?
With the state of the UK roads, doing without will mean you need a new back!!
And even with suspension do you really want to be that close to the gorund on UK roads?!?! ID go for one off the off road buggys re engined... then u
can get 2 seats etc aswell.
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TLowis
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 08:55 PM |
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that hotbuggy looks mint , rather inspiring to create this instead of the bike engined go-cart , would be alot of work to do it from scratch but well
worth it looks great sideways , one thing that baffels me is the drivetrain and how the diff works , from what i can tell its a butcherd sierra diff
where the pinion is replaced with an adaptor plate to take the sproket
any old 600cc+ engine needed ? aslong as its a runner including loom and carbs/bodies
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