stubs
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Last week I bought 2 old gokarts off my mate for a knockdown price that I couldn't refuse.. One of them's a 4 stroke, and the other is 2 stroke.
The 2 stroke is a slaag to start due to it being direct chain drive with no clutch, so I decided that rather than mess about I would just put a different engine into it. I quite fancied something with electric start, so I bought this engine;
Its a 97 bandit engine.. only a 600, but should still go like stink
I pick up the engine on Friday, and should get started on it pretty soon. I hope to have it fully working by the end of March.. but we'll see.
Update: I've picked up the engine & its a beast! Lovely condition & mostly all there. Just need to sort some coils & leads, oil cooler & exhaust manifold.
Gonna make a start on it on Monday, pics should hopefully follow.
[Edited on 08-03-2007 by stubs]
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shane2corsa
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ooo ill have the two stroke one
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ed
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 Thats going to be a bit nuts!
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Timbaland
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Please spend money making it road legal.
That would be cooooooool.
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powey
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someons going to have fun
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GT4Brody
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Feck, there is a vid somewhere of a kartwih a gixer engine in, is fucking mental!!
thought you were gonna say you were putting a rotax in! only 125 but still rapid, had one few months ago....
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boyracer2002
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awesome mate 
whats with the bike? thought you sold it?
btw - went to preston docks moto-x track last weekend, looks wicked! (didnt have my bike there though  ), their go-cart track is  amazin also!
[Edited on 26-02-2007 by boyracer2002]
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Toby
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rotex are fast but a 600 hundred should be nice
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stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by boyracer2002
awesome mate
whats with the bike? thought you sold it?
btw - went to preston docks moto-x track last weekend, looks wicked! (didnt have my bike there though ), their go-cart track is amazin also!
[Edited on 26-02-2007 by boyracer2002]
The bike isn't mine its my mates, I've been rebuilding the engine for him.
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stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by Timbaland
Please spend money making it road legal.
That would be cooooooool.
Speaking seriously, what would actually be involved in doing this? Would it be possible at all?
If it can be done without raising the ride height drastically, and adding silly rollcages etc, I might actually consider it at some point. 
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stubs
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OK, so last night me & my bro stripped the kart down ready for the work to start.
It's in a bad way at the moment.. nearly all the parts need replacing, but for not the important part is getting the frame extented & the engine mounted to it.
Here's the frame almost stripped down:
Then once it was fully stripped, before finishing for the night, we took some shady pics just to compare the engines. This is not the final location for the 600, its just where we plonked it for the photos to show.
And one of them together, which my brother decided he wanted to feature on.... 
[Edited on 08-03-2007 by stubs]
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KIFF
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Thats gonna end up being far to heavy at the back end. Wont corner at speed at all
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jr
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Its the clutch and gear linkages that will prove difficult IMO from looking at a project i was doing myself
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ed
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This really is a bit silly
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stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
Its the clutch and gear linkages that will prove difficult IMO from looking at a project i was doing myself
Clutch won't be a problem, its cable operated.. and I have worked out how to sort the gear linkages from looking at other sucessful projects, such as Gixxerkart.
Once the frame has been extended & the engine is mounted I will be able to plan out the route for the gear-shift bars etc.. But here's a crude sketch of how it should work;
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