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Alberta Phil 
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Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 9:50pm |
I have been helping my 16 year old grandson build a go-kart for running around the farm here. We finished it today and he painted it the latest street rod style--nice painted rims and the frame etc. is just the natural metal with a good clear coat. I used to build racing kart frames many years ago so this thing is very light but strong and with a 7 1/2 HP engine it is very fast!! He has a good helmet and seat belt and I'm installing a good roll bar system this week. His friend has one and flipped his a few weeks ago and ended up in hospital for a few days as it was the first time he went without his helmet for "just a quick run"! It's fun--but at my age it's also pretty scary at speed! 
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shameless dude
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Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:35pm |
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looks good....and fun! good job!
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Walker
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Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:48pm |
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Needs some soupension on it.
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JohnCO
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 12:35am |
Looks kind of scary, what keeps your feet from falling onto the ground? Nice work and seat though.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 6:09am |
Dnag thing is pretty but to low to the ground for me to get in, and I'd never get out....
Only two rides ever got my brother scared(he's driven everything...), driving a 650HP 'Outlaw' for a few laps AND doing 100MPH in a pro gocart. Said it was unnerving to have your butt 3" off the ground doing 100 ! Please put a belly pan on the cart,heavy(thick) steel. it'll deflect rock and branches from getting to his 'vitals'.
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 7:56am |
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I still have a scar on my head from one of those things, and I got it before my Grandpa even put an engine in it! I was pushing my brother down the driveway in it. I didn't hear him tell me to quit pushing, because he was going to turn it and lock up the brakes to try to slide er around. Well, when he hit the brakes when I was still pushing him, my head hit the back of the seat. I started school that year (2nd grade) with a bandage all of the way around my head, and 17 stitches. We did go on to have a lot of fun with that go cart. My Grandpa always seen to it that we had plenty of motorized toys when I was growing up. He wasn't keen on horses; just horse power! LOL!
Sorry about hi jacking your post there Alberta Phil. Your Kart looks good! Darrel
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Ted J
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 8:35am |
Yes, a floor pan and the roll cage. WHAT Phil, you big chicken!! What's fast??? 70, 80, 100? That's just a breeze.  Jay, you gotta do like I do. First you get on the ground, then you get in. When you're done, you just reverse the process. 
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Alberta Phil
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 9:56am |
My place has an old railroad line right through it (less tracks and ties of course) that is pretty open and not too rough that ties in with the old elevator access road. We use this for the track so there are no branches, rocks etc. My grandson is making an aluminum belly pan for it to keep the litter etc out. We'll install it when we do the roll bars
JohnCo. There are heel rests installed like gussets behind the axle to keep his size 13's in place!
The seat is from a Triumph Spitfire. Brake linkage is the throttle rod and ends from an Allis WC.
Thanks for the comments.
Edited by Alberta Phil - 12 Aug 2018 at 9:59am
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 3:15pm |
Grandson bought a 2 seat cart - ended up rolling it when the axle broke when he hit the edge of a dirt mound - well he was buckled in as was his passenger - but his had was on roll bar - skun the back of his hand down to the bones - about 5 hours with a hand specialist in the operating room to put it back into shape . So cart sets in back yard and has not moved now for 5 years - seems he lost the urge to drive it
Friend and his brother built one way back in their youth - younger one was driving it - reached back to do something with throttle - left 3 fingers o the road when they went through chain and sprocket on drive . Seems they forgot to put a guard on open chain - after all no way would anyone get near a open chain !
Edited by Coke-in-MN - 12 Aug 2018 at 3:18pm
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Walker
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 3:29pm |
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Easier to get out of than in, just roll out on the ground and lay there till somebody comes along and picks you up.
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Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 10:54pm |
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x2 what Walker says!
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LeonR2013
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Posted: 14 Aug 2018 at 8:21pm |
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Not trying to hijack but down in East St. Louis one time I saw a go cart do 127mph in the quarter mile and couldn't even get it to hook up. Dang it was scary.
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Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
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Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 3:05pm |
building on what Walker said. how to tell if you're old..... if you fall down and everyone laughs, you're still young, but if you fall down and everyone rushes to see if you're ok, then you're old!!
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Walker
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Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 9:05pm |
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Every once in awhile you can get a decent nap in while you're waiting.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 11:19pm |
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LOL @ Greg...that's so true! there's a 2 seater rat buggy on tomarrows auction at Tekamah NE
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 6:06am |
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Nice work.
I’ve built a few. One had a Honda 350 twin and it worked well. I installed a 540 articat snowmobile motor on. It didn’t work out well. I them bought an old Honda Odyssey and put a different motor on it. One morning I was having a great time spinning donuts with it and hit a rut and rolled it. I stuck out my arm to catch my self and the rollbars smashed my arm. Broke my forearm and broke the rollbars off the odyssey. Arm restraints are a must.
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