So then if i sell my indy who wants to start a CEC vs BEC vs BEK war? 
BEK = BIKE ENGINED KART. 
Also would anyone be interested in seeing a build page for a BEK then? Dont want to leave the forum as there are too many top people on here who could
help with the racing BEK build. 
I kind of like the people on here too.... 
we bring this up at work too often, ive a blade turbo engine sat on a work bench, im just waiting for a car to put it in. BEK sounds quite good
already been done, search You tube for "R1 go Kart"
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Originally posted by welderman
we bring this up at work too often, ive a blade turbo engine sat on a work bench, im just waiting for a car to put it in. BEK sounds quite good
It sounds a great prospect, but don;t go for a big bike engine - search Youtube for R1 Kart and you'll see why...
They have so much power that the tyres just spin constantly.
It does give me an idea for a kart based drift competition though...
used to have a 125cc rotrax engined cart, screamer.
fast lottle bugger
matt have you ever been on a 100cc kart??
my first kart was 100cc arrow engined
mega fun
(i was only 14 tho )
The mentalness of the idea attracts me but having driven some of the fastest karts id keep my two strokes like a TKM/rotax as its just like attaching
a car engine to a 7 its a boat anchor
what would you do with the kart, race or private road? seems lots of gearbox karts about at mo from about £750 ready to race but seems to be a lot
less short circuit tracks doing gearbox classes now. lots of options if you happen to own a nice carpark or road tough.
[Edited on 8/7/09 by will121]
Mainly grass to start with.
Matt I hope you have big kahoona's!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJRkeEqE
I did this race in 2004 having raced all over europe for 5 years. As you go through the centre of Peel the safety precausions are the kerb is painted
white and the lamp posts have a straw bail in front of them. All I could think about was which lamp post was going to kill me! I did it in a 125
Anderson Rotax short circuit. I was touching just shy of 130 on the straight and it was so bumpy it blurred your vision to the point where you
couldn't see.
Great fun but I would never do it again!
...........Neil
[Edited on 8/7/09 by Nash]
I have a bike engined kart. 110cc Yamaha 2 stroke with a 4 speed 'box mounted on an old zip kart chassis. It's a lot of fun - enough power
to drift it fairly well but not enough to trash the tyres in seconds like that gixxerkart.
KART 1
KART 2
Local industrial estate makes a good private track on Sunday afternoons, and the sequential box is great fun, clutchless shifting is easily possible
if you get the timing right.
For sale if anyone is interested - £175 ono. Needs a new pair of back tyres due to the aforementioned drifting (£20 on ebay), otherwise pretty
sound.
Either buy mine or build one - highly recommended for cheap fun!
Tom
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Originally posted by Nash
Matt I hope you have big kahoona's!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJRkeEqE
I did this race in 2004 having raced all over europe for 5 years. As you go through the centre of Peel the safety precausions are the kerb is painted white and the lamp posts have a straw bail in front of them. All I could think about was which lamp post was going to kill me! I did it in a 125 Anderson Rotax short circuit. I was touching just shy of 130 on the straight and it was so bumpy it blurred your vision to the point where you couldn't see.
Great fun but I would never do it again!
...........Neil
[Edited on 8/7/09 by Nash]
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Originally posted by Nash
Matt I hope you have big kahoona's!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJRkeEqE
I think the Isle of Man thing would be better with a few parked cars around.
Totally nuts as it is though.
I thought karts are (or at least traditionally were) bike-engined already?... just that they tended to be 100-250cc and not 1 litre
Nash that vid is very scary
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Originally posted by Nash
Matt I hope you have big kahoona's!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJRkeEqE
matt, keep the indy you,ll be a broken man if it goes...trust me
grab this http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1119776.htm
mod it and finish it and have both
problem solved
