matt.c
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 posted on 8/7/09 at 09:12 PM |
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BEK's
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.... 
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welderman
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:15 PM |
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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
Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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nib1980
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:16 PM |
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already been done, search You tube for "R1 go Kart"
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matt.c
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:17 PM |
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quote:
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
Would love too but dont think the regs would like that much so its going to be either 125cc's or the 250cc's
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StevieB
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:18 PM |
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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...
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welderman
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:20 PM |
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used to have a 125cc rotrax engined cart, screamer.
fast lottle bugger
Thank's, Joe
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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eccsmk
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:26 PM |
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matt have you ever been on a 100cc kart??
my first kart was 100cc arrow engined
mega fun
(i was only 14 tho )
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bassett
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:33 PM |
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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
My MNR Blog Updated Jan 2010 - Track Day Prep Begins!
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will121
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 09:34 PM |
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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]
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matt.c
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 10:20 PM |
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Mainly grass to start with.
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Nash
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 10:23 PM |
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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]
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
Southern Kit Car Club
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djtom
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 10:28 PM |
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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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will121
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 10:44 PM |
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quote:
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]
that is karting!!! done 250E early 90's and hate to say ive got the urge again! watched long circuit at Snetterton which is a fast track and the
250's were lapping faster than formula 3's and GT's!
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eccsmk
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 10:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nash
Matt I hope you have big kahoona's!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJRkeEqE
that looks a little mental to me
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RK
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| posted on 8/7/09 at 11:10 PM |
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I think the Isle of Man thing would be better with a few parked cars around.
Totally nuts as it is though.
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Humbug
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 06:23 AM |
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I thought karts are (or at least traditionally were) bike-engined already?... just that they tended to be 100-250cc and not 1 litre
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 07:02 AM |
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Nash that vid is very scary
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 10:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nash
Matt I hope you have big kahoona's!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJRkeEqE
WOW! That makes the bikes look tame!
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mark.s
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 12:38 PM |
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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
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