Recent content by 5speeder

Here are some detail pix of the transmission, some of the mounts, the shift lever and the paddle shifter.

The transmission was part of a Kawasaki KZ 400. I took a saws all and sawed it off the engine block. I had to do a lot of modifying and fabing to get it to work. The whole point of creating this kart was to make a paddle shifter on a for real manual transmission. The shift lever is mounted on...

I live in central Alabama Lets say I’m getting close to retirement age I tinker with things in my spare time, one of which is my go kart. I will try to post pix of it, maybe a video

I have been building my cart for about ten years. Home made frame with a harbor freight 420 engine. It also has a 5 speed transmission from a motorcycle with the shift lever mounted on the steering wheel. Not sure what is more worrisome : how fast it is or the fact that the frame is homemade by me.

I have wanted to go to the 24 at barber for a few years now. It’s always to cold though. Its funny that I found this topic on a go cart page. My hobby is my go kart. It’s a five speeder with the shift lever on the steering wheel. Harbor freight 420 engine. I have been playing with it for about...