Recent content by jor2daje

K thanks, I didnt use the twisted belt, I had a go at reversing my motor a little more but stopped halfway through because I found a much better brand new motor for 20 bucks, that has clear instructions for reversing. A line shaft would be awesome, and sort of fitting almost all my tools are pre...

Hey guys, This isnt strictly gokart related but you are all pretty knowledgeable about drive belts and such. I recently got a old southbend lathe of craiglisht that I have been fixing up. I have a motor that fits on it but it doesnt turn in the right direction, I'm working on reversing it but...

Ok fair enough, Im sure it could be a fun project, I just think you could have a better looking, stronger, and cheaper cart if you weld it.

Im sure its possible but whats the point? For the extra price to build without a welder you could pretty much buy a cheap welder.

compression? ;)

Ya unfortunetly a little did make it into the cylinder, but the walls and piston are actually pretty good, didnt take a picture unfortunetly. Luckily I think sand got in the reeds when whoever rode it in the sand, which stopped it running and it barely ran after that, so I cleaned it before too...

Hey guys finished fixing up the yz60 for now. For those of you who didnt read my other threads I got this bike of craigslist for 100 bucks, it occasionally started but wouldnt rev. I took everything off the engine and determined the crud in the reed valves was preventing them from closing...

Well Ive got it running pretty good now, and I found out what the tube is. While running with the tube not connected I would start to lose power at about 3/4 throttle. So I looked up tuning and found this great article http://www.scribd.com/doc/9726341/Two-Stroke-Proformance-Tuning In it I found...

Ok thanks kaptain, it goes into the bowl so i guess ill just leave it for now. I set the air mixture like you said and adjusted the fuel but now I cant get it to start at all even when I went back to how it was, what are good baseline setting for fuel and air? Thanks again

Ok so I picked up the bike today, looks way better than I expected. I managed to start it a couple times but it was tricky and as soon as I touched the throttle it would die. I took the carb off and cleaned it pretty well with carb cleaner, although it didnt seem to dirty. The guy I got it from...

Hey been awhile since I was on here, but this summer Im looking into getting a small old bike and fixing it up enough to buzz around town in, maybe do some short dirt trails. So I looked on craiglist and found a good looking project for under $100, the poster said its a 1983 yz 65 but after...

I didnt know if I should start a new topic or just use this one cause its so old but I finally got around to making a quick vid of the kart in its current condition. Quite a bit has changed, I ditched the chain steering wheel because it was too uncomfortable and made my own bending 1/2 pipe by...

Hey guys just wondering what sort of seats you guys use on homemade shifter or race karts? My yard cart used a school chair but I think with over 20hp on my new shifter Im going to need something a little better. I was thinking of maybe trying to make my own fiberglass one using styrofoam to...

brendon, I cant take a picture of that one because its inside the pipe but Ill do another one tomorrow on some plate so I can get a picture of the back. tyler, Ive seen some really nice beads too, Im really liking this gas welding because its so easy to control the puddle compared to my crappy...

Ok thanks guys, I just ordered one.