Recent content by quickoneeh

Trans axel I have the motor (vertical shaft) belt driving the trans which is chain driving the rear axel. I am going to make one change though. right now the kids have to wait untill I put the kart in gear because the shifter is behind them. So I am going to put a cetrifugal clutch on the...

Front wheels Yes the front tires and wheels are from the princess!

Seat The seat was my daughters car seat when she was a baby! She is now 6 and has her own bucket seat!

motor and tranny Its a 5 horse Briggs with a 3 speed tranny, I salvaged them off an old riding mower. I run it in second gear for the kids right now untill they get use to it. Thanks for checkin it out though!

I built this kart in about three full days worth of work. I have had some trouble with the throttle cables but that was resolved today with the help of others, Thanks Again. :wai: I built this for my daughter and son to ride in our yard and now i think I'll need one for dad!

throttle Ideas? Does anyone know if I could use bicycle brake or gear cables, such as the ones used on ten speeds etc?

just wondering if anyone has a sure fire way of running a throttle cable to my motor? I have tried several different methods and none have given me a smoothe operating throttle. They are either to stiff or will not close when the pedals are released. Plese help, a couple pictures may be of...