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Neighbors and family are starting to see our finished go kart. First question every time is "where's the roll bar?" None of the karts seemed to have them when I was a kid. You guys get this a lot? (For you non roll bar folks)

Welcome! New here myself. This was a diversion into down scale for me as well. I have 2 old VWs, guess it's a thing for air cooled rear engines, tinkering, for which the old cars just seem better for...

Well, no more wheel spin. A little more runway before the ascent did the trick. Now, I'm trying to get the front wheels aligned properly. The tie rod threads are crap.

:D Well, I guess we'll give it another shot this evening. I've wondered if my welding skills were so bad that maybe my 4 wheels don't sit level with one another to the point that the powered wheel is sitting a little too high? And then, I wondered if I need to adjust the throttle further...

I can't remember the brand, I bought it from BMI. They're pretty knobby and brand new. I'll take a pic later and post when I can.

So we just finished our first build. I ordered parts according to the plan I bought. We have a lot of wheel spin in wet/thick grass and in loose mulch. And initially we had some clutch smoke. I oiled the clutch per the instructions on a YouTube channel. I screwed in further the little set screw...

I bought the "plan" from Spider Carts after a web search. The word plan in quotes because I discovered there was much not included in the instructions. I'm not knocking it, just reporting my experience in case someone reads this later during research. ---------- Post added at 09:24 AM...

Yeah, figured my son will mainly ride it. He's younger and his body can take it. :-) ---------- Post added at 05:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:01 PM ---------- Any places in Atlanta to ride? I just planned to take it up into the mountains to ATV trails...

Still trying to get the second photo, ah, there we go

Near Hipsterville, I mean Decatur. :-)

Greetings! Excited to find this forum. My son and I wanted to improve our virtually nonexistent welding skills on something fun. Having a go kart as a kid made me the tinkering car nut I am today. We live in the Atlanta area. We've done a lot of work to our old cars, usually just figuring...