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Welp this is the 7th design I've tossed around, and first one I've somewhat finished. If you have sketchup I'll try to upload my file and you can check it out in full 3d for yourself. I welcome any and all opinions about it, tweaks, whatever. I have not put in shock placement yet, and also have...

Working on the design for my swing arm now. I was thinking of using the brackets from steering spindles hooked to the back of my frame to mount the swing arm. Their 2 1/2" on the inside: http://www.bmikarts.com/Spindle-Bracket-_p_1336.html I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for some...

Ok, so if I understand this right a good ratio for proper handling is 4:3. I'm doing my wheel base in my design right now and was originally planning on having my front wheels about 7' (84") from my back (single) wheel on center, basically axle to axle. I was then going to have my front tires at...

How bad/good/doesn't matter would it be to say have a threaded rod sitting in bearings? I have an idea for a double trailing arm front suspension that would be independent on each side, and would hopefully eliminate any caster problems because the spindle would constantly sit vertical...

So I've set off to build my first kart by myself. This is to document my build from start to finish, and for any help/guidance/whatever along the way. I will be hopefully getting into the actual fabrication by next weekend. So far I have all the materials to start the frame, and the engine I...

Idk, tired and working and something came to mind. Anyone ever think about doing a manually activated gearing set up? Like have a cent clutch chained to a jack shaft with 3 pullies of different sizes, each belted to another jackshaft with 3 other pullies and a single out hooked to the tire drive...

First some background: I've been forging steel (mostly knives, axes, and the like) for many many years, and recently (about a year and a half) started doing lost foam casting with aluminum. So I've been thinking about casting my own A-arms for the front of my reverse trike. Not only would it be...

I know the braking system for both cars and go karts are basically the same. So does anyone have any advice or input on this? Im building my own kart, and was thinking about using a master cylinder, line, caliper, and rotor from a small car on my kart instead of forking over the $$ for actual...