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A couple if weeks ago I bought my 14 year old son an Arrow AX6 with a KT100J he wants to race Juniors. He has been doing practice sessions at Archerfield to get a handle on it so he can race AKA next year. Here are some pics

Yeah I used a caliper similar to this one. You might be able to get some ideas from my old posts "Greg's gokart project". But basically I replaced the bolts that hold the caliper together with ones about an 1 1/2" longer and fabricated a bracket to allow the caliper to slide on the bracket via...

Me in the eighties with my future wife Me with a snapper a caught off Moreton Is Me and my boys at the F1 GP last year

When I removed the governor I reused a lot of the existing parts. I left the lever that comes out of the crankcase in place although I turned it slightly so the internal part cannot fowl anything in the engine. You will see what I mean when you split the crankcase. Some people remove these...

Here is a couple of pictures of one i made for a Briggs. I've described how I made it in other forums already but just quickly here it is again Cut the threaded end off the standard Briggs muffler now weld that to a piece of tube with an internal diameter of 3/4" and a length of about 14"...

This Livery still looks good Craig Lowndes at Bathurst last weekend racing in Peter Brock's old livery. Still looks good. :drool5:

I like Rockets :wai::wai::wai:

Yep I've seen those modified E tubes on 4 Cycle too. Here's a picture. Silver solder would work pretty well. Of course it's only a $7 part or $15 if you want a genuine Honda.

My kids have a 6.5HP Honda clone powered gokart. It has heaps of torque down low even though the gear ratio is 4.8:1. It's rear wheel and tyre diameter is about 12”. My kids have been out today spinning and skipping the wheels on takeoff, winding on opposite lock to keep it straight, and...

When I removed the governor on my Honda Clone I left that part in place. A good web site to look at is AGK. Here is the link to the section on governor removal http://www.affordablegokarts.com/govenor-removal.php The part you are asking about is actuated on buy the governor pin which pushes on...

Greg's Go-Kart Project part 7 The Finished Product The Finished Product

Greg's Go-Kart Project part 6 Paint and Livery Paint and Livery My childhood hero was Peter Brock.

Greg's Go-Kart Project part 5 Brakes Brakes I purchase a disk and a calliper on-line and then worked out an arrangement that would work. I made a bracket for the calliper that allows it to slide laterally allowing it to self centre as the disk pads wear. I made up a linkage to actuate the...

Greg's Go-Kart Project part 4 Drive Train Drive Train When gathering parts for this go-kart build I managed to get the wheels, rear axle with sprocket and chain from an old Cox Scout ride on mower. The chain is either a #40 or #41. The sprocket has 48 teeth so I purchased a 10 teeth #41 Max...

Greg's Go-Kart Project part 3 Engine The Engine Initially I used a Briggs and Stratton 3.5HP horizontal shaft engine with a 5/8” shaft pictured below The engine was always a little down on power. I tried a couple of things. First I removed the governor this had the desired effect. Then I...

Greg's Go-Kart Project part 2 Steering Steering Working out the steering is one of the most challenging parts of the project. I turned up the steering spindles on my lathe so that they matched the steering brackets perfectly. The brackets were manufactured out of 40mm x 5mm flat bar. I...

Greg's Go-Kart Project Greg’s Go-Kart Project Introduction I created this document to provide some detail on the process I went through to build a go-kart from scratch for my boys. My Workshop Before I go into the detail of the go-kart build I’ll quickly describe my workshop and the tools I...