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    650 cc engine super kart FRAME help!

    About a week ago I bought a 82 Honda CB 650 motorcycle. I currently am on a road trip to Cali from Florida so the kart is on pause but I want to bang out plans while I ride shotgun. I'm in need of serious help with frame design as this is a very large engine and is going to put out some serious...
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    BigBoreGX200

    o good god. thats the first thing i noticed. the only way to get more dirt in that engine is to use a shovel lol. engine is great but no airfilter in sand.... o sweet jesus thats a bad choice. sick kart tho
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    need help with gear ratio and sprocket sizes

    lol..... i havent ran the thing in like 4 years lol. its my chain from like 6 years ago and it just sat. just got her running now and have a new one on the way ;) and to answer your question yes lol. the jackshaft output has a broken tooth so it has an exception sound. that was a pic before i...
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    haha ya i have an 03 yamaha r6. understand the power and mechanics of that :-P grip it and rip it.
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    need help with gear ratio and sprocket sizes

    i cant figure out how to delete this thread so if an admin could or someone tell me how to. i solved my problem.
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    that sounds really smart and well extremely simple. should make for very smooth shifting. great work man. now i have so much more respect for it. i may end up doing that if getting a tranny is out of the question for my finances.
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    ya i understand that. how would you "disengage and re-engage" between the two though? so are they belts so that it lowers weight? why wouldnt you want to go chains and sprockets? i feel youd lose a ton of power off the line with belt. or maybe belt for higher gear but chain for lower. or maybe...
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    toss me a good explanation then lol. id love to understand it better. isnt something supposed to expand as the speed increases due to centrifugal momentum?? or something along those lines? it doesnt look like that would happen though when looking at it. or i may just be way off
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    the physics behind that baffle me lol. i really dont fully understand how that will work lol but looks legit. wishing it was on my kart haha. or some type of tranny :(
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    so my only option for a tranny is to drop an entire bike engine in it? or is there a good alternative and not super cash heavy?
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    wow toystory 4wd! thank you so much. i really appreciate you passing on all that knowledge to me! tomorrow i will definitely get measurements of my sprockets and wheel and put up a picture making it all easy to understand. there was a website i came across that equated all of that but it was for...
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    is the easiest thing to do just drop a bike engine into it? or do most take the tranny out of a bike? or what should i really do? i want a few gears, id be happy with two but really would like more. maybe i could do it off a lawn mower? i dont really know but id think you all have this figured...
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    Need knowledge on Gearboxes

    Well I got my old Kart running as its sat for quite some time unfortunately. Its a 6.5 hp clone, runs as solid as when i bought it which is great. had to replace a few parts but shes solid. I now need to know what next. I believe i need a gearbox of some sort. It has a ton of acceleration but...
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