2015 - DesertDuler

[slidewayz]

You do some AMAZING work DD!!!!

 

[Desertduler]

You do some AMAZING work DD!!!!

I don't no about amazing by any means, just straight forward stuff.
I have fun just making things and I get enjoyment from this hobby and I enjoy driving the results in the end! Thank you for the compliment.

 

[chancer]

That is what I like about this build. It is a straight forward design. and at the same time it is very engineered and slightly innovative and purpose built. Man it is gonna be so hard to vote at the end,

 

[Desertduler]

That is what I like about this build. It is a straight forward design. and at the same time it is very engineered and slightly innovative and purpose built. Man it is gonna be so hard to vote at the end,

Thank you, I don't even know which build I will vote for in the end yet either! We all are not done yet by any means.

 

[Desertduler]

I have not had a lot of time to spare this past couple of days but I did finish lightening up the rear sprocket and mock it up on the axle. Here one can see the weldment that I made to increase the drive and clamping area on the sprocket hub. I will weld the weldment to the hub and it will become one assembly. I have had people question my use of a 35 chain size and if I indeed were to have a CVT I would use 40 chain or larger because of the torque multiplication induced by them,but I have been able to get away with the use of excellent quality 35 D.I.D. chain with great results and I like that the chain is lighter than 40 or 520. In all of my you tube videos of my engine testing and enhancements I am using 35 chain and the stuff has held up to punishment with very little stretching and no seizing. I use PJ-1 Black Label on my chains.

 

[landuse]

That sprocket looks purdy, but has the strength been compromised at all do you think?

 

[Desertduler]

That sprocket looks purdy, but has the strength been compromised at all do you think?

I am not worried about it at all. There is enough strength there to hold up, you ought to see the Ironman sprockets that I use on my race bikes.The load is spread across the entire sprocket,not just one spar.

 

[Desertduler]

See this ''Purple Monster" that I built for myself in the year 2000,notice the rear drive sprocket on it, I know the person that owns it today and it has held up since then and the engine on this thing and all of the modifications and building were done by myself. It has a Honda GX270 engine on it that I have ported and shaved the head on along with other tricks that I did to it. We used to race these old trail machines cross country just for fun!

 

[Desertduler]

Here is the style of fuel tank that I am going to use,the one I will use is one gallon capacity and the filler cap is towards the end of the tank. I built and tacked the top frame rails on to the main frame,the upper and lower frame rails will be tied together in the middle of the span by flat bar so that they both share the load of the weight of the driver.

 

[Joe-405]

Hmmmm that gas tank is a RAM branded one I'm a guessing ? Maybe from eBay ? That is the one in using for the ole big wheel. And it looks identical.

 

[Desertduler]

Hmmmm that gas tank is a RAM branded one I'm a guessing ? Maybe from eBay ? That is the one in using for the ole big wheel. And it looks identical.

You are correct. I am waiting for the one that I bought for this kart.The manufacture is BAM.

 

[Desertduler]

I guess now we have something in common Joe?

 

[Denny]

Man I love that little rotary!!!!!

Denny

 

[Desertduler]

Man I love that little rotary!!!!!

Denny

Thanks Denny! Me too.

 

[Joe-405]

You are correct. I am waiting for the one that I bought for this kart.The manufacture is BAM.

I guess we have 3 things in common then.

Forum members
In the contest
Have same fuel cell

And good luck your doing awesome work.

 

[Desertduler]

I guess we have 3 things in common then.

Forum members
In the contest
Have same fuel cell

And good luck your doing awesome work.

Thank you, and good luck to you sir! Your ride will be a wild one for sure!

 

[johnsonr81]

Your kart is looking awesome! I've got some catching up to do!

 

[Desertduler]

Your kart is looking awesome! I've got some catching up to do!

Hey thank you! The same to you in regards to your little buggy!I look forward to your build and the out come, I am trying to move forward as much as possible, I still have plenty ahead of me!

 

[Desertduler]

I finished up boxing the front axle to the main frame beams and I added the mid span support strap and I welded the frame up. I turned the nose of the front of the frame upwards. The kart will have my standard skid plate made of aluminium from the nose of the main frame back to the front of the seat.This skid plate is important for safety reasons because the area we drive these things at has sticks,tumbleweeds,rocks,gravel,etc,that can bounce up from underneath the kart and one can get injured most certainly at high speeds and once in a while you can hit what I call "No Sees Ums" which can be from mounds on the lake bed to G-outs and it is better to have a skid plate underneath the kart to glide over them than to nose into one of them and flip you over.These karts I make are for the desert lake beds and roads in my location,a kind of a Hybrid so to speak.

 

[JMINDY]

Man, that's smooth...

Nice work, keep it coming!