Arrow Track Warrior

[killswitchruff]

well everyone I've got a lot of stuff to get my son and I started racing since the last time I was on here. We have been to the gopro motorplex in Mooresville n.c and I highly recommend it to family, kids, everyone and got alittle practice and the feel for a sprint track. Now we are trying to get to the dirt next and see how it is, I've heard its a blast. See I have a question about a kart I just bough new, its the arrow track warrior with the animal LO206 which I know is becoming a very popular motor for racing, but the track warrior just seems to look on the cheap side of the arrow kart line up. Is it a good kart to race with or what, if anyone has any info on this let me know thanks. I have looked it up on the web but its not very descripted just says that it can have the tag 125cc motors on them, but see what worries me is that on the front rims instead of having the 3 lug pattern like most of the sprints karts, like crg, toney, briel, intrepid, etc on the track warrior it just has 1 bolt in the center of the rim which means that there's not a lot of aftermarket rim I can choose from but thanks for ur time.



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[itsid]

Well hubless frontwheels are (or were) very common on racing karts.. the Tony in my garage for example runs on hubless frontwheels too.

it doesn't matter if you run hubs or not, as long as your bearings are good.
Everyone carries hubless frontwheels btw.
(Dino, Tony, CRG.. all of them !)
Some older Dino wheels are actually really pretty

The reason for hubs is simple:
with hubless wheels each wheels has to have two bearings (bearings are expensive)
with hubs you need only one set and the spare wheels are binding less money
(since the wheel rim set is cheaper by up to $40 per wheel; that's $80 for one set or $240 for the common three spare sets)
that's basically all there is to it for a non shifter kart.

On shifters you need the hubs for the brake disc... so you don't want hubless wheels on a shifter of course

The arrow has a 32mm chrome moly chassis.. so if the frame geometry isn't bad, it should be just as good as any other more expensive kart for any non professional driver.

'sid

 

[OzFab]

Wait, what? All wheels have a hub, whether the wheel bolts onto it or it's integrated into the wheel; perhaps what you're referring to is the integrated type...

 

[killswitchruff]

yea that what I mean, now is that better or what



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[killswitchruff]

look up a Arrow track warrior kart and look at the front wheels on it and ull see there just one big bolt in the middle of the wheel holding it on to the chassis





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[itsid]

Wait, what? All wheels have a hub, whether the wheel bolts onto it or it's integrated into the wheel; perhaps what you're referring to is the integrated type...

it's less a hub than just integrated bearings..
(technically making it a hub perhaps, but not in MY language )

So whatever you want to call it, the wheels are as sturdy as a a wheel bolted onto external hubs.
just a tad lighter )

Sorry couldn't resist

'sid

 

[killswitchruff]

yea u can see the bearings in it also and yea kill pic but if anyone can give me more info on this motor and chassis setup it'll help out a lot thanks





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[OzFab]

yea that what I mean, now is that better or what

It comes down to personal choice & the rules for the class you're racing in; some classes don't care what wheels you have but, others you must have either/or...

Personally, I prefer integrated hubs because there's less parts to break...