grant.morrison
New member
Hello all
After looking on here for a few months as a guest at all the great karts you have all made, I decided to register and get on with building a gearbox/shifter kart.
Will be starting with a used Swiss Hutless kart chassis (Paid £25/$15), and a Honda VFR400 engine (Paid £70/$40 for one complete engine with carbs and one incomplete for spares). I would have liked a smaller 2 stroke, tz125 or rgv250, but they were way out my price.
Looking at making a custom drive sprocket just now to go from a 16 tooth 520 pitch to a more kart friendly 30 tooth 420 pitch. This will hopefully keep the gearing useful with the reduced rear wheel diameter, and allow me to work up to higher top speeds.
I am still sourcing parts and materials but will start a build post when I have some useful work to show.
Grant
After looking on here for a few months as a guest at all the great karts you have all made, I decided to register and get on with building a gearbox/shifter kart.
Will be starting with a used Swiss Hutless kart chassis (Paid £25/$15), and a Honda VFR400 engine (Paid £70/$40 for one complete engine with carbs and one incomplete for spares). I would have liked a smaller 2 stroke, tz125 or rgv250, but they were way out my price.
Looking at making a custom drive sprocket just now to go from a 16 tooth 520 pitch to a more kart friendly 30 tooth 420 pitch. This will hopefully keep the gearing useful with the reduced rear wheel diameter, and allow me to work up to higher top speeds.
I am still sourcing parts and materials but will start a build post when I have some useful work to show.
Grant
