Help me identify please!

[PoolGuy]

Purchased this kart off marketplace for my daughter. I would like to purchase tires and wheels for it along with sprocket.
I have no idea what kind of kart it is could some one throw out some ideas for me or tell me what I have on my hands

 

[panchothedog]

Welcome. From the picture you posted, your tires look fine. All of the kart supply shops will have tires. A few are Go Power Sports, OMB Warehouse, Go karts USA,
BMI karts.

 

[Rusty Wheel]

If it didn't have that ROP's cage over it id be quick to say its a Carter Bros. Super Wheels model, however it does appear a Carter model cart perhaps even a Super Wheels with an added rollover protection cage.

 

[PoolGuy]

I appreciate you guys and the reply's thus far your giving me a place to start looking.
As for the tires they are really dry rotted and one of them doesn't hold air for longer then a day

 

[panchothedog]

Dry weather cracked tires on an old kart is a very common situation. It is a lot more economical to put tubes in them, as compared to buying new ones.

 

[Hellion]

Look at the tire sidewalls and read off the tire size. It will read something like "4.10/3.50-5" or "16 x 6.50 x 8". Write it down and search for tires with the same size description.

If the wheels/rims are two piece (they fasten together with nuts and bolts) then the tires will need tubes. That's no big deal really as it means tire replacement and tube replacement (or repair) will be easier than forcing the tires off the rims with a tire spoon and lots of swearing.

Having a tire patch kit is a good idea if the tires are tubeless. An inner tube patch kit (if the tires are tube type) is also fun and a useful skill to learn. Lots of hard core bicyclists are adept at tube repair....

Find out and report back.... if you dare. I dare you!

 

[Hellion]

I second Rusty Wheel's suspicion and confirm that it is indeed a Carter Brothers go kart.

Carter Brothers Mfg. Co., Inc.
Brundidge, AL

Your kart is American-made. Carter used to manufacture karts but had a factory fire around 2011 which effectively wiped them out. They resurfaced sometime later and it seems all they do now is distribute Chinese karts and buggies. But I'm really not sure if they are still in business in 2025. Their website seems little more than a placeholder: http://carterbro.com

It's difficult to ID with just one photo. If your kart is a 1-wheel drive it is most likely a 2575SX or KX. Possibly from 2001 and onward:
https://www.bmikarts.com/PDF/Carter-Bros/Model 2575-3016/2575-3016.pdf

If it is 2-wheel drive (solid live axle) it could be a K2545 Kart Wheels®
https://www.bmikarts.com/PDF/Carter-Bros/k2545/k2545.pdf

Could also be a 1-wheel drive with an unusual centrifugal belt clutch and fixed pulley like the K2745 Kart Wheels®
https://www.bmikarts.com/PDF/Carter-Bros/Model k2745/k2745.pdf

1-wheel drive 24995 Red Talon® https://www.bmikarts.com/PDF/Carter-Bros/Model 24995/24995.pdf

All these two passenger karts are basically the same with minor variations. Some have the double bar steering wheel support (like yours), some have a single bar and then some have the double side bars (nerf bars) on the sides of the seat (like yours), some do not. Yours could be significantly altered from its original condition, who knows, but I would not count on the drawing to be 100% correct.

Your kart has been apart in the past because the pedal pads usually face inwards |> <| That is so your feet are away from the operating rods and your toes do the work, not the entire sole of your foot.

 

[Hellion]

Someone should download all these parts list PDFs. BMI is the only place that hosts them in bulk and let's face it, they are the older classic karts and not this newer stuff with lights, key start, dashboard with speedometer, water cooled engine, almost-street-legal buggies that China makes. BMI used to have Carter Brothers photos but those are gone and I feel these might be going away.

https://www.bmikarts.com/carter-brothers-go-kart-manuals