Hey! Another piece of the Treefrog puzzle! This thing really IS a "Tiger Kart".... I saw this ad appear on the local craigslist, and except for the knocked off rear bumper and the wrong wheels- this is it. I guess the Tec Powersport engine was original to it. That's all I know at this point. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/rvs/1016039108.html
Here's a permanant post of the pix, in case the ad cancels....
I love the design of this kart, just for the way it handles ....even in it's Crappy Assburgered rendition.
Holy crap, if that thing had a body on it with a tire mounted behind the seat, that could totally look like Bowser's Kart on Mario Kart Wii! (Some of you will know what I'm talking about)
I won THIS flywheel puller on Ebay and will hopefully be knocking a certain flywheel loose from a certain engine. (STILL under tension with the old puller in the shed.) I get the feeling it'll work, as it's a BEEFY puller. Since the trike was built for this engine, it'd be a lot easier than making the Polaris 295 work on it. If I HAVE to use the Polaris, I will but, aside from the dual carbs, I can't see too much of a performance improvement happening. Both motors are 295-ish CCs, both put out peak hp in the low 7000 rpm range.... I just don't see any huge difference worth swapping them for if both run.
...hopefully this will steer a thread with MY NAME on it away from the whole P_doBear thing, which I'm understandably not too eager to be associated with in any way.