Make a roll cage if you have a seat belt.
that seat is just something i downlaoded from the sketchup archives to keep from having to make one myself, as were the tires and engine. no need for a seat belt or roll cage.
Looks good.
You have to change the hinging of your front a arms. The hinging bolts both have to be in line yours are angled to each other. Also you rear shocks will work better if you mount them more up and down, I would attach them to the swing arm forward links, then you can remove the structure around the engine.
good catch on the a arm bolts, didnt even notice it. i'm not a sketch up pro, so sometimes i just get it too look right and forget about actual functionality. i think i will change the whole rear end area to address the shock and added useless weight issues.
New to karting myself. I think the first question I'd have is what do you intend on doing with your kart? Your mock-up looks like it's intended for off-road mud-bogging. I'm no engineer by any stretch, but I'd say it might be stronger if that brace that makes up the rear of the frame to just up underneath the seat were to be integral with the front section of the frame, if that makes any sense. The rear shocks look completely ineffective, and the frame around the motor looks like dead weight to me. I'd also say a seven foot wheelbase, meaning your design is nearly eight feet long, is excessive. A kart that long and heavy with those size wheels will sink faster than the Titanic, too. I would go for a much shorter wheelbase depending on what the kart will be used for.
Unfortunately, if this design is for a road kart, it needs to go in the cyber circular file.
That being said, I think its very cool that you are designing your own kart. I'd like to do the same, but lack the knowledge and the shop/tools/skills to build one once I designed it. I'll be relying on the designs of folks smarter than I am, and hoping I don't eff it up too bad in execution! Please keep up your efforts.
furyus
no real use in mind other than making a functional kart. no off roading in mind at this point, just want to create something that runs that i can say i built. on the wheel size, haven't decided yet, those pictured are just something to bring it together as a whole kart.
that frame is really overkill. with a two rail fram like that I think you'd be fine with 1/16" wall tubing
maybe i'll just do it all in 1x1 14ga. do you think that would be sufficient?
thanks for the input, as i'm sure you gathered, i really have no clue what is right, proper or acceptable. i am just going to wing it and hope i get something i can play around with. the main purpose once completed, will be as a pit bike of sort, just to play around with at the sand dunes. go to the bathroom, parts store or other peoples camp.
keep it coming, i need all the help i can get.
thanks,
