Stephen115's homemade kart

[Stephen115]

Links came in today. Will have video this weekend!

 

[rcarteraz07]

Question: I have my clutch lever on my shifer, which is a bicycle brake handle attached to the clutch on the engine by wire. but it isnt engaging the clutch. Do dirt bikes have a special clutch lever? or does it just require alot of force to engage?

Note: I am doing this with the engine not running.

Thanks
SJ

How did you go about doing this? I'm trying to figure out how to create a shifting lever and would like to use a hand clutch at the same time. Do you have any pics? Thanks for the help!

 

[Jake.B]

Well on my quad, you pull in the lever and clutch engauges. Im pretty sure there is nothing special. They are very hard to pull in without leverage. If you just have a tiny bike lever thats probably your problem. Levers for the clutch are much larger because of the force needed to pull it in. I would modifiy your lever and make it longer. How long is it now? I can mesure my lever to tell you what a good starting point would be.

 

[Stephen115]

I'll take pictures/video tomorrow. Easier to explain that way.

 

[EvoDre]

will you be running a battery on your kart?

 

[Stephen115]

will you be running a battery on your kart?

Probably not, havent come across anything that i'd need a battery for.

Pics coming soon

 

[Stephen115]

ok, here they are. cameras acting funny but i got them.

SJ

 

[Jake.B]

Yeah that lever is way to tiny, try locking vice grips on the lever and using that extra leverage. It should solve your problem.

 

[Stephen115]

Yeah that lever is way to tiny, try locking vice grips on the lever and using that extra leverage. It should solve your problem.

Vice Grips on the clutch actuator on the engine? how will I be able to use the clutch on the shifter when I'm riding?

Thanks
SJ

 

[bighead]

Love this build. Keep the sparks flying.

 

[Jake.B]

No lol, the lever on your shifter, the bike lever. It needs to be longer for leverage. Lock vice grips to it and pull it in.

 

[Stephen115]

No lol, the lever on your shifter, the bike lever. It needs to be longer for leverage. Lock vice grips to it and pull it in.

Like this?

SJ

 

[Jake.B]

Yeah, dd that work? If that did, i would get a larger lever or weld an extension on the current one.

 

[Stephen115]

Yeah, dd that work? If that did, i would get a larger lever or weld an extension on the current one.

I wanted to make sure thats what you were talking about first. I still need to adjust the wire and stuff for the clutch. It's finals week for me so I wont be working on it till next weekend.

 

[Jake.B]

Ok, my quad clutch lever is 7 inches, what engine do you have? It looks like the legendary 250r.

 

[EvoDre]

Probably not, havent come across anything that i'd need a battery for.

Pics coming soon

so your tach in front the steering wheel doesn't require one? Please update me on this because i am looking to run a tach on my build but doesn't want to run a battery!

 

[Stephen115]

Ok, my quad clutch lever is 7 inches, what engine do you have? It looks like the legendary 250r.

Yz250 2-stroke, 5-speed trans

 

[Stephen115]

so your tach in front the steering wheel doesn't require one? Please update me on this because i am looking to run a tach on my build but doesn't want to run a battery!

It runs off of a AA battery, I don't know how long it lasts but we will soon find out

 

[EvoDre]

It runs off of a AA battery, I don't know how long it lasts but we will soon find out

where did you purchase that tach at? or whats the name of it i would like to pick one up!

 

[Stephen115]

where did you purchase that tach at? or whats the name of it i would like to pick one up!

My friend gave it to me. Its a Sendec