T-man's kart's

[Pellethuntr2]

hey man don't count your self out yet...haha

 

[mike75925]

Tman, was that your normal voice? i thought it was one of those guys that do audio books. the video is good for a few laughs.

 

[T-man]

mike, ya that was my voice, a little more dramatic

 

[T-man]

took the engin off the bat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YHvb7nrEqA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcjtDaEqkls

 

[T-man]

youtube is getting a little to corprate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbkfDOJOpE

 

[T-man]

I saw this listed in Google. does anyone know who's it is, there is just something about it that I like.

 

[EagleTalons]

That would be iRenaat's ride. Here is his thread.

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4257

 

[T-man]

I watched those videos and was wondering if the speedometer (PS) was registering right because in that first one he takes that corner at like 50.

 

[T-man]

did a new video with some new Go Pro cameras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDoiwZ44VAo

 

[Blazkowiez]

3 things, yes your kart is a Manco, its a version of a Dingo. Second, have you ever considered turf tread tires? You don't ever really do off-roading to the point where you'd require anything very aggressive. Last, you seem to have the left rear tire of your batman kart on backwards, I'm guessing you just ordered two left or right tires from some discount store online.

 

[T-man]

Blazkowies
yes I was thinking of turf tires at first but I went with these because if the kart was a failure then I could part it out to build others. ha ya I know what your saying about the rear tire it came that way the tred was reversed I just havent gon down any place to get it switched.
Hay is that your web-site?? ( www.gokartsoftexas.com )

 

[Blazkowiez]

Yeah, its the site I built for the shop for my Uncle, we had people coming by the shop for a long time saying they would build one so I beat them to the punch in my spare time. I know its not fancy but it gets our point across.

 

[T-man]

oh ok well I was wondering if I could put a link to it on my site??

 

[Blazkowiez]

Its a free internet, anything could help right? I don't know what we'd go under, we rarely ship parts, every now and again simply because we have things most of these online suppliers just don't have (they stock entirely new parts). We mostly stick to our local business as a kart shop. I'm considering overhauling the site to be more like a parts supplier and setting up a UPS pick-up. If I do that it would be appreciated but we just are not set up currently to be a dealer. Thanks for consideration.

 

[T-man]

oh ok , thats cool, just thought I would offer.

 

[Blazkowiez]

T-Man, I thought you might get a kick out of this.

This is me in 2006. We had this little sucker at the shop for a long time. Thats me at 20, I have aged a slight bit since then... not that much but its there.

Thats a Manco Mini-Indy Batmobile.

Do you like how i'm leaning into the hardcore turn?

 

[T-man]

wow... that thing is cool, I love it. how fast did it go??

 

[Blazkowiez]

Basic little kart, I suppose it had a top speed of around 28 with the gearing and motor. Just a 3.5 Briggs. Manco made quite a few of these things as far as the kart the body goes on, for the body... there is no telling how many of those beasts are out there. There were so many separate companies out there making bodies, I've seen more than 30 different styles pass through the shop, we even had a corvette body custom made when those things were popular, a friend of the shop has a fiberglass repair shop for boats and they all looked beautiful.

 

[T-man]

Hay ..you know what would be cool is if you guys were to take pictures of the Karts that you buy and refab up and create a type of portfolio of karts that peopl can look through and as a refrance log for people that are trying to find out what type of kart they have, kind of like a library.

 

[devino246]

Hay ..you know what would be cool is if you guys were to take pictures of the Karts that you buy and refab up and create a type of portfolio of karts that peopl can look through and as a refrance log for people that are trying to find out what type of kart they have, kind of like a library.

Thats a great idea!