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[devilstear]

hella guys its been awhile if yall remember i was building this silly project which is only getting sillier lol, anyways i thought up of a new look an so began my quest i was planing on building something new but i just had to do this last update on the old project ,by adding some front shocks/spring to the front because the ride can get pretty rough once all the sand/mud dries up in this california desert heat,which now feels smoother but somehow i mustve did some wrong measurements cuz now my front end is alot wider then before which is fine at the same time i decided to redesign the darn thing,its far from done,an since im gonna redo my rearend to match the front i decided why not put a different motor,now my question is, a lifan 250cc v twin 5 spd good enough cuz i never owned anything that rolled on wheels below a 1.6 liter so im unsure if power will be an issue or not as this thing isnt the lightest of go karts an ill also be changing my bars to 1 1/4in x .83 wall round tubing unless you guys think it needs more beef haha or wat do you guys recommend watever you guys think of fill me in the more i know the better ,oh an thanks in advance ,heres some phone cam photos for now first pic is what it use to look like second is most recent

 

[landuse]

Hey, welcome back. Your new improved ride looks awsomne!

 

[B.M.800]

More pictures please of the "revised edition". That thing looks wicked!

 

[devilstear]

hey sorry for late reply ill try an post some more as soon as i get back to work on it ,its been busy around here these days an this hobby seems to be my only peace of mind lol,camera broke so ill have to rely on phone camera which sucks,but right now i gotta go engine shopping for this thing an see what i can find

 

[DaiSan76]

Something that big is going to be a dog with a lifan 250. Those things only put out like 15hp. What you need is to find a wrecked Kawasaki Ninja 500.

 

[devilstear]

actually i do have a 600 but i was planning it for something else ,guess im gonna have to look under motorcycles some more,in the meantime im just slowly putting the front together as i decide a new engine before building the back of it,thanks for you input i will be keeping that in mind but progress has been slow with free time being scarce at the moment due to daily life issue,this is as far as i could have done ,i gotta sleep before work later guys

 

[devilstear]

well was able to work alittle on it just enough to layer the otherside of the thing im still in search of a motor at a decent price so thats were im stuck at for the moment but no biggy rather not rush into things but i did get a new axel for it to run with the same engine thats on it,so after sum measuring the axel had to be at 54in if i wanted to fix the issue with the rearend to match the front,does anyone know if its still ok or is it to wide that its gonna be a future issue yet to come? any advice is greatly appreciated