FAST go cart with motorcycle engine

[Super Blue 72]

Very cool video!  The thing can drift! 

http://videos.streetfire.net/toprated/0/9016dcdb-34af-40e7-876b-980b00b01c3d.htm

[Wang]

I have SOOOOOOO thought of  building one of them.... Now seeing the vid
proves how much fun it is.... Next project underway..!!!

[Oldschool]

That would be a blast to play around with.....           

[71bigblock]

Nah, this is way more fun.  I made it, and Im the cool cat driving it.

Honda 650 4 cyl  6 spd tranny

And you make fun of the cast I had at the time, you die     

Never did get it up to wide open.  Somehow going 80 about 6 inches off the ground and going only 5 grand in 6th gear scares the crap out of you and your 50 mph rated ATV tires   

[cudabuyer]

both look great to do 

[Super Blue 72]

Nah, this is way more fun.  I made it, and Im the cool cat driving it.

Honda 650 4 cyl  6 spd tranny

And you make fun of the cast I had at the time, you die     

Never did get it up to wide open.  Somehow going 80 about 6 inches off the ground and going only 5 grand in 6th gear scares the crap out of you and your 50 mph rated ATV tires   

Was that a kit complete with engine or did it start life as a Briggs and Statton somewhere?  Look really cool!

[Chryco Psycho]

I would love to build a cart like that if there was a place to use it & I could get snow tires

[71bigblock]

Was that a kit complete with engine or did it start life as a Briggs and Statton somewhere?  Look really cool!

No, no kit.  I bent, fabricated, welded every d@mn piece of steel on that thing.  We had plans, but I just look at them for ideas for the frame and cage, the rest I made up.  The motor was bought from a motorcycle junkyard guy.  Fast as hell, and I mean fast.  4 wheel independant suspension.  The back axle is solid, so both tires are peeling at the same time.  The thing has been down for a few years though, my cousin owns it, he paid for everything, I just fabbed everything.  The 90 degree gearbox in the back blew on us, and the brakes need to be upgraded.  When you can smoke your cousin's honda 400ex, you know you got somethin 

Im proud as heck to have built it, can ya tell 

[Super Blue 72]

You did a great job with it! 

[Street_Challenged73]

That GixxerKart and 71BigBlock's creation both look very cool!  My ex-brother-in-law built a wild creation using a CBR600F2's engine as the starting point.  I wish I could find the couple photos I had of it, but haven't had any luck while I was home.  Basically what he did was build a 600 cc all-terrain vehicle, using the overall look of a Yamaha Banshee. (it ended up being a little longer and slightly wider though.)  Let's just say the couple times I drove it I was up to 70 in third gear turning about 6,500 rpms. (redline began at 12,000.)  The coolest part about it was the exhaust he fabbed up made it virtually silent until you'd turn some serious rpm's.