[Kartbuilding] Fwd: 110 cc Offroad Kart

[Stephen Burke]

Hi Petri,

You have made a very nice looking kart.
Electric Start = Sweet (You done really well to figure out the electrics.
They are always a pain)
Gear Indicators on Steering Wheel = Very Sweet
You done the brakes very nice indeed.

I am going to put your photos and specs up on the site later today.

Thanks very much again, and I am glad you found the information on my site
interesting.

Best of Luck,
-steve

> Hello, Stephen!
> Here comes some photos of an offroad kart I build with my brother, after I
> went through your excellent website! The main technical information is:
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> -          Chassis frame TIG welded, material 22 x 2 mm mild steel tube
> (bending of this was just about possible with the equipment I had). Because
> of the small pipe size the frame is made with double "layers", to make it
> strong enough.
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> -          110 cc Sky Team engine, 4 stroke (a Chinese copy of the legendary
> Honda Monkey / Dax engine). I bought the motor as new.
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> -          Approx. 8 hp at 8500 rpm
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> -          4 gears, centrifugal clutch
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> -          Stainless steel exhaust pipe with a hand-made silencer. Stainless
> is easy for me to obtain because I have work in the food industry.
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> -          Disc brake of a Chinese Monkey
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> -          12 V electric system with a starter motor
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> I built the fittings of both rear wheel hubs, brake disc hub and gear hub by
> using tapered fittings. These are wery handy, since the position of the
> components on the rear axle can easily be altered to suit. I was lucky
> enough to get all the necessary machining from the company I work for. The
> wheels are also Chinese manufacture and this was seen clearly when taking a
> closer look of the bearings. I had to replace these with proper bearing hubs
> machined from aluminium.
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> The seat and steering wheel are from a race kart.
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> Because I built the kart for my 10 and 8 years old kids (at least this is
> what I told my wife :-)) I made the fitting of the seat adjustable. A nice
> feature already built in the gearbox was also the gear indicator; there is a
> rotating connector in the gearbox that makes it possible to indicate the
> chosen gear with some lights. I made these by putting a small display with
> super-bright LEDs on the steering wheel.
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> So, with the cheap engine and the very detailed information from your
> website, I was able to make a vehicle that is really fun. It is also quite
> safe, because it is almost impossible to flip it over, and the speed can be
> controlled with gears. The automatic clutch was quite essential, and this
> was why I waited the engine from China some 3 months! The same motor could
> have been obtained with manual clutch much easier.
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> So, I want to thank you for all the information. Keep on karting!!!
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> With best regards,
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> Petri Luotonen
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> Finland
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