Hi, I just happened to come across this forum two days ago while searching for ideas and insight for a go kart that I'm currently building. I dont hail from your side of the world, living in South Africa. Over here people dont seem to have much interest in things such as go karts, or minibikes for that matter... I know that's quite wierd, but nonetheless very true..... I don't have any logical explanation for this!
To be quite honest, I saw my first minibike exactly two days ago! I have subsequently spent all of my free time (and a lot that wasnt exactly free!) messing around all over this forum. The net result is that I have some major eye strain from glaring at one phenominal project after the other, and mentally I have just about assigned new futures to about every mower engine I have.... all of which are still needed to mow the grass, after all, I do live in Africa.
One bad thing about staying out here is that we dont seem to get any of the cool stuff you guys seem to have available so abundently. I am talking about things like a good set of wheels, custom clutches, custom headers, carbs, performance parts etc. The only way to obtain these things is through importing them. It sounds easy enough, but then you have to figure in our currency which fell off the bus somewhere and seems to have no real value in the outside world. the exchange rate to the dollar is currently in the region of 10:1 ouch.
All that means is that I simply have to make do with whats available, and try fabricate the rest as well as possible.
I actually do have a honda gx240 that is just begging to be utilised for more that just a garage ornament, so I guess I'll spend some more time looking around here, and start building a suitable minibike in due course
Great forum, very friendly, and very informative
Be Blessed all
To be quite honest, I saw my first minibike exactly two days ago! I have subsequently spent all of my free time (and a lot that wasnt exactly free!) messing around all over this forum. The net result is that I have some major eye strain from glaring at one phenominal project after the other, and mentally I have just about assigned new futures to about every mower engine I have.... all of which are still needed to mow the grass, after all, I do live in Africa.
One bad thing about staying out here is that we dont seem to get any of the cool stuff you guys seem to have available so abundently. I am talking about things like a good set of wheels, custom clutches, custom headers, carbs, performance parts etc. The only way to obtain these things is through importing them. It sounds easy enough, but then you have to figure in our currency which fell off the bus somewhere and seems to have no real value in the outside world. the exchange rate to the dollar is currently in the region of 10:1 ouch.
All that means is that I simply have to make do with whats available, and try fabricate the rest as well as possible.
I actually do have a honda gx240 that is just begging to be utilised for more that just a garage ornament, so I guess I'll spend some more time looking around here, and start building a suitable minibike in due course
Great forum, very friendly, and very informative
Be Blessed all
:thumbsup:. Anyway, some parts dissapeared on the bike and he gave it to me. I am quite sure that in that heap of scrap is a minibike just begging to jump to life...... after quite a bit of tinkering. The frame I'll build myself, and make a plan for the rest. By the way the motor is going on the off road gokart that I'm curently working on. A 500cc two stroke with serious attitude. The adrenaline that thing creates could fuel your space program for the next year!