Not filming it keeps me from accidentally filming a shameful, 34 year old man, falling on his face as he rides a homebuilt go-kart in the most unsafe and ass way possible. When I get some rudimentary steering geometry in place tomorrow, I'll try taking it back out on the road. Right now, the clutch screams and moans at me for driving it. But I think that's because I never go full bore since it scares the crap out of me. I plan on making a "for the time being" mount for my Igloo Ice Cube cooler to use it as a seat. Part of the steering issue stems from me straddling the engine like a jackass with my weight shifted near the rear axle. The kart was designed to have the weight dead center on the frame. Since I'm shifted to the rear of the kart, there isn't much weight on the front wheels, and when you're givin' her the business, it lifts in the front a bit, which makes steering even more of a challenge. I think having me planted lower with relation to the kart's dry center of gravity and seated forward in the frame would help considerably, along with proper toe-out and ackerman geometry. If I need more control, I'll go from there and cut the spindles off and re-weld in some caster. If I can feel confidently safe going wide-open tomorrow night, I'll have Steph snap up a video and post it here.
Sounds like your riding style is reverse cowgirl. This could be a $100,000 winner on America's Funniest Home Videos...or a $0 winner on Ridiculousness. Recording is a must.
Welded up a quick and dirty mounting bracket to use our igloo ice cube cooler as a seat. Don't worry, its bolted in not welded, the keg will still be the final seat. The toe out I added yesterday and shifting the weight seems to help a bit. Its a lot less unwieldy. No virus yet.
Because, any butthole can go buy or build a kart with a regular seat on it. I wanted to do something different.
I'm glad that you made a bolt on addition so that you can run keg OR cooler. When you want to cruise around with an ass-full of frosty beverages, you have the option to! Noice!!
I was under the impression that the cooler was only a temporary seating option while 'Mix dials in the handling and suspension geometry via hot lapping the 'Ring, and the keg will be the final and permanent seating. The keg needs either a "Recaro" or "Grain Belt" logo.
It is actually going to have Dennis Brothers' Liquors logo on the side of the keg. I'm going to cut out a stencil for it and paint it in black on the keg like they do at breweries with their own logos. No kidding necessary, I am an ass for certain Today's update: I've started a garage project that involves clearing out a decade worth of bull**** from my garage and converting the 3rd stall into a workshop/man-cave. The KegKart reminded us that we can't park 2 cars in our 3 car garage. And if I wanted to start another project after the KegKart, I would first have to address the issue of Steph not being able to park her car in the garage while KegKarts and other such nonsense have parking spaces in there. The solution was to rent a dumpster and start hauling crap out of there. It'll take a few days to get this project completed. As far as the Keg Kart goes, I got my CVT, but the dumbasses sent me metric bolts when I specifically told them my engine uses standard threads. So I've been making multiple runs to the hardware store to get replacement bolts where needed. I need one bolt for the output shaft of the engine still. Once the CVT is on there proper, I have to drill new holes (I'm actually going to cut slots for adjustability) for the engine mounting plate, remount the engine and resize the chain. Aside from that little problem, the last things to do on the kart involve mounting a tow hitch and a bottle opener, and some minor front end bracing. That will all have to wait till the workshop area is completed.
I have also picked up my next project. I snagged an 09 Roketa 150 scooter with a possibly shot engine for a winter project. I'll get into that once I get the garage finished and the Kart back in one piece.
