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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: usedelectronics on June 26, 2010, 03:12:00 am
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Finally driveable, and ready to roll!
It's a Trackmagic shifter cart, with a Kawasaki Ninja 500cc Motor "grafted" on...
I think I may want to call in a reservation at the local emergency room prior to going for a ride!
Pictures/video coming soon!
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:pics :pics :pics
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:pics or it didn't happen!
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He's dead.
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Never got moving. Burnt the tread off the drive tire in 3 seconds and died of embarrassment.
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Hehe.. Been tinkering on the Kart too much to post.
Here's some pics:
(http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/usedelectronics/500cc%20Ninja%20shifter%20kart/280.jpg)
(http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/usedelectronics/500cc%20Ninja%20shifter%20kart/304.jpg)
(http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/usedelectronics/500cc%20Ninja%20shifter%20kart/282.jpg)
(http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/usedelectronics/500cc%20Ninja%20shifter%20kart/292.jpg)
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Here's a short video of the first time I managed to get it out of 1st and in to 2nd gear!
Amazing how quickly you can run out of parking lot!
(http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/usedelectronics/500cc%20Ninja%20shifter%20kart/th_video-2010-06-26-12-42-10.jpg) (http://s759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/usedelectronics/500cc%20Ninja%20shifter%20kart/?action=view¤t=video-2010-06-26-12-42-10.mp4)
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:notworthy:
You are a crazy man my friend, but serious kudos to you for building what could potentially be the most pointlessly cool thing I have seen in ages.
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Lol, that's insane 8)
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VERY VERY VERY VERY COL !!!!!
for safety, you might also want to consider a hamlet...
did I mention its FAST and COOL ?!?!?!
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I really, really hope you got an oil temperature sensor with an electronic sender. If not, do not drive that thing again without replacing it. I nearly died last year in a similar vehicle.
I would love it if usedelectronics reply was "Meh, I wore safety glasses." ;)
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I really, really hope you got an oil temperature sensor with an electronic sender. If not, do not drive that thing again without replacing it. I nearly died last year in a similar vehicle.
I would love it if usedelectronics reply was "Meh, I wore safety glasses." ;)
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Thanks guys.
Yes, next time a helmet will be used. Gotta live on the edge occasionally I guess...
As for a oil temp sensor, I don't follow.
I reused all the bike electronics, including the temp gauge/thermostatic fan/oil pressure warning etc.
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PBJ, you have had some ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happen to you.
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PBJ, you have had some ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happen to you.
It's called Karma (tm).
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PBJ, you have had some ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happen to you.
There's a lot going on in that statement.
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PBJ, you have had some ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happen to you.
It's called Karma (tm).
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I gotta side with PBJ on this one. If anything, karma would cause him computer problems or maybe tease with his great white whale of a pinball machine turning up on craigslist for $250 and some other dork beating him to it.
If it weren't for the PBJ's of the world, this would be a boring message board that I wouldn't frequent nearly as often...and I say that even though he has been mean to me on more than one occasion.
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ehhhh,.... ya know they sell racing calibur karts right?? Might be safer to use one of those (and I HAVE seen them flip over despite being wider than that thing pictured above)
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Pfft. He didn't even get burned. Just scared. >:D
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ehhhh,.... ya know they sell racing calibur karts right?? Might be safer to use one of those (and I HAVE seen them flip over despite being wider than that thing pictured above)
I knew some guys who built 4 karts from scratch and they welded a whole roll cage onto the thing. I remember when I rode in it, they told me if I ever start to flip, just make sure to keep everything inside the cage and I should be fine. Of course they also built an oval dirt track that had about a 5 foot drop if you messed up the turn (they made it a fairly steep angle so you could go really fast around it), so I'm sure they rolled them fairly often.
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I knew some guys who built 4 karts from scratch and they welded a whole roll cage onto the thing.
Roll bars are for sissies. :)
I built one of these a few years back for an engineering competition -- the only rules were the kart had to be electric and fit into a 2' cube. Funny video.
http://www.teamcosmos.com/pop8/karts.wmv (http://www.teamcosmos.com/pop8/karts.wmv)
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Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire. Awesome. ::)
I checked the karma handbook, and being a consistent dooshbag does qualify for hair burning and oil spatters. It's on page 645.
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Of course they sell "pre-built" karts...
That kinda defeats the "BYO" concept doesn't it??
And besides.. This was way more fun, and substantially cheaper.
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Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire. Awesome. ::)
Lol . . . poor pbj . . . lost his sense of humor when he's the butt of the joke. ;D
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Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire. Awesome. ::)
Fail. (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=93734.msg991713#msg991713)
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:laugh2:
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Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire. Awesome. ::)
Fail. (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=93734.msg991713#msg991713)
:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Chad may have some difficulty with MDF, but PBJ just got loaded and taken away.
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I built one of these a few years back for an engineering competition -- the only rules were the kart had to be electric and fit into a 2' cube. Funny video.
http://www.teamcosmos.com/pop8/karts.wmv (http://www.teamcosmos.com/pop8/karts.wmv)
That looked like great fun Ed :) Which one was yours?
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Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire. Awesome. ::)
Fail. (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=93734.msg991713#msg991713)
:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Chad may have some difficulty with MDF, but PBJ just got loaded and taken away.
After following the 'Fail' Link and then having to look up what DIAF meant, I am embarrassed to say I read this post and thought 'MDF hmmm, so what insult is that an acronym for then? Mother - Die - Fire? Something Mutha-D?-F****?' so I googled MDF and was promptly reminded that this is the BYOAC and that my own arcade cab is MDF ::)
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You're gonna make Chad sad... :'(
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I built one of these a few years back for an engineering competition -- the only rules were the kart had to be electric and fit into a 2' cube. Funny video.
http://www.teamcosmos.com/pop8/karts.wmv (http://www.teamcosmos.com/pop8/karts.wmv)
That looked like great fun Ed :) Which one was yours?
Unfortunately, mine was still unfinished at that point, so its not in the video.
By the time it was done, it weighed about 120 lbs, had a 4HP motor on it, a speed controller from a forklift, and pulled over 200A at 24v under full throttle. Top speed was ~ 40 mph.
Oh, and it liked to dump you on your behind. No room in that cube for wheelie bars, and the center of gravity is, well, not optimal. :)
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Seeing this kart has re-kindled my desire for building a NCF Blitz2 but grafting a Hayabusa lump into it.
Totally off topic, seeing PBJs pickup reminds me that I need to continue looking for a pickup.
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You're gonna make Chad sad... :'(
I haven't been around much but it's obvious within a few minutes that the quality of his dbaggery has really declined. He can't even keep track of his own work anymore.
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You're gonna make Chad sad... :'(
I haven't been around much but it's obvious within a few minutes that the quality of his dbaggery has really declined. He can't even keep track of his own work anymore.
I concur! 8)
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It's pretty weird that you would go to the trouble of doing that to begin with.