The Gixxerkart?

[hayden49]

Hey guys,

you probably have already seen it but if you havnt, have you seen the gixxer kart videos?

apparently its a suzuki gsxr engine in 130kg go kart frame.

GIXXERKART

Technical data:

- was a racekart 125 ccm

- Engine GSX-R 1100

- 1100 ccm 115 PS

- Weight about 130 Kg

- Disc-brakes front and rear

- Topspeed about 170 km/h

- Acceleration 0-100 km/h below 3 seconds

- naturally everything self-made

anyone ever seen anything like this? in time im seriously considering building something like this myself. could you imagine the fun of a go kart that can go 0-100 in under 3 seconds?

[dangerous_daveo]

There would be easier and cheaper ways to kill yourself, but I would think that would be one of the most fun ways!

[hayden49]

Agreed, doing 150km/h + on a go kart would be mint, provided you did a proper job of the welding and had a safety harness etc etc.

sure as shit beats the 5hp motors most go karts have.

[R33S2]

when I was at wilowbank last there was a kart there that did a 10.3 pass, sounds like what your talking about but I dint get to have a close look. Damn it!

[Ol_Mate]

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/gixxerkart.html

'tis awesome

Gixxerkart, I want one!

[hayden49]

I'm thinking about building myself one, kinda a long term project.

im an apprentice electrical fitter/mechanic for energex but im hoping to learn welding etc and put one of these together.

from what i have been reading, the majority of the work likes in designing a suitable chasis and mounting system to ensure equal weight distrubution.

If your taking all the parts, breaks engine etc from a working bike it cant be that hard to make it all work on a kart...... *thinks*

[VB-]

yeah saw this a while ago, but its still damn impressive, power to weight ration of about 1.2:1. i love seein him hold it sideways across that top corner looks insane

[andylaurel]

i saw this video years ago!

what an animal!

[hayden49]

apparently in the states there is quite a large following of people who put high powered road bike engines into karts.

all i gotta do now is find a decent and running road bike and become friends with an engineering student so he can steer me in the right direction to get the chasis up to strength.

Also thinking, in the movie he appears to be changing gears with a car like shifter, wonder how he hooked that up and also hooked up the clutch.

the cart is push button start, i have heard that centrifical? cluthes come on as power is applied?

anyone here have experiance with these?

Edited May 29, 2006 by hayden49

[dangerous_daveo]

http://www.rageoffroadbuggies.com/race_model.htm

http://www.drakart.com/

I know they arent karts, but bloody hell! Id go one of them over a crazy gokart.

[hayden49]

Hell no, rather go 150+ on my ass anyday.

still dreaming of doing it, maybe when i gain some welding skills.

[scathing]

Also thinking, in the movie he appears to be changing gears with a car like shifter, wonder how he hooked that up and also hooked up the clutch.

It looks like a sequential shifter to me, which means he could still be using the donor bike's gearbox. And I think there's a lever on that handle, which would mean its still a hand clutch that they've affixed to the shifter instead of a handlebar.