great stuff! very informative allround video. and good to mention those building and learning labs! its incredible what possibilities the people and machinery and so on can unlock!!

Looks great Steve. Hoping a cycle kart club will get started up here in Oklahoma City. Just learning about these over the last few weeks. Looks like a blast! Please keep posting your progress!

I have built 2 cyclekarts and have just found this video for the first time, wow! Dennis Thomas credits this video with getting him through his first cyclekart build, Old #27. So cool, glad I finally watched this gem. Thanks

@StephenCameron

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. Hadn't heard that about Dennis Thomas. There are definitely a lot more cyclekarts around now than back when I was building mine.

@stevevinson6030

4 жыл бұрын

@@StephenCameron yes, in fact he just confirmed it on our Arizona Cyclekart page. Our group is here because of Dennis and by extension your video. So thanks very much. Do you have a follow up video after final assembly and paint?

Learned a lot of good skills there, and had fun while doing so. Thumbs up, man.

thanks for the walk around. fascinating stuff!

Belo Horizonte, MG/Brasil, muito lindo seu carro.

Great ....what a nice hobby

if i will ever have kids: this is what i build them! the cooles thing ever!

Back in the 60s I had a factory made Go Cart called Aamco Midget. Had a fiberglass body. Looked like a Midget Racing Car.

Thank you for sharing. I've have been investigating these Karts for almost two weeks. I really like your K-"car"-T It's now on my bucket list. of things hat I would like to try and do. I really wonder about fellow builders Not Hot Rodding their motor. What stops thats?

Exellente!! muy bueno!!

I like your video

online at gokart galaxy iirc. look in the hubs and sprockets section. If you google for "cyclekart parts list", you will likely find the parts lists for my kart.

AWESOME!!!

Wonderfull

Great little engine. Stick clear of the clones. I have worked on both and there is no comparison. There is a cheap blue and grey Honda engine that is also to be avoided.

@theclay333 It's a Comet TAV 30. Comet went out of business, but google for GTC torque converters.

No, don't have any plans, you have to kind of make your own plans. google for cyclekart to find more info.

"don't let me be the only one in houston with a damn cyclecar!" hahahahahaaaa!!! thanks for the heads up about those hacker groups. never heard of it before.

@hanklynch Yeah! I was just down there tonight. Hope to see you there some time soon. If you're free on Sunday, they have a pancake thing around 11:00am or so. Otherwise, Friday nights are a good bet.

Do u think 12 inch rim (20.5 inch Outside Diameter) trailer wheels would be ok for a cycle kart? there cheeper, a lot easer to get, and I think they would look just as good.

I'd recommend upgrading to a larger engine. Like a motorcycle twin motor. Kawasaki KZ750 twin motors have lots of torque and the transmission is basically part of the motor so all you have to do it run your chain to the axle. They are small, somewhat lightweight (im 17 and can lift one without to much issue), and fast little engines. Those tires and wheels you have on there can handle the torque coming from the motor as well. How awesome would it be to keep up with traffic on the interstate?

72 tooth sprocket and live axle adapter? where did you get that?

The kart looks great! I noticed your steering rod appeared pretty close to the chassis, it made me wonder if you had any issues with the steering rod hitting the bottom of the chassis when your front wheels hit bumps.

@StephenCameron

3 жыл бұрын

Not that I recall. The front end is pretty light and the springs are pretty stiff, despite being buggy seat springs, and I never really drove it on rough terrain much either. Could be a problem on rougher terrain at speed, I suppose, but it also might not be a problem in that case, I really don't know. On smooth-ish terrain, it wasn't a problem.

Great work i love it. Do you have some plans with dimension of all wooden and steel parts? Sorry for bad english and greetings from Poland :)

i live in canada...any idea where i can find the hackerspaces thing?

how many metre of wood you use?

Hey Stephen great Job, I live in Katy and i intend to build me one like this go cart of yours :)

@StephenCameron

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. Unfortunately I moved away from Houston in 2015, so I won't be able to help.

@lukerodriguez9942

4 жыл бұрын

That's ok Stephen I was just pointing out i'm in the Houston area but not specifically asking for help, i see the video you made is a few years now... Thanks for the reply though I should be able to get it done with so much info on this platform, have a good one and your video gave me a prospective to build mine.

Looks like I may be too late to find anyone with a Cyclekart in the Houston Area, I just got interested and am Buying my steel today for the frame, I guess out of all the people in Houston, someone surely has interest in building one. Stephen, I tried to find a facebook page but wasn't successful. Anyway, have a great new Year.

@StephenCameron

4 жыл бұрын

Nowadays, cyclekartclub.com is where all the cyclekart stuff is happening, I think (I'm kind of out of the cyclekart world nowadays.)

I was going to try and find an old meter maid cart to put a motorcycle engine into but im not doing to well with money right now :D

Hi Stephen, do you still have the kart in California?

@StephenCameron

7 жыл бұрын

No, it's in Florida at the moment.

Have you stumbled across any other Houston cyclekart enthusiasts? I need another project "car" at the moment like I need a hole in my head, but I would love to get to build one someday.

@StephenCameron

5 жыл бұрын

No, I no longer live in Houston.

geez did you weld that with a stick of butter

Are you using front or rear wheel assembly?

@StephenCameron

9 жыл бұрын

lockhart1976 The wheels are all front wheels, if that's what you're asking. Functionally, either rear or front wheels will work. Front wheels look a little better. Arguably, rear wheels might work better since they have a flat face for the washers and bolt heads to mate against. I'm not sure what you mean by "assembly", as the only part of the CT90 wheel that is used is the wheel itself, all the original bearings, hub, etc from the motorcycle wheel aren't used. Hope that answers your question.

@LocknessRides

9 жыл бұрын

Yes you answered it perfectly thank you!

@StephenCameron

9 жыл бұрын

If you're looking to build one of these things, look up "cyclekartclub"

@LocknessRides

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hey I am in Houston .. where in Houston are you. I am off Howard and 45 south

@StephenCameron

8 жыл бұрын

+david quintana HI, since the beginning of this year, I moved out to California. You should check out tx/rx/ labs at 205 roberts st, houston, tx though if you're looking for the kind of people that would like this sort of thing and have a lot of tools and workspace and expertise to help make such a thing.

@davidquintana8395

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve.. I will do that.. been watching these little cars and just got the bug ... peace

Shit, man I live in Munich. My life sucks

Don't remember, exactly. A chinese clone engine can be had on sale at harbor freight for less than $100 when on sale. A Honda gx200 like mne will probably be around $300 at Northern tool. Is the Honda worth it? depends on how much you (dis)like fighting with small gas engines, I guess.

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ya.... i kinda rolled mine... 13" wheels.... whatever... it lived

Could I buy on off u

@ApolloEdits nothing im particular

Welding messy :( otherwise nice cart!

They would not work remotely well enough and would look FAR too weeny when completed. A 12" wheel would almost certainly collapse from side load pressuress and you will roll your vehicle about 85% more often too. The 17" wheel is one of the very specifics needed for true cyclekarts.

For what purpose? It doesn't need to be any faster. And you'd probably shear the wheels off. Engine size was chosen deliberately. There are some guidelines on how this particular kind of kart is meant to be built. Google "cyclekart".

@ApolloEdits would help if you could spell

i could build one of these but i don't own a welder and $500 is a big price tag just for a hobby

@jefffuchs6342

7 жыл бұрын

You can't even call something a hobby until it has cost you $1000.

@scrapwire1

4 жыл бұрын

You can find a stick welder for a hundred bucks if you look at all

Vsauce2 anyone ? or maybe BiDiPi

KZread comment suppression is really aggressive about suppressing links, so it's hard to help you in this medium. try h a c k e r s p a c e s d o t o r g