Do we have any kart drivers on here at all?

What are your favourite tracks?
How long have you been karting?

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buckmore park. nuff said, best circuit ever.

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gently does it, theres a bend coming up

Cadwell PArk full circuit, proper karts with proper engines and gears

None of this noncey angry Dad rubbish!

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I'm going to stop the start watch (Murray who else)

they are not proper karts, they are engines with wheel bolted to them! i would however like to sample one.

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gently does it, theres a bend coming up

Please define a proper kart.

Ok, ally chassis with no suspension, a direct steering rack and engine powering rear wheels through a main shaft, good brakes and tyres.

250 National has all those oh and a gearbox and proper clothing.

I just think short karting is way way too expensive and not really that relative when you can race cars at such a young age nowadays.

When you see teams in teh paddock with tens of differnt engines, frames etc its just gone mad.

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I'm going to stop the start watch (Murray who else)

Ive driven a two-stroke kart, that is, ive driven a Club 100 kart which is maybe 2 seconds off a proper race prepped tkm around most tracks.

Still, they feel roughly the same, just slower!

And i love Whilton. Warden Law was quite good (bit long though) and Clay Pigeon is absolutely superb!

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Steve Pearce - COME ON JIMMIE #48 D

in all fairness every kart is a good kart. even a single engine 4stroke is fun if you have never sampled anything else. for me 2strokes are good closely followed by rotax snr or similar. thats my oppinion anyway. fast enough to give you a decent buzz and close(ish)racing.

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True, but when you've driven a 2 stroke, 4 strokes are little wimpy things. They can still be fun, dont get me wrong (do a nice, flat out, 4 wheel drift through turn 1 at birmingham wheels using the hollow in the middle of the corner to turn the kart and tell me thats not fun!), but i'd much prefer to spend money ona 2 stroke kart.

I have been thinking recently of getting a kart, a friend of mine is selling his for around £750, dont plan to really race it just yet, but get out testing and stuff, learn a bit more about them as my 2 stroke experience is limited to 5 30 minute races, 5 stints in 60 minute enduro races, 4 test days and a select few other bits.

Mind you, we were at Bayford Meadows a few weeks ago with the BUKC (google it!) and i felt about the fastest i'd ever done on those club 100 karts, throwing it around a lot more than before. Still, my fastest lap (and im pretty sure i know which one it was) of the day didnt feel particularly good, made at least 2 mistakes that i remember and wasnt fully brave into turn 1 so could maybe go a decent amount faster!

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Steve Pearce - COME ON JIMMIE #48 D

i do karting have my ownepro kart only with gx160 engines but went testing and i was pulling away from a gx220 pro kart

daytona mk .
shennington
wilton locks

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I race Super Icc, or Icc.. These are 125cc 6 speed gearbox karts on short circuit chassis ( CIK spec... )

My Fav track is Whilton Mill ( Even though they dont race gearbox karts down there, I think its fun )

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I've raced at Whitton Mill, not on the full track just the little club track, very bumpy but very very fun

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how did you guys get started? obviously i'm a total moron (if you have ever read anything i've posted you'll know that already )

I've wanted to do some sort of non road driving for ages but have no idea how to go about it. :

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motorstv

ummm not sure

i was just on a day out + i've been to ayslbury and milton keynes indoor.

i'd love to do it more but i'm skint and wouldnt no where to start.

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did you just find somewhere and phone them up or do you have to book or what (honestly i'm an idiot, it how i introduce myslef) I suppose the other question i need to ask is how much?

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motorstv

ummm not sure

Prices vary (indoor/outdoor, number of people). When i went to whitton mill it was a coledge outing. Ayslbury was a mates birthday. I went to mk when i was about 9 or 10, just paid for track time, got 20 mins.

Just find a track local to you, ring them up for look at a site and see what offers they do or if you can just book time for yourself or bring some mates for a race.......maybe us lot should get together

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