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old number one for sale
By: guest274 Date: June 29, 2022, 9:32 am
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I have decided to sell my cyclekart. The main reason is to visit
the nearest venue to me which is Stretton, would involve a round
trip of 500 miles at a cost approaching £200. As much as it
looks like an enjoyable day or two, the fun element is
outweighed by the cost and time spent travelling etc.
The kart has only run for about five minutes to test brakes and
steering etc. so all the bits that I have bought are all new. It
isn't quite finished but there is little left to do.
I am looking to recover just the cost of parts which is about
£1500. If interested I will provide a full list of bits and
pieces.
You can see most of the details in the build journal.
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Re: old number one for sale
By: RhysN Date: June 29, 2022, 11:17 am
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I think that would be sad. I do know that there are others
further north looking to hold gatherings, and I too want to
experience further and different things.
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Re: old number one for sale
By: Tinworm Date: June 29, 2022, 11:35 am
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That seems a real shame, Paul. Why not hold on to it and see if
you and others can't arrange a local "chapter" of the club and
arrange some local events? Stretton isn't the be all and end
all.
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Re: old number one for sale
By: kon8000 Date: June 30, 2022, 5:09 am
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Hi Paul,
Sorry to hear you are not going ahead with your build. It looks
like you've done some great work so far.
This is quite interesting to me, as what you've done so far
would give me a massive head-start on a build. I believe my mx5
is around that value, so the cost should work well with my
budget too, once I sell it. I have a couple of questions which
I've not been able to work out from the build diary...
Was the ladder you chopped up a new one? Might sound like a
silly question, but I'd be looking to make the kart road-legal,
with a new number-plate, so I believe everything needs to be
new.
Are those wheels the standard fun-bike wheels, or have you used
uprated spokes?
Thanks,
Konrad
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Re: old number one for sale
By: guest274 Date: June 30, 2022, 5:48 am
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The ladder was a second hand one. The wheels are standard pit
bike wheels from fun bikes.
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Re: old number one for sale
By: synthpunk Date: June 30, 2022, 8:36 am
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I’m just going to re-post this pic to show why I changed my plan
of road legalling my kart….. drivers head at the same
approximate height as the license plate on a small Citroen…..
errrrr, no. It was terrifying enough driving a 78 MG midget in
traffic!
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Re: old number one for sale
By: kon8000 Date: July 1, 2022, 3:21 am
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Yup, thanks for the thought, synthpunk. I appreciate it's not
going to be the safest mode of transport, but the way I see it,
it's not much different to riding a motorbike... when driving a
car you need to assume everyone is an idiot, but when driving a
bike/kart, you'll need to assume everyone is actively TRYING to
kill you. At least with a kart, it's more likely that it's
someone else who'll kill me, whereas on a bike I'm far more
likely to take myself out, when my confidence exceeds my skill.
Having given the purchase some thought overnight, I've decided
that I wouldnt want to have to pull Pauls hard work apart to
achieve my goals. If someone is aiming for a Q plate, or to just
run it on track, then it's a perfect setup ready for someone to
just add their personal touches.
Best of luck with the sale, or with finding like-minded people
further north to share it with :)
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