Live2Slide

anybody here like to go Go-Karting? Ive only gone a couple of times but man is it fun!! lol

pacotaco345

haha I have a shifter kart with a yz-80 in it that I used to drive before I had my license.. Its been sitting out in the weather for the past two years tho, I'll post up a pic of it later

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Live2Slide

Oh dam I was talking about the slower indoor one lol
Never tried those shifter karts, heard they're fast

iStayBroke

I've been to the kart track at VIR twice. Pretty fun. I got sideways on a downhill turn and still managed to set a pretty good lap.

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roboticnissan

Here in.local there is pole position and k1 speed. There indoor electric parts top.speed of like 50mph.
Really badass and I'm pretty good at them.

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deolio

i've only done the indoor ones, but they're still super fun, especially when you go with a bunch of friends that actually understand how to drive. i need to go again soon. shit is addicting.

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BustedS13

i had a little manco go kart when i was a kid, no roll cage, used to drive it up the sidewalk to my grade school and tear up the soccer field. probably the most reliable vehicle i've ever owned

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HyperTek

i used to hit up adams kart track before they got into drifting.. used to go all the time.. none of that electric indoor kart stuff. but indoor kart can be cool when they use actual gas karts. I always try to improve my times.

There is a track close to me Apex Kart Racing pretty clean track. They have an arrive and race but its more like a limited kart rental since its not like other places where you actually grid up to race.

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Live2Slide

Yeah the track I've gone to is indoor but its huge, they claim they got the biggest track in the usa, lap times up to 1 minute something. Their go karts hit 50mph and its fun when me and my friends go in groups.

exitspeed

Go Karting is fun. I'm hoping to get my son into shifter carts as soon as he can...like at age 3. lol.

We have a city in WI called Wisconsin Dells that has tons of amusement parks with go karts. Some huge tracks some small. A few years ago we went and there was one that you would get a trophy if you beat the lap record. On the second round I beat it on my second lap, and then beat that time on my 3rd, and that time on my 4th. Fucker wouldn't give me 3 trophy's though. But he gave us a good tip on a steak dinner. lol

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Live2Slide

That's the closest I've ever been to racing on a track haha. It's harder then I thought tho, finally knew why lines where important. I would go around corners hard and brake a bit sometimes but I couldn't for the love of god beat my friends lap time. He was going a bit more around the track so he was able to take turns faster then me since I was just hugging the corner wall from entry to exit

Bubbles

Which model?

I had a 5 horse version with turf tamers(if you ride quads you already know) and a seat bar extension/partial roll cage thing.

My neighbor eventually got the 9 horse, full roll cage version and although it handled much worse it was a monster in power.

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pacotaco345

lol idk how much power my kart had when it used to run but I managed to get it to about 85 in 6th gear pinned, the thing screamed. If only big heavy s13's were as easy to manage sideways as that nimble lil kart was.

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mrchomponthis

You don't need to have a shifter kart to go fast, I've driven a world formula and it was quick. It takes years to get into a shifter kart.

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mrchomponthis

Lewis Hamilton killing it as a child.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgpS4kx88s

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HyperTek

nice avatar

senna and prost karting 1993
YouTube - Karting Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost duel full race 1993

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xjustintimex

mee

Live2Slide

^^^ You sponsored?

xjustintimex

ya, MJDrive an arrow dealer sponsors me. I love karting haha

Live2Slide

So how does gokart sponsorships go? Do you get gokarts parts for free and stuff or what goes on with those sponsorships?

mrchomponthis

free stickers and patches

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ZilviaKid

just went indoor karting today with my girl, set the record time for the week haha.

really want to do some real karting though. my dads friend has a shifter kart and its mindboggelingly fast. no good tracks around here though so its a moot point.

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BustedS13

hit the SKREET, BRO.

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xjustintimex

deals vary and are kinda rare...but almost nothing comes free besides labor and travel. The checkbook still very much hurts

camaro379ss

Indoor go karting is a blast. I got one right around the corner from me, but its pretty pricey.

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mrchomponthis

Check out my old managers facility he runs, its great for beginners all the way to advanced drivers. They have arrive and drive racing if you don't have your own kart. CalSpeed Karting

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xjustintimex

sweet, did you work at calspeed?

Live2Slide

Yeah I know what you mean, its like $80 for a grand prix 30 minute race

deolio

the track i go to is $20 a race (15 minutes), but if you buy 2 races you get one race free. i think it was $65 for the grand prix which included 15 minutes of practice, 15 minutes of qualifying, and then 30 minute race iirc

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Live2Slide

Is that gokart racer in berlingame ?