Anyone build a Go Kart?

[Zorba]

Does anyone have experience building a go kart? I think it would be fun to build a kart for my daughter and I to use, probably an electric kart. Not sure where to really start for finding a kit or anything. Watched some youtube videos but people didn't really stay where they got the frames, etc.

 

[RLGL]

I built one when I was a kid, many years ago.

 

[deadlyapp]

Noticed that Costco is selling one that goes 25 mph. $1700. A bit rich for my blood but probably a good deal actually.

https://www.costco.com/segway-gokart-pro-2.product.4000269826.html

 

[Greenman]

Several of them on marketplace around here.

 

[Zorba]

Noticed that Costco is selling one that goes 25 mph. $1700. A bit rich for my blood but probably a good deal actually.

https://www.costco.com/segway-gokart-pro-2.product.4000269826.html

Yeah, I've looked at that one. Actually what got me really thinking about it. I think I want a two seater, though.

 

[Zorba]

Several of them on marketplace around here.

Yeah, I looked at that last night. Appear to be quite a few options, looks like the best bet probably.

 

[BoomerD]

I built one when I was a kid, many years ago.

Yeah...like 60 years ago...with a lawnmower engine.

 

[zinfamous]

I mean, there's a lot of options. And it can get rather expensive depending on how overboard you want to go with it

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I was putting together a racing sim rig 2 years ago, and ended up getting most of my stuff through European shops, because the hardware was actually a lot cheaper than US prices and several of them actually offered free international shipping--you also don't pay European VAT--which is generally what makes stuff expensive over there! (Strange, considering typical electronic prices, but I think it's just a much larger market over there for this stuff), and stumbled on some vendors that also sold kart parts.