We stayed on the farm where we run the kart (Lenchwood Christian Centre) and stayed in a static caravan and the lads stayed in a tent as our church was having a weekend away and this seemed a good opportunity for some serious karting!
OK I know we only have one kart so are not racing but its still great fun and anyway who wants the responsibility of two teenagers racing together side by side!!
Set up the circut with our orange cones that we have rescued from the hedge rows when local councils disgard them if they get damaged or canot be bothered to rescue them.
The grass had been recently mowed so was a decent length. We put in some good bends and chicanes and a good curve for some power drifting.
Kart had been prepared and checked over during the week and was runing perfect. All our mods had been carried out and any problems rectified.
Kart was off loaded and warmed up and we were away!
The circut was very fast and the bends just right for some power slides and need all yur wits to control kart through the bends which is what ita all about.
It began to rain but that did not stop us and the track became very slippery but great fun!
So with plenty of circuits for all the lads the kart was loaded back onto trailer and it was back to camp and a BBQ with lots of other folk on site.
Open air church service in morning which was very inspiring. Shared lunch with all campers and plenty of it, even some smoked trout!
Kart was in need of some maintenance so it was into the "pits". A large ground sheet was spread onto the ground to catch any nuts or bolts and the fan cover on engine was removed and all grass was blown off from the fan and housing (we even took our compressor!)
Engine was given a good blow off of grass from between the fins.
Air filter housing was carefully removed and grass removed. Air filter removed and foam filter taken off and replaced with new foam filter that had been dipped in oil and then squezzed out.
Spark plug removed and checked and was a nice brown colour so indicated mixture was good.
With kart checked over for any loose nuts etc it was back onto trailer and back to kart circut.
The lads had altered the track as we didnt want ware the grass out to much. They changed it to a large curve and into a tight chicane.
Kart was warmed up and the circuit checked for any tent pegs etc.
The track had dried out and with kart warmed up some very fast karting was enjoyed! The big curve was brilliant and took some real concentration to keep kart from spinning through the chicane.
So a full afternoon of karting was enjoyed with the Honda GX200 engine performing faultlessly dispite running all afternoon with hardly a stop only to change drivers.
The cones were collected and spare fuel cans and tools stored back into car and kart stored back into trailer and it was back to join the campers for another spread of food!
The blog will continue on how we got kart to the present modifications.......
Our kart at the end of the week ends fun!
Kart and all accessories ready to be loaded onto trailer at the end of some great fun!
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