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You know Jim, as fast as those karts are, you should have the side pod stickers replaced with a big “S”
Then we can say, “Look at those S Karts go”…
I couldn’t resist! :hehehe
@Mike Jansen wrote:
Look at those S Karts go”…
For thee rest of us, Please practice self control!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Birel’s also bend, I straightened Coles, Tates for the forth time and probably Charles for the second time. They do bend back quite nicely though.
I know of one pro in Florida who went through three Birel chassis in one weekend of racing. He was very fast though. Brad, perhaps there is an untapped market out there for straightening these.
Just for the record. I have 4 races and more than 10 practice days and mine stll scales to within 5 lbs.
I also weigh 418lbs.(Kart included) :cheers:But after you get your hands on it, it will be :cheers:
Why do you think they would bend easier than other chassis? Type of chromoly they use?
I know of four karts that bend from driving and not hitting anything: the Margay Concept kart (70’s) the old Yamaha kart (74?), dino karts ?, the 25 karts Kelly Bowen built (2001-2002). All of the Birel’s were crashed in one way or another. Cole did a 2′ drop off the back of a kart in Greeley, Tate plowed the bales at Greeley and had contact on the others, Charles hit something? They do bend back with less pressure than most karts but stay where you set them. It could be the tubing from the heat treat or the wall thickness. I always tell everyone that the tubing was much straighter than that before the kart manufacturer got to it.
I was an innocent victim in the first turn crash in Greeley 😥 I ended up sitting on top of Rick Samu’s left sidepod. I raced the weekend after that at CRE and the 😛 kart handled horribly. Brad checked and the front left was 5/8″ higher than the right. Brad tweaked it back and it handled great after that – set fastest lap in the IMI CSC. 😛
Charles
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