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    Quote Originally Posted by Henk View Post
    First outing on the hub Center rig today, doesn't like right handers at all
    What does it do?
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Henk View Post
    First outing on the hub Center rig today, doesn't like right handers at all and damn near broke me with how much work it is to swing on, don't think Rick was any better off.

    Put a two stroke back in, then it'll only do three laps and you won't wear yourself out.
    Tell the whole story , you's still beat Brenton first time out on it. He tells me i'm his pitcrew and now we have to sit down and work out how to get more speed out of his one
    Seriously, see if you can find a flat surface and check the straightness of the lower frame rails and i know the front cross is under tension when it shouldn't be and isn't in line. I was battling with crap engines and never got round to looking properly at the chassis apart from replacing the heim joints and repairing cracks and couldn't even be sure if the suspension settings on it were correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henk View Post
    First outing on the hub Center rig today, doesn't like right handers at all and damn near broke me with how much work it is to swing on, don't think Rick was any better off.
    You need to be lying over Rick to weight the front end, then it "might" turn right. You wait 'till you do a 1/2 hour. It took me a few minutes before I could get out and about a week before my shoulders were good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henk View Post
    First outing on the hub Center rig today, doesn't like right handers at all and damn near broke me with how much work it is to swing on, don't think Rick was any better off.
    https://flic.kr/p/p7TDeP (Photo Credit to Chris C)

    That is some mighty camber compliance. I can't imagine that the tyre is loving trying to produce grip at 4 degrees positive(relative to direction of lateral force, not chassis) camber. Probably contributing heavily to the turning right problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moooools View Post
    That is some mighty camber compliance. I can't imagine that the tyre is loving trying to produce grip at 4 degrees positive(relative to direction of lateral force, not chassis) camber. Probably contributing heavily to the turning right problem.
    If they are anything like their full size cousins the swinger needs to be over the right and forward leaning on the riders back otherwise they can understeer badly
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Moooools View Post
    https://flic.kr/p/p7TDeP (Photo Credit to Chris C)

    That is some mighty camber compliance. I can't imagine that the tyre is loving trying to produce grip at 4 degrees positive(relative to direction of lateral force, not chassis) camber. Probably contributing heavily to the turning right problem.
    It's actually under steering at this point which I have no doubt makes it look
    Like there is a tonne of camber in the angle of the photo. Whether there is or isn't camber anyway, I can't comment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moooools View Post
    https://flic.kr/p/p7TDeP (Photo Credit to Chris C)
    Is the brake line sitting on the front tire?

    Noticed it in this photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/15176811702/ as well

    For the record Qkkid was in my bed, not the other way round

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pumba View Post
    Is the brake line sitting on the front tire?

    Noticed it in this photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/15176811702/ as well
    yes it is....design fault or braking aid?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wildman View Post
    Put a two stroke back in, then it'll only do three laps and you won't wear yourself out.
    Tell the whole story , you's still beat Brenton first time out on it. He tells me i'm his pitcrew and now we have to sit down and work out how to get more speed out of his one
    Seriously, see if you can find a flat surface and check the straightness of the lower frame rails and i know the front cross is under tension when it shouldn't be and isn't in line. I was battling with crap engines and never got round to looking properly at the chassis apart from replacing the heim joints and repairing cracks and couldn't even be sure if the suspension settings on it were correct.
    so you gave up on it and sold it

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    Quote Originally Posted by cotswold View Post
    yes it is....design fault or braking aid?
    If it remains a braking aid then in due course I suspect it will become a design fault.

    For the record Qkkid was in my bed, not the other way round

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr bucketracer View Post
    so you gave up on it and sold it
    Yep but have another one under construction, Gazza tacked together the basic frame and it's along the lines of the one i raced back in the early ninties. Won't be ready till next year though, back running a gearbox kart and a kt one with my son at moment

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    Found a couple of hours over the weekend to work on project X.

    Part1
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    Part 2 engine stuff
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    Part 3, front end and wheels
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    Part 4 - steering and brakes
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