Another XJ Powered Go Cart

Is it bad that, as I have a pair of extra XJ750 motors, I've been considering doing this? I've wanted to make a go cart for a while, and those motors are just sitting there, looking tempting. I mean, I could get a small pit bike engine for a couple hundred, but then I'd need a clutch too, etc.... I've got spare brake MC's, calipers, rotors, 2 spare finals...

I was thinking of using 2" box steel for the frame, though, as the cost difference is surprisingly low, going wider and longer... but... yeah.

I mean, logically I know that the 750 is WAY TO MUCH power for a go kart... but the temptation is real.

 

Even scarier --- before 4-stroke engine really hit the snowmobile platforms I dreamed about putting an xj650 engine onto a snowmobile---

 

Yeah, but then you'd need to know someone with a plethora of snowmobile donor chassis...

Oh yeah, that's you too...

 

Another fun YouTube search is Hayabusa powered Smart Car. Sounds like an F1 car, can outrun a Ferrari, donuts for hours! I want one for a track car. With unlimited funds, it'd be my Targa Newfoundland entry.

 

Ah, how I'd love to be that guy who can just drop hundreds or thousands on a project just for fun.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it sure as hell can rent it. Ever see anyone crying on their Hayabusa powered go karts? Those guys look pretty damned happy to me.

 

Did everyone here spend money on their bike? Does the bike make you happy? Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you things and experiences that make you happy.

 

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you motorcycles(go karts, snowmobiles, etc) which is pretty much the same thing

 

Buy a kit car and turn it into a 3-wheeler, put in a motorcycle engine. Your own version of a T-Rex. I've wanted to make my own version of a Morgan 3-wheeler using a Model T kit car for a long time.

 

Money can't buy happiness, but it makes unhappy a hell of a lot more fun.