Picked up a Roketa GK13 a few years ago. After some basic work I had this:
These are 250cc buggies with a footprint real similar to the first 800cc Polaris RZR's, but a bit lower to the ground and you only get to drive two wheels. They're not really "kid" buggies but they're also not too exciting for your typical adult. They have virtually not suspension travel from the factory and, of course, the 18hp engine is less than inspiring. So I put a VFR800 engine in it.
(wow those are huge...I'll resize and edit them in later)
After cramming 105hp in it and building a custom suspension that gets me 10" of travel all around the thing is a complete hoot. Absurd acceleration. Fed it all through the stock Roketa transmission, too, so I now have 6 gears front and back.
This is a brief run prior to the suspension (I actually have a vid after the suspensionw as changed but the kids are with me so I didn't open it up much):
I'm actually looking to sell the thing now to build another one around either a GS1150 or a Bandit 1200. I think I'm going to really miss the V4 rumble, though.
These are 250cc buggies with a footprint real similar to the first 800cc Polaris RZR's, but a bit lower to the ground and you only get to drive two wheels. They're not really "kid" buggies but they're also not too exciting for your typical adult. They have virtually not suspension travel from the factory and, of course, the 18hp engine is less than inspiring. So I put a VFR800 engine in it.
(wow those are huge...I'll resize and edit them in later)
After cramming 105hp in it and building a custom suspension that gets me 10" of travel all around the thing is a complete hoot. Absurd acceleration. Fed it all through the stock Roketa transmission, too, so I now have 6 gears front and back.
This is a brief run prior to the suspension (I actually have a vid after the suspensionw as changed but the kids are with me so I didn't open it up much):
I'm actually looking to sell the thing now to build another one around either a GS1150 or a Bandit 1200. I think I'm going to really miss the V4 rumble, though.
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