Me and my friends have been getting into karting a lot lately and I wanna get my own custom gear, I mainly wanna get the same Gear that Nico and Gabi wear at Audi, the Jumpsuit, Shoes and Gloves and I would like to find somewhere that will make custom helmets as I wanna have my own personalised Helmet. Many Thanks

Round Three of our FKL Pro Series season resulted in Kylo taking his first P1 podium finish, but it was not without a bit of excitement. Sorry for the long read!

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This is Kylo's first season of karting, but we were asked to step up to Pro league based on his pace. The Pro league the Cadet class is smaller and faster, with a bit more race craft required to win. Through the season he has been trading fastest laps with another driver that has been karting for a few years. Creating a greater challenge for Kylo to progress. He is also learning the passing rules, requiring the passing driver to present more than 50% before entering a braking zone. Also if you damage your kart, you are out for the race day.

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On this particular race day Kylo was off the lead pace, but was consistently faster than he has ever been on this course. He struggled through the day with appreciating his own growth due to not getting the fastest lap every session. Even I wondered about his desire to win as we progressed into the qualifying session with P2 secured. We had some good discussions about where he was at, his increase in pace, and small changes to make. Let me tell you, I never should have doubted him.

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At the start of the Pre-Final, Kylo nailed the start to take P1 and lead the race for about 4 laps. Kylo eventually got passed on a turn to the inside mid corner, but he committed that move to memory. During the Final, Kylo nailed the start again and took the lead. This time taking a more defensive line to hold the inside quite effectively for about 3 laps. Unfortunately, another late move to the inside mid-corner occurred and the other driver tracked wide to force Kylo off the course. Kylo was able to get recovered, get back into the drive, and pass another driver to regain second place before the end. Kylo came off the track quite upset with being forced off mid-corner based on the rules for the passing kart, but I told him to remain calm and wait for it to be reviewed. 

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A penalty was ultimately given to the other driver for the late lunge and forcing Kylo off the track, which provided Kylo with the P1 finish. We were both super excited for the win and both kids didn't hold any hard feelings towards each other at the end. I was more impressed with Kylo not giving up on the drive, racing to win, learning how to adapt to the race craft, and avoiding an incident. Although Kylo and I were happy with the result, the kiddo said he still wants a win based on pure pace and crossing the finish in P1. Super excited with his mindset, planning to read some driving books, and ready for the next race at Sonoma in a couple weeks.

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I’m looking into a cadet kart for my son to get into the sport. I want to buy a used 206 because from my understanding there’s less speed differential and he’ll learn to drive lines and develop racecraft. I also understand he’ll probably be…hmmm…not great for the first year. so a used kart seems the way to go until he’s sure he’s gonna stick with it. anyway, my question and poorly drawn example photo shows what looks like bending to this metal bar by the nose one/bumper. however this bar looks bolted on and not structural. is this a deal breaker or is this just a bar to support the aero pieces? In the picture it’s the chrome u shaped bar bolted on by the yokes. Thanks for any info you can provide.

Hey everyone jusy brought myself an arrow senior kart to start racing dirt karts it has a rotax 125 engine non evo engine

I've snapped a chain and it has gone through the plastic chain guard and destroyed my radiator

All the replacement radiators I can find are for a layer model engine with a straight lower water neck my engine has a 90° elbow out of the engine

The radiator also has a 90° elbow on the bottom so I just use a straight water hose to connect them

From what I can figure out my engine must be an older one that had different style water necks like the second pic

P.s I have since made an alloy chain guard to avoid this pain in the ass

My son just started go karting and is ready for a next step. We are considering buying a Tony kart EVS mini + TM 60cc we found on a second hand site.

The ask price is €1.850; the owner describes it as:

"Very neat and beautiful OTK Tony EVS (best frame for the minis) from 2023 + a TM 60cc!

Piston has been replaced, total hours of the engine are at 20x hours, so you can still go a long way in the coming hours!"

Since we are fairly new to karting, I don't know if this price seems fair. As far as i can judge from the photo's, the kart looks in good shape (apart from the tires and the brake disk needs cleaning).

Since the owner hasn't put any photos from under the kart, that's definitely something I'll check.

Would really appreciate some help/thoughts/ideas.