r/Karting

Hello guys i wanted to buy a new kart
I have a very old one and someone i know from the track is offering to sell me this Kart (the engine is in the price and is getting renewed currently

I regularly ride on track with a Solo 2 on the bike and got frustrated by the fact that I could not easily get data on my phone.

So I spent the past months building Pushlapp: your iPhone connects to the timer's own WiFi and pulls the session while you're still parked.

Between sessions you get:

• Lap replay on satellite imagery, colored where you brake, accelerate, or coast
• A ghost of your best lap with the live delta
• Speed, lean and g-force traces, derived from GPS
• Sector times and your theoretical best, from your own laps
• 100% offline at the track. You sign in once, and every session backs up privately to the cloud on its own when you are connected again.
• Ghost sharing and per-track leaderboards with friends, all optional: laps stay private by default
• Works for Bikes, Cars and Karts

Two things took most effort: reverse engineering the WiFi protocol (Solo 2, Solo 2 DL with throttle and RPM, and MXL2 dashes all work), and building our own track database from open source data with currently already 1000s of tracks.

It shipped on the App Store last week. When you subscribe, everything is unlocked free for the first year, because right now I mostly want feedback!

Up next: support for other laptimer brands, and after that Android!

How do you check your data at the track today: laptop, phone, or not at all? I would appreciate it if you give my app a try and let me know what you think.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6789864725

Most helmet designs seem to stay within fairly safe, familiar racing colors.

So I tried going in a different direction with this one.

Do these colors work together, or have I pushed it too far?

And when choosing a helmet design, do you think it should match the rest of the racing gear — or can the helmet be a completely separate statement?

So, which camp are you in?
A — Fresh, I’d wear it
B — Cool, but too bold for me
C — I’d stick to classic racing colors

Drop A, B or C in the comments — and tell me why.

Hey everyone!

Sharing a few screenshots from one of the tracks we've been building for Karting Core — this one's set in an open, meadow-like landscape with rolling hills, sweeping elevation changes, and long sightlines between corners.

The layout winds through open grassland dotted with wind turbines, a water tower, and the "Karting Point" facility in the background, with an elevated rail line running overhead. We wanted this track to feel wide and breathable compared to our tighter urban and industrial layouts — long flowing sections that open up into blind crests and downhill braking zones, so reading the terrain becomes just as important as reading the corners.

Still very much a work in progress, but we're happy with how the sense of scale is coming together. Gameplay video showing it in action is coming soon — for now, let us know what you think of the setting!

As always, ideas and feedback are more than welcome — we're just trying to build a kart racing game we'd genuinely want to play ourselves..

Check it out here if you're curious: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4550510/Karting_Core/

Thanks for reading, and see you on track!

My dad used this kart a lot several years ago (probably around 2000), but now it's hanging on the wall, and the cart to transport it is in this condition.
My first question is: can this cart still transport the kart (there are only two hooks, you can see them clearly in the last picture). My second question is: since the kart has no electronics at all, how can I tell what's working and what's not? What should I pay attention to? Can anyone identify exactly what type of kart it is? I'd like to point out that I'm a beginner in this field, but in any case, thanks in advance.

Since there have already been a couple helmet posts today. My son's helmet. It was his Christmas present. Santa took his time but came through in the end. I know many of you will say it's busy. I initially thought the same. But I was surprised how much I liked it. it's a good looking lid. And it looks good on-track, besides making him easy to spot. He's happy, which is all that matters.

(He grew up in NYC before we moved to Europe, after which he started karting. Hence the skyline.)

What does it take to be fast?
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A simple question with many answers. While practicing at Sonoma Karting center my son and I watched an intent driver make his way on and off the track. On approach to the grid in full kit, helmet strapped, 2 stroke humming. He lowered his kart on his own, pushed it to start, hit the track, set laps, and made his exit at the end of the session without fuss.
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We admired his intensity, and I told my son to ask him what it takes to be fast. The man’s reply was simple “do laps and work harder than everyone else.” He shared some more encouraging words with Kylo before departing. We nodded our heads and thanked him for his time.
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A few minutes later he came back with a signed hero card. Little did we know we had just professional racing driver Memo Gidley. Such a cool honor to shake his hand and have him be so nice to us. Really awesome Motorsports community we have out here, and a reminder you’ll never know who you might meet at the track.

Before I begin I want to clarify that this is a hotlap karting session not a race.
I was arguing with some friends of mine about this. I believe that I got really unlucky since I did not expect the number 7 kart to just stop on track. I thought he would overtake the number 11 on the inside line since he held it through the second apex and I intentionally decided to go a bit wide in order to gain more speed before the next straight.
My friends are telling me that I should have just stayed on the inside line (which I don’t really see how when the number 7 is there but whatever).
It would be absolutely wonderful if you could help me out and settle this debate once and for all.
Thank you in advance!

Found this on Facebook marketplace. I’m trading a minibike and some Motorola radios and some other radio stuff I don’t need for it. It also runs perfectly

Hi everyone, random question, does anyone know the measurements of this part, and also the clearance between the floor of the kart and this part. Doesn’t matter what chassis (I think, idk if it makes a difference), I just need to know so I can make weights for myself.

I am 12th fastest of the week. 56.451 is my fastest lap here at the Ridge, this was my 7th race. My goal today is to put down a 55 second lap, I think if I can clean up understeer off turn one, I can do it. HOWEVER!!! How the hell is P1 lapping 41 seconds?!?!

This happened to me on the last lap after I had gained about 9 positions. I was going through these esses behind two other karts and the person beside me hit me and ramped over my kart. Sorry if the viewpoint is bad here.