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[quote=timmsm][quote=naza]Chicken wing run
Location : Elite
Kart : 100cc? 80cc?
Date : [b]2/9/07[/b]
Time : 3.30 PM[b]100cc[/b]
1. Patrick Tan
2. Naza
3. EG (my son)
4. Anak Abah (hehehe…can ah?)
5. Edwyn (maybe but most probably just to have fun 😛 )[b]80cc[/b]
1. Edwin Tan
2. Naza
3. Edwyn [/quote]Haiyo… 1st Sep got Rd 9 in the morning, then endurance in the afternoon! Mmmmm, Sunday as well… what the heck, provided VISA is issued I’ll be there too.[/quote]
yea mark.. rd9 and endurance is already very tired.. but chicken wings. what the heck!
[quote=TheFazz]can we do a purchasing power parity comparison of karting costs in different countries? let’s compare to (say) how many big macs it would take to run an 80cc 2-stroke for 10minutes.[/quote]
Most places worldwide don’t run 80cc 2-stroke rental karts….. but anyways….
The good rental place in Finland I was talking about – 10mins in their main rental karts costs 5.3333 Big Macs for non-members, member price is 3.2 big macs and I believe you can become a member instantly at a cost of under 3 big macs a year.
For kids in lower CC karts the prices are at least 1 big mac cheaper.
Would you pay 60-70% more for QUALITY(see below)? I think many my-karters would, but the general public in Malaysia probably nope.
[quote=FAibS]maintain bares down to business operators… as i have said… even coming frmo a first world country like australia… karts are NOT well maintained at ALL frankly because this is how business operators maximise profits…
all i have to say is “bravo” to that business owner…. who wants to maintain a high lvl of standard and customer expectations… maybe that place could be an academy for serious gokarters?? to be fair, there should be other things to ask before jumping in conclusion, which is, how long has the business been in business for? [/quote]
Lots of good points there and you’re right in saying “bravo to[b] that[/b] business owner.” For every one great rental kart place in finland there are a few average ones. There are maybe 3 really really good indoor rental kart places. When I say good I mean really good – suits are provided for sure and the helmets are usually good enough that my-karters would want to buy them. Helmets are placed on a cooling rack so no sweaty helmets. Clean balaclavas are provided and you throw your used ones in the wash basket. Timing is displayed either on the steering wheel or somewhere visible on the track so after every lap you know your laptime. As soon as you jump out of the kart after a session you’re handed a lap-chart printout.The karts have the ability to put weight in the kart to get to a minimum 80kg for driver weight – lap records only count if you had weight in the kart so you don’t have to wonder if the lap record was set by some 40kg cadet karter.
There is a full-on proper waiting area/restaurant with expensive furniture and a bunch of TVs showing 4+ different channels and of course F1 when that is on, and of course the laptimes of the drivers currently on track, as well as the feed from a few cameras position around the track. For corporate events there are high-tech conference rooms and saunas!
If you’re a first-time driver you get a good 2+ minute safety and general briefing. If you stop on track the operators will SPRINT to you to get you out of trouble – mechanical failures on track are pretty much unheard of so it’s really them just pushing you back so you can get going again.
The indoor rental kart places are of course primarily geared towards the general public – non serious kart racers and of course corporate events. But you have to remember that Finland is a motorsports crazy place and a lot of their customers are very experienced in going to other rental kart places, so they know when they’ve got it good. Also a LOT of proper kart racers go to the indoor karting place – during the winter! Guys that race proper race karts during the summer won’t be content with crap rental karts… they’ll pay a bit more for quality.
Also Finland has a lot of kart racers – and when Mr.Joe Average thinks he’ll take his family karting and he has a kart racer friend of course that kart racer friend will tell him to go to the best place. Being crap gets you a crap reputation real fast.
I’m building a track database on KartingAsia.com and this thread has confirmed that I’ll include a review-commenting system for each track… so that anyone that has rented karts there can post reviews. Hopefully it can at least provide operators with ideas where to improve.
[quote=Ammar Shahbana]i wanna go to finland :up: thumbs up mikko :up: [/quote]
yea.. let’s go finland. let’s have a myKart annual trip ($$ on your own 😛 ) to finland for karting!!
[quote=edwynlow][quote=Ammar Shahbana]i wanna go to finland :up: thumbs up mikko :up: [/quote]
yea.. let’s go finland. let’s have a myKart annual trip ($$ on your own 😛 ) to finland for karting!![/quote]
special round 11 for my-kart DRIVERS series?
[quote=mikko]Also Finland has a lot of kart racers – and when Mr.Joe Average thinks he’ll take his family karting and he has a kart racer friend of course that kart racer friend will tell him to go to the best place. Being crap gets you a crap reputation real fast.[/quote]
thanks for the commentary there bro.
it is interesting that karting in finland is so well developed… but then again, the finns are racing crazy. if they are not karting, they are rallying.
i dream of malaysia being at this level with regards to karting so that we can produce our own homegrown racing heroes.
You have to try it bro….. 😀 niceeeeeeee!!
I plan to have a spin last weekend, but they closed for public $#@%$#^&^&@!!!
[quote=bosozoku]You have to try it bro….. 😀 niceeeeeeee!!
I plan to have a spin last weekend, but they closed for public $#@%$#^&^&@!!!
[/quote]urm… where exactly? 😕
[quote=TheFazz][quote=edwynlow][quote=Ammar Shahbana]i wanna go to finland :up: thumbs up mikko :up: [/quote]
yea.. let’s go finland. let’s have a myKart annual trip ($$ on your own 😛 ) to finland for karting!![/quote]
special round 11 for my-kart DRIVERS series?[/quote]
wonder if this can really be arranged, huh fazz?
[quote=bosozoku]am talking about Sepang track arr hahaha…..
was watching tv bro.. very2 late reply
[/quote]haven’t try that track before.. went there twice and there were people training. then only i got to know that weekends are for training.. not open to public ;( but i really love to try the track
Will be at CK on 31/8 afternoon (weather permitting) to warm-up a bit (shake of the dust & rust) after missing the last round and have not driven a kart for about 2 months oledi 🙁 .
Let’s see which [b]BUAYA[/b](s) will be there to do their stealth run!
Sorry to hear that Zul was dissappointed at the Sepang track closure….was it the weekened when UEM had their Inter Sports Club karting competition at ELITE?…I gathered that about 30 CK 80cc karts plus all the mechanics (that’s why they could’nt open the Sepang track) they could muster were transported to the ELITE track. Anyway please do make some calls to check track availability before making long trips to the following:
Sepang Track – Ah Boi (CK) – 012 385 4029
ELITE Track – Ibrahim (KKW) – 012 213 3881 / 016 605 0150
Shah Alam Track – Wan Shin – (CK) – 012 375 8050
OVERSEAS:
Any Finnish Track – Mikko – 012…..
Any Emirates Track – Capt Razmyn –
Any Vietnamese Track – Patrick Nohad – 017..
Not sure if anyone remembers about the Penchala Kart track(now is Suzuki showroom)(that’s where i also started my karting ;)), but they did have some of the things mentioned by Mikko. Sadly the karts were crap after a while…. I remembered i had one kart which just had masking tape on the bottom of the seat to cover hole…. Also the track was tight.
They had a good idea, sadly i think crap karts costed em…
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