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Just to let you guys know, the karts have arrived a few weeks ago and are ready for purchase. We’ll have some karts running with Max engines once our container arrives back from Surabaya (engines are in there).
CityKarting has also bought some so you should be able to view them there as well – don’t know if they are for resale or for rental use.
Thanks Jules,
Yes we took the front-end off an Intrepid that I did my running-in and testing with on Thurs-Friday in order to be able to fit the front-brakes that arrived on Friday along with the Storm karts.
The Intrepid I was using for practice was a bent chassis that had been straightened on our chassis jig at KRS. I was doing very competitive laptimes in it without front brakes. I’m sure that kart is for sale as well ;).
But anyway more on front brakes. We can fit the Storm with Intrepid front brakes for those that want them. The front brake system on its own including the stub axles, hubs, etc. us pricey with a retail price of RM6250, but we can probably drop that closer to RM4000 with a nice discount for Storm buyers and if we keep the unused hubs and stub axles off the storm (they can be sold as spares). This makes the price of a hand front brake kart about RM12,500, which is still a lot less than any other name-brand kart on the market without front brakes.
Front brakes are really only necessary if you’re racing in the Max Challenge. For hobby karters they don’t add much excitement, and you probably can’t use them in CK open 125 (??) and similar events. Laptime-wise they only improve your time by about half a tenth or so at most tracks – that’s after you’ve learned to use them. For overtaking/defending drivers that have front brakes they are essential.
Btw another positive about the Storm that I realised last weekend is that it is fairly lightweight. Probably about 2kg lighter than the Intrepid karts, which are already quite lightweight. I’m not sure if the main weight savings is from the different sidepods or somewhere else.
Oh and yes I’ve got a good base-setup for the kart and that info will certainly change hands to new Storm owners ;).
You can download the full Storm pricelist (all parts etc), HERE.
You’ll notice that replacing a bent frame will only set you back RM2,800, compared to about RM5,000 for most high-end karts.
Hey Guys,
It took ages for us to actually get any of the karts to arrive in Malaysia – our first ones arrived on Friday last week, with a large shipment scheduled to arrive on the 28th of this month.
After our first units arrived last Friday I raced one with KRS Motorsports in the opening round of the Rotax Challenge, and with limited (zero) testing we managed a 2nd place finish in the pre-final and final after two 3rds in the heats. I said I wouldn’t be surprised if it was on par with the normal fleet of race karts, so I wasn’t surprised, but it was good to have my expectations confirmed!
Here’s a picture of the kart running in 2nd place in the final. I dropped to 4th on the start after a bit of off-roading. This is a lap or two after I regained 2nd place.
We haven’t had a lot of time to set up the kart but my first impressions are that it is a predictable kart to drive, and responds well to setup changes. The front-end is really responsive on turn-in and the back end is nicely planted on corner-exit. Most drivers were complaining of understeer entering corners but I was actually dialing out front end grip all weekend!
The result speaks volumes as to the kart’s capabilities. I wasn’t completely happy with my engine performance either!
The retail price of the kart is now set at RM8,500, but I’ve been told we can still give My-Karters a special deal on it for a limited time. If we get several buyers we can drop the price further.
Also we’ll have a demo unit set up with a Rotax engine for My-Karters to sample. Any potential buyers interested in a test drive? Reply here, email me, or call me.
Disclaimer: I didn’t race the kart in the exact configuration it arrived in. We changed the front stub axles to accommodate a front brake system, and I used magnesium rims. I also put on an Intrepid steering wheel.
First vid is shifter karts on a low grip track. Enough power and gears make it easy to drift. Looks like the 2nd vid has steel belts around the rear tyres for extremely low grip.
If you put extra hard rental kart tyres on the rear of say a Rotax powered kart and keep racing tyres on the front you’ll have quite a capable drift kart.
Because of a locked rear axle you need very little grip or lots of power for sustained drifting.
But why in the world would you want to drift a kart? I sometimes throw the kart sideways for fun for a few corners on an in-lap after a race or just at the end of a practice day.. but driving karts as fast as you can is a lot more fun ;).
[quote=Jules]Looks good and priced very well, for a European kart!
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Yup – it is veeery close to the Chinese made SQ kart on price.[quote=Jules]
So, do I get the test? ;)[/quote]
Sure![quote=rizalkhalid]but this is just the rolling chasis without engine rite?[/quote]
Yes! The term “rolling chassis” as Julian pointed out is usually a kart without tyres, engine, sprocket+chain. Right now for My-Karters the price includes a set of tyres as well. With a new Senior Rotax the price would be RM7,500+RM9,200 = RM16,700.I believe the current market low price for a “big-brand” rolling chassis is RM14,000 (I think Birel and Intrepid are similar on price locally).
Extremely good (2009) condition Rotax engines can be bought for around RM7000, while older engines for RM5000 or less.
Another benefit to this kart is that it uses SKM parts, which are pretty much interchangeable with Intrepid – so parts supply won’t be a problem in Malaysia. (Intrepid/SKM are the same company)
[quote=hanifcd]The sidepod looks like it came from OTK karts apart from the nose.[/quote]
Looks a bit like OTK – but they are the “[url=http://www.kgkarting.com/tabid/269/ProductID/150/Default.aspx]KG Duo Evo[/url]” sidepods along with the Buru nosecone and number panel ;).[quote=hanifcd]It’ll be great for CK 125 Open drivers :D[/quote]
It fits the CK 125 like a glove ;).When I heard of the pricing I really couldn’t believe it. It’s effectively a race kart at near 50% of the cost. I’ll reserve full judgment until I drive it but it’s based off an Intrepid design so I expect it to be a very capable kart. The price is extremely low because it is ordered in large quantities (and not homologating it also saves $$) so assuming that cheap=low quality wouldn’t be right in this case 😉 – if only 3-5 karts were brought in it would be priced a lot higher.
When the kart comes in the first thing I want to do is to do a proper test with it comparing it to my current race kart (Intrepid Sirius).
To futher sweeten the deal any My-Kart members that purchase the kart you also get a set of tyres to go with the kart (not Mojo though ;), but rather Indo tyres).
It’ll be interesting to see how it goes, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was on-par on laptimes with race karts that are double the price.
Just by sheer coincidence the trailer guy will be at the Speedway PLUS/Elite kart track tomorrow for a bit.
Let me know if you can and are interested in meeting him tomorrow.
There is a guy (an Aussie perhaps) that has a company that makes trailers – used by the motocross crowd.
Don’t have his contact details though and can’t remember what the company was called. I’ll try to find out for you.
sulky many of the questions you ask depend on what regulations you’re following. A good place to have a look at the grand daddy of karting regulations is http://www.cikfia.com. You can download all the sporting and technical regulations there. They’re a bit of a read but you can search the pdf files and they cover pretty much everything.
Those are the main regulations sanctioned karting events abide by – and then they have their own series regulations – for example the regulations for Rotax Max Challenges can be found on maxchallenge-rotax.com.
And then of my-kart has their own regulations which you can adapt.
Yes if the minimum weight is defined as 70kg for the driver then for that category a driver weighing 53 would have to add 17kg of lead. I believe My-Kart has a lighter category as well though ;).
[quote=sulkyb]sepang track at 1st turn!!! cone oso not enuff i think….lol…..that 1st corner no need brakes i think oni turn 2 must brake…..so i think if u take a wider angle turning into turn 1 meaning running wide ( beyond) white line…….just close eyes and sapu b4 coming to turn 2……..i feel its dangerous to other drivers……but need to know if this kindda move is legal or nt……
[/quote]You run out of the “extra road” a bit too early to be able to make much use of it there – you have to turn in too early if you’re way out there. In the wet with a Rotax that area can be very handy though ;).
Yeah not a good idea driving around where a car can hit you.
[quote=Jules]
Also, karts use special plugs and they DO NOT LIKE SLOW SPEED running so please PUSH your kart into position rather than drive it….unless its heading straight out to track![/quote]
Just to add a bit more – Rotax Clutches and clutches in general don’t like going slow either. The clutch doesn’t wear out much on track because it is always locked but if you drive it around in the pits you’re putting a lot of wear on it. You should always push the kart around the pits and idle with it as little as possible._________
Yeah the kart was sold a long time ago ;).
At the moment we don’t have any used Intrepid karts for sale – all last year’s karts have either been sold or are in use.
New ones are available though!
[quote=Jules]Mikko,
In short –
1) one can buy the Intrepid/DD2 pacakage for 26K.[/quote]
Yes anyone can walk in and buy it for RM26,000, but that is not including tyres.[quote]
2) as above but at 24.75K if u join all 5 races next year…..
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With the intention to race you also get 1 set of free tyres – this will be the first set you use during a race – given to you free of charge at the race meeting.You’ll need to buy a set at least to get the kart running – but that is the only thing other than fuel/oil that you need to add on top of the kart cost.
But as I mentioned – you can get a price [b]better[/b] than RM26,000 so come talk to us. (calling Naza)
“KRS Cash” is just like a gift card for any purchases from KRS Motorsports including race tyres, engine parts, kart parts.
So to clarify the entry fees for – you still pay the RM250 entry fee at the track – but you get this given back to you in “KRS Cash.”
[quote]PLUS race coaching from you – 3 days! ( for offer deal 2 & 3 only rite?)[/quote]
Yeah![quote]
For my opinon…..DD2 is very good for recreational karting as well….no chain lube messing up ur suit, simple enough unlike a shifter…..and certainly wun burn a large hole running it. 🙂 [/quote]
The no-chain saves most of the cleaning work. I still get fooled when I see John King’s kart come back from a practice session and think “wow it’s already been cleaned”.
