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Cesar Rull
Joined: 08 Sep 2012
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Location: United States, Florida, Pembroke Pines
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We are on the same page Jeff. I am not sure why some of these guys think I am going to race the first weekend I am out with the kart. I don't want get hurt and most importantly I want to hurt ANYONE else.
I am taking my time and building my part one component at a time. Guess what the result it? I know more than the guy who bought it all and had a shop put it together. I have tons to learn but I least I can tear down my kart and put back together. This had given me opportunity to learn a ton about my kart. (not driving I am not implying I am a good drive at all nor that I am an expert).
It was obvious to turn n the pipe over, but in all honestly I like the RVL logo on the side of the kart and I was concerned with the hock points not lining up. |
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John Matthews
Joined: 04 Dec 2004
Posts: 1989
Location: United States, Michigan, Williamsburg
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| jeff grose wrote: | Cesar
Don't discount what these guys are saying. My son started on dirt karts, wanted to move up to sprint karts, i bought him a used but good Easykart 125 as a start, he practiced almost 6 months at all the tracks in Fla. before actually entering a race, trust me it was a learning experience for both of us, so 1 day my son says "hey dad why don't you take the kart for a spin" so I did, now i've driven an IMSA car at Sebring (1979/80 12hrs) and i thought this will be a piece of cake and i'll show my son a thing or two, I ran the kart a few laps and came in, got out of the kart and he says "well, what do you think" and I says " Son, you're on your own, it's to close to the ground, it's to fast and i'm way to old!" Trust me I'm not to embarrassed to admit this either.
With this being said, I've seen a couple of guys with Tag kart experience jump into a shifter kart for the first time saying "watch this lap I lay down" and what idiots they looked like, one couldn't even make thru the first 180 turn without spinning and killing the motor, didn't even make one lap!
Now, I love my son, and he is itching to get into a shifter and i have to convince him to master his 2nd Tag kart first, this is his 2nd Tag chassis in 4 yrs and going from a Birel 30mm chassis to a Gillard 32mm chassis has been quite a learning curve as the tracks we run at (FKCS) conditions change from yr. to yr., 1 yr. raining, next yr. hot and dry, if you stay in karting long enough you'll find this out,
All i'm implying as are the rest of the guys on this forum, take your time, don't jump in over your head as it will not be fun and that is a VERY, VERY important thing in karting, take your time, learn the kart, learn to drive, and don't forget, when you learn those two things, it will be fun to race.
I'm not being critical of you or the questions you've asked on this forum.
if you want to, you can pm me,i'll give you my phone # and we'll talk
Thanks for reading this Cesar. |
I started karting in 1977. This is what it can be about, people helping each other so the competition is good and everyone has fun.
Cesar, I'm glad you finally had a chance to drive a Rotax. As helpful as this forum is it can't compare with actually getting out to the track. Please take Jeff up on his offer, I'm sure it will be quite helpful in the long run. Also please consider volunteering at your local club while you are getting up to speed with your new kart. It's very likely you won't be ready for racing for a while (like most drivers starting out) but working a corner or helping out on the grid will give you a chance to meet the folks you'll be racing with and gain an understanding of the rhythm of a typical race day. There's a lot to learn if you want to be proficient with karting and learning from others experience will save money, time, and heartache as well as some physical pain.
One final thought. Before you start your own "Rib Pain" thread take the time to read some of the others on the forum. I'm sure a lot of the questions you'll have are already answered there.
Cheers,
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Brian Degulis
Joined: 13 Aug 2012
Posts: 415
Location: United States, Florida,
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Ceasar I find the search function on this forum to be pretty useless. Based on the suggestion of another member I started using google to search. Just ask the question and add ekartingnews in your search and it will pull up relevant posts/threads.
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Cesar Rull
Joined: 08 Sep 2012
Posts: 317
Location: United States, Florida, Pembroke Pines
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:14 am Post subject: |
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^ yep, I started to do the same and it works much better.
Thanks for the input John. The volunteering idea is pretty good and make sense. |
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Tyson Henry
Joined: 10 Aug 2011
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Location: United States, Texas, Arlington
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| Brian Degulis wrote: | Ceasar I find the search function on this forum to be pretty useless. Based on the suggestion of another member I started using google to search. Just ask the question and add ekartingnews in your search and it will pull up relevant posts/threads.
Brian |
Really good advice. I do the same thing.
Make sure to add site:ekartingnews.com though. This will only allow results from this domain name. |
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