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I sold all of my Tony  karts

I only have one FA kart, which it’s a Blue Tony kart and 2 cadet karts ( Birels)

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Also wanted to let you guys know about the kart
It is a 2017 VLR 4 cycle style ( Italian made ) small tubing and I think somewhat soft chassis
I am 6’2″ tall and fat too about 202Lbs
Everything on the kart is stock, axle is stock as well. with 40mm axle and at the right rear they only come with one axle bearing and cassette, that’s how they all come.
I currently adjusted the rear ride hight all the way down, meaning I lowered the frame closer to the ground.

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Steve and Jim
Thank you, so much for your reply and your input, I’ve been trying to thank you both for a long time, but the forum is going through some major repairs and was not able to log in for a long time.

Yes, I went real wide at rear axle, moved my seat all the way forward and my distance from back of seat from axle is now about 10″ at this point being comfortable I don’t think is what this kart needs, I’m a tall driver, and have always set up my karts to my hight, but for these LO206 I think the only way to go is uncomfortable and undriveable, and hard to handle ( Lose ) I think this might be the only way to go fast.

Yes, at this moment I have removed seat struts, gone real wide at rear axle, I can try to remove all caster, I just don’t know if I need caster to jack up a little bit yet, I think you guys are right about front bar removal, this track gets extremely grippy, and unfortunately our tires are mandatory (YLC’s)
Well I’ve done all these adjustments, now I’m gonna have to go and test is, and see what happens, I will keep you all posted. Thank you. FastFreddy.

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I sent you an email the other day

Can you please send me some pictures of all that stuff, please?

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Well, using the logic

It wasn’t binding before the wreck

You hit the barriers and they moved 15 to 20 feet ( that’s a good impact )

I have kissed/brushed barriers in the past and bent a bunch of crap

If you said that the king pin bolts are good, and it was already doing this with the old king pins, but you only replaced them to be safe, then there’s no need to check for over tightened king pin nuts ( although I would ) It’s always a good idea to loosen up king pin bolts and re tighten them again, but very important not to over tighten or else you’ll choke it and will make it hard to steer, plus will develop premature wear of spindle bearings.

Also another thing to consider, when you set it down on the ground and trying to steer, now you are pushing and pulling on whatever cracks or bends there could be on the frame, think of it as the wheels are trying to separate from side to side as you try to steer. So if you have that much confidence in what you see to the naked eye, and people’s advise may not be good enough to what already looks obvious to you, then it may be a good time to send it in to a shop and let the professionals deal with it.

 

Here in Central Cali, and Southern Cali we have plenty of people who can do frame work, not to mention, they do bring their awesome set up to every race.

Good luck to you.

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Dan, there is a big possibility you may have installed the spindle/king pin spacers backwards, or upside down, also big chance you may have accidentally installed your caster pills wrong, giving the chassis too much positive caster, or your steering shaft installed wrong at the inner tie rod ends, from the wrong setting holes.

It is very important to double check how it used to be before

I hope you snipped your camber and tow?

Otherwise you may have a bent chassis, I would send it to a table for adjustments and to make sure it’s straight, but check all that other stuff I mentioned first. Any chance you can post pictures?

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The green one is just a vent hose, that’s why it goes to the overflow bottle (catch can)

The clear white one goes to the engine.

Make sure to disconnect the green one from the catch can, and blow through it, disconnect the one at the engine (carburetor feed ) till it bleeds out, so that you remove air pockets, let it drip for a bit, then hook it back up.

This is very important to do before you start the engine, and you may have to do that though out your race heats or practice sessions, or when you notice air pockets on the fuel line.

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Matthew, welcome to the sport

Looks like you are interested in running dirt tracks. You could run these thing on dirt, and they could be lots of fun, unfortunately they were designed for smaller European drivers. Fitting a bigger guy will be a challenge, as big seats are really difficult to install in a chassis, there is hope though.

Try to find a good used complete set up that already has an XXL seat on it, a 2001 Honda CR125 should be able to thrill you, but if not, a good TM ICC engine package will work very well. I wouldn’t run with the shifter kart guys, as you won’t be competitive, they are just way too fast, but you already mentioned you will only want it for fun, and for dirt tracks so no worries.

Look at your local tracks and clubs, kart shops and see if anybody has one available, also check your local CL, plus here in this forum there are plenty of them for sale at the classifieds all the time.

Please don’t be offended, but may be a good idea if you’re planning to shed some weight it will really help you, heck we all have the same issue here.

Anyhow, I hope this helps steering you in the right direction. Good luck.

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Sold.

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Pictures sent

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Sorry, Tom. I’ve been so busy that I never had a chance to look here all day, plus I’m setting up for a race this weekend.

I have full rollers, no bare frames, I currently have 2 complete karts set up for LO206, but I don’t have an issue removing the engines and making them full rollers for you, I just sold one, and now I only have 2 left.

 

Please send me yous email address and I can email you some pictures. Thank you. I am located in Bakersfield Ca. Shipping is no big deal for me.

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I do have OTK Tony Karts, been using them on the Yamaha class, LO206 class as well.

We do love them, they are super easy to tune, very fast out of the box, you can actually win races just by setting them up neutral.

Compared to your old Emik Tony karts are so much easier to drive, with a lot less effort to steer.

 

I do have 2 available older chassis if interested, they are extremely competitive still, my Son is not racing any more, and we don’t need 7 karts laying around the shop collecting dust. I have to get rid of all of our LO206 karts, and Yamaha karts.

 

2014 Green Tony Kart EVK chassis

2014 OTK Fernando Alonso Kart

 

Let me know if this would work for you

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Sweeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you guys!

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How much is registration at Laguna Seca this year?

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