2 live jr

[eternalife]

Little'un looks like he understands the motors a lot better than his competition!
do u talk him through lines etc? or does he tend to go with it and find his own?
I do like the fact that his not over aggressive either - seems disciplined and waits for his opportunities

Probably too far for you northerners - I did Hoddesdon a few years back.
Nice long circuit (over 1k long) in 320 cc karts (2x160cc).
I do remember someone saying its where Lewis Hamilton first started up although I havent bothered to check personally.
Was a good experience, we rented the track to ourselves - 15minutes qualifying and 45minute race (laptimes displayed digitally too).

But if you gent's fancy coming where its warmer (slightly), i'd be up for it.

[2 live]

no mate. cant take any credit for his style. its all down to him. throw him in a kart n let him loose, thats what hes come up with lol.

[stevie_b]

I did Hoddesdon a few years back.

I'd definitely do it if we went there - it's the track I go to most anyway. £40 for the day if you have your own kart, so pretty cheap really. A full day is too much for my fitness levels anyway so usually share and it's just £20 each!

[Wobba]

A full day is too much for my fitness levels anyway so usually share and it's just £20 each!

Too right! It is a demanding sport. My fitness is not high enough for long sessions anymore either! Need to get to the gym :D

When I was young I did karting and was pretty good :D Thing is I had a good advantage as I was a skinny little bugger back then and power to weight was in my favour.

Went with my uncle who was semi pro or something, he used big karts with gears and stupid top speeds for such small vehicles.

[stevie_b]

Yeah, even my non-gearbox one does 100 mph. The superkarts can do 160+ I think, but you need a big track to play on! I have a GPS data logger for the Clio that I think should just power off the 12v battery (I have a TAG kart) so I will give that a go next year and post up the trace with speeds on it - no idea what they'd be at the mo but could probably work it out based on cog sizes since I have a rev counter and know I hit about 12k on the straight at Rye House.

[simonr85]

Yeah, even my non-gearbox one does 100 mph. The superkarts can do 160+ I think, but you need a big track to play on! I have a GPS data logger for the Clio that I think should just power off the 12v battery (I have a TAG kart) so I will give that a go next year and post up the trace with speeds on it - no idea what they'd be at the mo but could probably work it out based on cog sizes since I have a rev counter and know I hit about 12k on the straight at Rye House.

12k??? is that it???

I hit 17k in the R6 Kart

anyone know where i can take it for a few top speed test runs??? need to practice high speed runs for pod!!

[2 live]

i know a nice little road ;)

[simonr85]

where is it mate??? any chance of rozzers turning up???

[2 live]

errrrr not really seen any coppers up there tbh. does get a little bumpy, but iv raced many a bike over there lol......btw...apparently its the road that jamie whitham learnt how to ride fast on......;)

[2 live]

little clip of his 1st outdoor day....was a test day at hooton park, lot of quick kids there. and quick karts lol

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LDB702NYh4s



kinda held his own against a couple of team riders....showin them they werent comin past lol.