Kart guys: Parilla Leopard TAGs?

[motion]

I've been out of the kart scene for years. A few buddies and I are looking at picking up some 2-3 year old karts with Parilla Leopards. WE WILL NOT BE SUCKED IN TO RACING. These are just for fun, cheap trackday goofing around days. Don't want to go to shifter karts.... too complex. Any downside with these? They seem to be readily available used.

[TheMentat]

They were fairly popular up here a few years ago when I was racing karts, and I think their popularity has grown since. Similar in performance to the Rotax Max I was racing at the time, but I don't have any seat time in one. If I were to offer any advice, it would be to just check on parts availability. You'll have a blast!

[Jim Bremner]

I raced Rotax Max for 5 years. The parilla might be the way to go. The cost of the rotax parts are JACKED upby the importer.

Rotax's will run strong for 50 hours before a bottom end,

If I had my choice for a high hp fun kart it would be a Bilandsa250
YouTube - Nick@Tibury 10.4.10. Biland

It makes 26 hp wich is down 2hp from the rotax and leopard. and only revs to I think 10,500 where the rotax will run to 14,500 and the leopard a bit more.

Where the Biland rules is torque, It's like having a bigblock Chevy in a Mclaren M8

I rented one for ten laps at a track. It would step out a litlle coming out of the corner! My Rotax would bog out of the corner.

They also run 200 hrs between majors.

[Jim Bremner]

If "at the beach" is in Soul Cal, I would love to come out and help on a track day in exchange for 20 laps an hour.

[Jim Bremner]

did I kill this thread?

[dd74]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

did I kill this thread?

No, you didn't kill it. Karting has always interested me. How much does something like what you posted cost? And what's the maintenance costs for engines, tires, gas, etc? Does it use race fuel?

[Schumi]

Karting in Socal-

who knows of a track that allows open track practice?

I'm wanting to get back into shifter karts but just for track practice, not racing, no league time. But I can't seem to find any tracks that have open track days. They are all schools or club races.

[PRE-H20]

Richard....

Send me a pm or your email address.... the big day is coming and I need your address....

Alex

[motion]

Originally Posted by Schumi

Karting in Socal-

who knows of a track that allows open track practice?

I'm wanting to get back into shifter karts but just for track practice, not racing, no league time. But I can't seem to find any tracks that have open track days. They are all schools or club races.

Adams has open practice days on Sundays that I know of. Probably other days, too. I picked up a used kart and had a blast with it first time out, although there was no grip from the new Bridgestone tires. Will have to figure out how to deal with that.

[motion]

Originally Posted by PRE-H20

Richard....

Send me a pm or your email address.... the big day is coming and I need your address....

Alex

Alex! Sending PM now....

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by motion

Adams has open practice days on Sundays that I know of. Probably other days, too. I picked up a used kart and had a blast with it first time out, although there was no grip from the new Bridgestone tires. Will have to figure out how to deal with that.

What are the 3 letters on the side of the tires? there's various compounds.

all tracks have open practice. Apex, Grange, Willow, Button Willow, & Adams but you need to call ahead.

If I had a play kart it would be a Biland!

[motion]

Ykc...

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by motion

Ykc...

they should hook up! what AP?

[Admin at Pelican Parts]

Originally Posted by Schumi

Karting in Socal-

who knows of a track that allows open track practice?

I'm wanting to get back into shifter karts but just for track practice, not racing, no league time. But I can't seem to find any tracks that have open track days. They are all schools or club races.

I use to race and do open practice at Apex Racing, Lake Perris

[michael pagano]

rotax runs the best national series by far(regionals, nats, panam, Florida winter tour). However for mostly club racing a leopard is the way to go.

[michael pagano]

and YLC, something with a L, is the new tire i think, YKC was terrible, even worse tehn the YHC.

[Zeke]

I haven't been to a kart track in years. We used to run the Yamaha KT 100. About 16 HP. That'll get you up into the 60MPH zone at Adams. For fun, that's plenty good enough. When you screw up at 60, you might as well be doing 100. When you screw up at 100, you may not be going directly home that day.

The above written by someone who raced karts from age 14 to age 47.

[Jim Bremner]

A screw up at Adams at 40 you might not be going home that day!

I hit the pit fence at a decent clip it wasn't fun. tore the knees up pretty bad. It happened 2/1/2002 and my knees are still damaged.

[Schumi]

At the last practice near the end of my most recent karting career, I got off track, tried to ride it out, and hit a steel & concrete sewer manhole cover that was invisible in some tall grass. Flipped the kart end-over-end, landed on my head.

Kart still attached to my ass.

[Zeke]

I went ass over tea kettle twice in that career. Walked away from both. I watched more than a few times when the track was red flagged and some poor sumbi!tch went away with red lights flashing.

You can get hurt doing anything and I've heard that snow skiing is far more dangerous than karting. My point is that you don't need a whole lot of HP (speed) to have fun if that's what you want to do.

And here's a very important theory: when there is a race going on with a matched class participating that has qualified under the scrutiny of the race organizers, you have a good chance of having a safe race.

Now, open the track to some guys "having fun" and see what happens. That's when I saw the worst injuries.