By Colin Wood
Jun 11, 2020
A shifter kart already has the potential to be exhilarating on its own, but what happens when you replace its stock motor with a rotary engine from a 1975 Hercules W2000 motorcycle?
Lots of noise, lots of speed and lots of sketchy driving. Also, please don't try this at home.
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6/11/20 8:48 a.m.
My old Birel/Honda RS125 shifter would do 110+ and run out of gear on the front straight at Summit Point. The 250cc karts would supposedly do 140 there. I believe it as they would go past me like I was tied to a tree. It's crazy just how fast a 250 shifter kart goes!!!!!!
6/11/20 1:30 p.m.
psssh thats only a Sachs 303, imagine if it was an OMC 538 :)
6/11/20 9:16 p.m.
Wow, that is way slower than I was expecting.
6/11/20 10:15 p.m.
It sounds like they're short shifting in the lower gears instead of winding it out.
6/12/20 8:26 a.m.
If you've never had the opportunity to drive a shifter kart, you should put it on your "bucket list".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C6rXSjpdLz0
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