05-07-2015, 10:20 AM
Aha, I just discovered this section of the forum and thought I could post something non-Porsche, about kids, having fun and about... well... cars ;-)
Some 3 years back, when my son son Marc was only 5 years old I thought it would be time for him to have his own ride. As everybody else in this situation I thought about a V8 or so, but to keep a peaceful neighbourhood I then decided to go electric.
I bought an ordinary pedal-gokart and modified it heavily... like everything else I drive :-)
First I reinforced the chassis and the front axle, crafted an additional rear frame to build a home for the 20mm ball beared axle and an electric motor. As Marc was only 5 I thought I should stay prudent and choose one with only 750Watt / 1 hp ;-)
As I planed to go jogging while the kid drives and as I wanted the kart to climb every hill, I geared it to only a good 20km/h. The power for the fun would then come out of a 16Ah LiPo-akku and controlled by an ecu.
To be fast - all of you know - you need good brakes! I installed a disc brake at the rear axle, 140mm in diameter and good to hold a grown-up on a mountain-bike downhill.
Sure I ripped out the stock plastic wheels and installed larger ones, real ones :-)
So you see, I actually only did, what we all do to our cars ;-)
Here I have a clip of the first test-drive. Marc was 5 at the time and - good luck - very reasonable. The quality is a bit poor and the comments in Swiss-german... good luck in understanding them ;-)
Having read the above, I am sure you get it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o49YQi07BE
Very soon I realized I have a problem!
Whenever Prinz Marc has something, Prinzess Stefanie - 3 years old back then - wants it too... or something even better!
So I crafted and welded a little wagen in a suitable pink that could be hooked up to the kart for the kids can both drive while their father tries to keep up with them.
Unfortunatelly I do not have a clip from back then, but here is a new one, taken just some days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ijd-_HTRnA
Ok, you see it is still running strong :-)
Have a great day, Kunz
Some 3 years back, when my son son Marc was only 5 years old I thought it would be time for him to have his own ride. As everybody else in this situation I thought about a V8 or so, but to keep a peaceful neighbourhood I then decided to go electric.
I bought an ordinary pedal-gokart and modified it heavily... like everything else I drive :-)
First I reinforced the chassis and the front axle, crafted an additional rear frame to build a home for the 20mm ball beared axle and an electric motor. As Marc was only 5 I thought I should stay prudent and choose one with only 750Watt / 1 hp ;-)
As I planed to go jogging while the kid drives and as I wanted the kart to climb every hill, I geared it to only a good 20km/h. The power for the fun would then come out of a 16Ah LiPo-akku and controlled by an ecu.
To be fast - all of you know - you need good brakes! I installed a disc brake at the rear axle, 140mm in diameter and good to hold a grown-up on a mountain-bike downhill.
Sure I ripped out the stock plastic wheels and installed larger ones, real ones :-)
So you see, I actually only did, what we all do to our cars ;-)
Here I have a clip of the first test-drive. Marc was 5 at the time and - good luck - very reasonable. The quality is a bit poor and the comments in Swiss-german... good luck in understanding them ;-)
Having read the above, I am sure you get it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o49YQi07BE
Very soon I realized I have a problem!
Whenever Prinz Marc has something, Prinzess Stefanie - 3 years old back then - wants it too... or something even better!
So I crafted and welded a little wagen in a suitable pink that could be hooked up to the kart for the kids can both drive while their father tries to keep up with them.
Unfortunatelly I do not have a clip from back then, but here is a new one, taken just some days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ijd-_HTRnA
Ok, you see it is still running strong :-)
Have a great day, Kunz
(This post was last modified: 05-07-2015, 10:22 AM by Kunz.)
