I rarely go to any garage sales anymore but while driving my son started yelling at me that we just passed a sale with some cool stuff including a go-kart. My wife wasn't so happy when we returned home with the truck loaded with these two items 
First was this 49cc crotch rocket style mini motorcycle. Seller assured me the engine is good but it needs work of course. For $20 I had to buy it
Then there was the go-kart my son saw. Too bad it was just sold for $25 but however it was only a rolling chassis. The seller told me he had another one he was considering selling. So I had to at least look at it then ended up buying it for $100. It needed some work too,but as you can see in the pictures it was well worth the cost. It's a Murray with a 6hp Tecumseh on it originally sold by Wal-Mart.
The engine wasn't firing,found the coil switch wires bolted directly to the frame grounding it out. Also the air filter was missing. Fixed those and it runs great. The clutch(upgraded to a torque converter clutch) was stuck so the wheels were driven all the time. A bad spring(stretched so I cut and reshaped the end) and cleaning and that was fixed. The seat and roll bars were not bolted on so I bought some bolts and fixed that. Last thing needed was kill switch. Purchased and installed that too. Total investment now is $125 but we already got our money's worth running it around the yard this afternoon.
My wife got over it quick,even drove it herself today Only downside is my r/c funds are gone for a while again :shrug:
First was this 49cc crotch rocket style mini motorcycle. Seller assured me the engine is good but it needs work of course. For $20 I had to buy it
Then there was the go-kart my son saw. Too bad it was just sold for $25 but however it was only a rolling chassis. The seller told me he had another one he was considering selling. So I had to at least look at it then ended up buying it for $100. It needed some work too,but as you can see in the pictures it was well worth the cost. It's a Murray with a 6hp Tecumseh on it originally sold by Wal-Mart.
The engine wasn't firing,found the coil switch wires bolted directly to the frame grounding it out. Also the air filter was missing. Fixed those and it runs great. The clutch(upgraded to a torque converter clutch) was stuck so the wheels were driven all the time. A bad spring(stretched so I cut and reshaped the end) and cleaning and that was fixed. The seat and roll bars were not bolted on so I bought some bolts and fixed that. Last thing needed was kill switch. Purchased and installed that too. Total investment now is $125 but we already got our money's worth running it around the yard this afternoon.
My wife got over it quick,even drove it herself today
Only downside is my r/c funds are gone for a while again :shrug:
