adjacentidea, sorry to hear there aren't many places for you to enjoy karting. out my way the associations and clubs are embroiled in so much politics that the sport is degrading very quickly and it's not much fun.
well Miraenda, we've come a long way since the days of the wooden go-kart. i used to be pretty ignorant of the technology that went into todays go-kart until i started shopping for one. it's pretty amazing when you find out that alot of them are made from chrome molly metals bent to perfection with aero space grade welding.
you got some pretty hard G forces going around corners (just ask my constantly bruised ribs, kidney and knees) and i'd be lying if i told you how much exactly but it's alot more than race car drivers get due to the design of the karts (small and quick to react with no suspension to speak of).
comparing them to race cars you'll find that go-karts are actually faster than most which surprised me alot and i argued this point with a friend until he proved me wrong with some quick mathamatics. basically he proved that they cover more ground more consistently and quicker. something to do with corner speeds being alot slower for larger vehicles so their overall performance lags on average.
anyhoo, enough of the boring chitty chatter, check me out in action the very first time i went out. it was filmed on a digital camera so don't expect any awards for quality.
hope this works btw
just go
here and save the file cause i'm not sure if it'll work by just clicking on it.
cheers
