Run what you brung Karting

[DazBock]

Hi

I am considering 'investing' in a go-kart with a few friends thinking it'll be a good laugh every few weekends. We don't want to get involved in a series of any sort but are rather hoping we can go to tracks every now and again for our own amusement.

So is RWYB karting an actual thing? I live in Bedfordshire but don't know where to start looking. Google wasn't helpful. Grateful for the help.

Daz

[6nreece]

you can try tilbury mate might be bit of journey for ya.. theres no website there tho.... i think rye house does rwyb aswell

[EDLT]

You could do test days. Don't call it a go-kart though, the hardcore karters are a bit precious.

[angrymoby]

Whilton Mill do test days ...£50 a day & usually a Wednesday iirc

[RB Will]

As said it depends where you go. I looked into doing this before by all my local tracks would not let you have your own kart there for insurance reasons. Annoying as they let people bring their own mini motos.

Llandow let you go and do test sessions in your own kart.

[angrymoby]

RB Will said:

As said it depends where you go. I looked into doing this before by all my local tracks would not let you have your own kart there for insurance reasons. Annoying as they let people bring their own mini motos.

Llandow let you go and do test sessions in your own kart.

Probably is to do with insurance & the MSA, as Whilton & Llandow are both MSA tracks ...& as Birmingham Wheels is no longer, you can't test there anymore

[brierleys]

RB Will said:

As said it depends where you go. I looked into doing this before by all my local tracks would not let you have your own kart there for insurance reasons. Annoying as they let people bring their own mini motos.

Must be specific to that track but the rule won't have been imposed by the MSA. I'm guessing that might be Daytona and they are very "corporate". Have a look at www.karting.co.uk for a full UK track directory, a forum with advice and a for sale board. Rye House in Hoddesdon would also be a good place to start.

Edited by brierleys on Monday 18th June 14:12

[Some Gump]

OP, I'm sure if you contact the local "proper2 track to you they'll let you join / do test days. If they do, I'd heartily reccomend a Parilla Reed (TT31) or Sirio from the same era. They're not raceable any more, so should have low value - start every time, and people used to run them to 21k revs. Stick to 17,5 and they'll run for ages.
Might be worth checking re noise though, Karitng has changed a lot since I was involved!

[GavinPearson]

If you're in Bedfordshire I think the best thing to do is go to Rye House for a day and take a look at what people are running, what goes fast, who seems to drive well. Ask the people who know what they are doing if they race, and if so where at and which series.

Research is essential, because it may mean the piece of kit you've just bought can't be run anywhere. As an example, finding a place where I could run a Zip / Yamaha TD3DX 250 was a nightmare and making it comply with noise standards was even worse. A simple 100cc kart can be run anywhere and should be relatively inexpensive to purchase. Get a copy of Karting magazine and look at the classifieds.