We took it over as of the beginning of this year and the inconsistency issue was the biggest thing on our list to work on.
We added six brand new karts/engines and tore the other eleven down to the bare frames. we’ve built up six so far with two more on the stands right now so we’ll have 14 available soon. We have them pretty consistent although on any given day one may have better tires than the next as the biggest variable. We’ve made some changes in configuration too - all harder rental tires on the rears (always the same size with matching wheels) and all race tires on the fronts (always the same size tires and wheels). The karts now respond to turn-in a lot better but the backs are still free enough that they do rotate rather than bind up and kill momentum as they did sometimes previously.
The set-up is working it seems - we had two guys running 41 second laps last Wednesday during the weekly Rental Kart Racing tournament. That is as fast of laps as I’ve ever seen these karts turn. We also have enough spares now that if a kart goes down, we just put the person right in to a waiting kart.
We’ve added a bunch of other ace karts too - we now have Kid Karts, Cadets, Yamahas, TAGs and Shifters available to rent. Good fun.
Dan
Awesome. I definitely have to make it back out there. I had ton of fun last time and once I was way out in front I started carrying more speed through the turns and was having fun sliding through each turn. I’ll have to try and get some guys from work to come out some afternoon.