# Shifter-Kart on public streets (for 44 minutes!) with Video Goodness **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 25, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977 "2008-07-25T14:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SBC427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@SBC427](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SBC427)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/1 "2008-07-25T14:08:53Z")
> **[Shifter Kart Hits The Streets...The Public Streets!](https://jalopnik.com/399290/shifter-kart-hits-the-streetsthe-public-streets)** > > What you're going to see in this video is breathtakingly illegal, enormously stupid, and probably a bunch of fun. This is an out-take from the "Kartvader" DVD, a 44-minute romp through the night-time streets of Quebec on a two-cycle,... ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/2 "2008-07-25T14:16:05Z")
:lol so sick! ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/3 "2008-07-25T15:26:36Z")
I miss my old 125cc 6speed more and more every day… ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/4 "2008-07-26T20:24:26Z")
I’m jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/5 "2008-07-27T10:13:08Z")
> [@JClark](#): > > I miss my old 125cc 6speed more and more every day… HA! now just imagine the same thing, a little bit bigger, and with about 100hp more behind it :mwahaha I’ll let you drive it, then we can do some racing vids against a Pcar or two out here in the backroads. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/6 "2008-07-27T10:16:15Z")
That sounds incredibly safe :rofl ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/7 "2008-07-27T15:08:55Z")
> [@BENNYFIZZLE](#): > > That sounds incredibly safe :rofl Yup, a complete disregard to one’s own well being for sure. Might be up for a darwin award or two buu at least I’ll have fun in doing so :lol ---
**Author:** ![Gsickxty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Gsickxty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gsickxty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/8 "2008-07-28T07:45:50Z")
:crackup ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/9 "2008-07-28T09:09:01Z")
they prolly hear it and think its a bike and say screw it ---
**Author:** ![Gsickxty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Gsickxty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gsickxty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/10 "2008-07-28T09:54:09Z")
> [@mcflurry](#): > > they prolly hear it and think its a bike and say screw it IDK but i wish i had thing thing to ride thru colonie ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/11 "2008-07-28T13:54:30Z")
that be fun crusin down central or racin ppl on the extension lol little bumpy ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/12 "2008-07-28T14:13:57Z")
that is fuckin awesome… how much does one of those cost? i seriously would consider getting one and doing that around here… :confused ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/13 "2008-07-28T17:43:37Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > that is fuckin awesome… how much does one of those cost? i seriously would consider getting one and doing that around here… :confused You can typically pick up a good used one for about $3K. Good cart chassis go for ~5-7K new(ones with front brakes, Aurora heims, water cooled engines, etc). Check Comet Cart for the basics.([www.cometcartsales.com](http://www.cometcartsales.com) The one I’m building right now will cost me about $5K overall, but if it was being built for a customer it would probably carry a 10-11K price tag with labor and other misc things. Although this one is completely way over the top and not you average shifter cart, more like a smaller SCCA Formula. -Adam ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/14 "2008-07-28T20:22:22Z")
so basically you will build me somethin nasty so i can do that shit in the video for like 8k cause you love me. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/15 "2008-07-28T21:25:30Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > so basically you will build me somethin nasty so i can do that shit in the video for like 8k cause you love me. For $8K I could build you a cart so rediculous you’d never want to drive another legal car again :cool ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/16 "2008-07-29T11:26:00Z")
ok well i was talkin to a friend of mine last night and i would seriously consider doin somethin like this… cause its different, looks insanely fun, and i really need a new toy. how cheap can it get though? cause obviously the less it costs the better, but i want it to be like that vid :nod ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/17 "2008-07-29T11:27:15Z")
find a used one on like ebay or something or a go-kart forum ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/18 "2008-07-29T17:26:29Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > ok well i was talkin to a friend of mine last night and i would seriously consider doin somethin like this… cause its different, looks insanely fun, and i really need a new toy. > > how cheap can it get though? cause obviously the less it costs the better, but i want it to be like that vid :nod Really all depends on how quick you want to kill yourself. You can easily slap a motor to the back of a BJ’s Wholesale cart and go rip but you’ll probably end up dead. Things like GOOD brakes and wheel/tires/hubs add up very quickly. Buy a used 125-200cc dirbike engine(with all required CDI/radiator/accessories). Get a cheap cart and adapt some cheap hub/wheel components from BMI Kart. Probably could whip up a low budget(and low safety) cart for about $1000 shopping around, but it’s gonna be a handful and maybe have one small drum brake to slow you down(which it totally won’t but it’s nice to think so anyway:) ) I’d bet that cart in the video has about 2-3K into it easy. ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/19 "2008-07-29T22:23:24Z")
so basically 3K+ and i’d be somewhat safe, and go really fast. i think i’m sold… ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977/20 "2008-08-03T18:43:07Z")
Go to [ekartingnews.com](http://ekartingnews.com) and look in the classifieds. Buy a 250cc superkart and run it on the street I double dare you. ;D It’s like less than 400 lbs with driver and 90+ hp. Even coming from a 500 whp car I’m sure you’d be impressed. Stats are something like under 3 to 60, braking 100-0 in 2 (!!) seconds :wtf Oh, and it can do close to 3Gs lateral too as a side bonus. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shifter-kart-on-public-streets-for-44-minutes-with-video-goodness/237977.md?page=2)