My re-entry into karting has me buying lots of equipment and I ended up with two karts. A Tony/x30 and a comp kart /Ka100. After some thinking my thought is leaning towards, if I have 2 chassis it may be smart for them to be the same make. The main reason is for the sake of your spares. You need to buy/carry less to be prepared.
What are the thoughts of some guys who have been in this boat before??
It is a lot easier to maintain your sanity with two identical karts. Not only for spares but also just to cut down on confusion. I ran 206 and 100cc the same day for a few seasons. One season I was running 206 on a Praga and 100cc on a Sodi. Next season I was on an Eagle and an OTK. The chassis drove differently, in particular the brake feel was drastically different between brands. It became such a pain that I just quit 100cc altogether. I never tried using the same brand for both but I think that is probably the only way you’d get me to do 2 classes again. Especially since I’m usually by myself at the track.
Yes. Two karts, same brand. One for practice, one for racing. OTK made updates to their cadet chassis and parts but they have been mostly interchangeable over the past few years. Definitely reduces your spares…as long as you bring the practice kart with you.
i’m currently running two different chassis, both with LO206. One is a Ricciardo AM-29Y I think, and the other is probably a 10 year old Arrow that I don’t even know the model number. the difference in handling is a challenge, with probably the biggest difference being brake performance/characteristics. i wish both chassis were AM-29’s, as mentioned, less spares needed, and i’d have close to identical handling performance.
From experience, I can tell you as an individual with nobody helping you and assuming some basic skills and no transportation issues, you can handle a max of 3 karts by yourself, at the same time at the track. 2 easily, 3 is requires some planning but totally doable, 4 starts becoming a chore so I try to avoid it at all costs. Ideally you want all of them from same brand or sister brand using same components. If not, I suggest a max of 2 brands. If racing, then stick to one brand only
I would echo everyone running the same brand. My son and I run KA and he has a Compkart, I have a Ricciardo and we also have a spare Compkart that has had a 206 on it. All run the same parts, so I only need 1 type of brake pads, or spare steering shaft, or just about anything so it takes up less space in the trailer than having doubles of two different makes. Plus our track sells Compkart, so we have that as a back up too.
