If anyone in the Utah area want to learn more. I have open shop nights at the high school I teach at. Come, learn and drive. Our shop students have 7 done and are building two more this year. We also have set land speed records during world of speed too. A great shop project for both kids and adults.

I'd rather participate in cyclekarts than the typical "Mario" Karts. This looks like more fun, more room to innovate and be creative.

I absolutely love this type of grass roots racing, almost like recreating the feeling of the original old school racers that started all, I have to do this some day soon!

I saw one at the High Desert Swap Meet this summer, that my dad’s friend decided to build one during the pandemic. They look like they would be a blast to build and drive.

Thanks for the fantastic video Casey. And thanks so much for hooking us up with guys at Velocity International, we had an absolute blast at the event. I'm told that we did the First and so far ONLY Le Mans style start in the history of Laguna Seca. The Corkscrew in a CycleKart was a wild ride! These crazy little karts are a joy to build and share with others.

Thanks Casey for getting the word out about Cyclekarts.

I love this sort of grass roots racing stuff!

so glad you came across these. I've wanted to build one since the original article in Road & Track many years ago

Ok, I had to laugh. Here everyone expects a Lykan/Fenyr/Dubai video and you hit'em with the Cyclekart vid. I know it'll be good because I was there, but still- the chuckle was real. 😎

What a fantastic class of racing, watched this with my 15 year old son and by the time you read this plans will be well underway to build ours, we may even have to start our own club here in Far North Queensland, Australia, where there are no racing circuits, but heaps of farm bikes and big open spaces. What sounds better than ripping around in a pre war racecar in tropical paradise, doing it for a fraction of the cost, whilst building relationships along the way. Thanks for some inspiration on what to do this Christmas holidays. Hope all is going well in Dubai and that you are driving the Lykan and it's little brother like you stole them mate. Cheers

ive never seen these before, theyre so cool! i bet its a ton of fun

That is awesome! I both love and hate the fact you've clued me into them. :)

I would love to watch a build.. to see what parts, design details, suspension.. damn, I'm getting excited just talking about it..

You have to do this now. Make your own design! Maybe a front engine one, which would be very interesting to see.

That's something I could actually afford!

Wanted to build one of these years ago, but didn't have the means. This summer I ended up building a front-engined gokart that looks like a T-bucket using an old wheelbarrow as a body, a Harbor Freight 212 Predator engine, golf kart tires in back and small wheelbarrow tires in front. Maybe I can build one of these next.

I love this! Once again glad I’m subbed to Casey, wouldn’t have seen this otherwise

So not only this is cart racing good but also vintage looking cool? Signing in!

Looks like fun, and I think it would be more fun building the cars than actually racing them!

I would love to see Casey build one of these Cyclekarts, but with styled after the "1954 Firebird" GM Prototype, or possibly building it like Louis Meyer's "1928 Indy 500 winning Miller" that Casey got to sit in for the Photoshoot at the Indianapolis Speedway while driving in the Indy Pro 2000!

Maybe that's a way to start a new racing series? Smaller cars, few rules, smaller engines, keep the costs down. Have a max track width, max wheel base, max overall length and width, minimum weight, maximum engine size (limited by total cu in volume?), don't allow turbos or supercharging and NOS, maybe a rule such as the solid rear axle and limited to rear wheel drive... Otherwise, go for it. Keep the rules as minimal as possible and allow innovation and keep it accessible. Maybe a few more regarding helmets and other basic safety things. But imagine including pit stops into a series like this too, perhaps? Without restricting fuel carrying, you might opt to skip pitstops to save time, but then you might be running more worn tires, tradeoffs, I don't know? But by keeping the vehicle and engine size small like these cyclekarts, the engines remain affordable and accessible, and by limiting total internal engine volume, it becomes an efficiency game regarding HP. More people could enjoy and participate in such a racing series across the nation, without needing deep pockets and lots of space or specialty tools.

I have been imagining building a mini prewar racer for a while. I was running into a lot of dead ends on how to go about doing it and components to use. I just could not believe no one had the same idea. Then I found this video. While I was wanting to do something with a tiny high reving engine and a transaxle, this is a HUGE boost in info that I am not alone in my quest. Thanks Casey! Seriously and sarcastically. You just cost me thousands of dollars!

Oh, Sh1t I'm in trouble now mate! I've just joined Cyclekarts UK. Cheers!!

That's Amazing Liking This A Lot And Casey Always Coming What With These Brilliant Type Of Content

Brilliant idea. Wish we had this in Australia. Just a lot of good fun and ingenuity. I’d go rear engine but what ever, it would be a hoot.

Those look like epic fun! Mid engine Autounion version? 🤔

That looks like so much fun and all in all kinda cheap. I'd want a roll bar however.

I've been wanting to make one of these for years!!

Theeese are so amazing!!! :D Beautiful way to bring back the pre war era race car!

You get all the fun!

Super cool Casey, thanks!

I looked at building a cycle kart but I already have an Austin 7 and didn't want a bigger car! It's nice seeing these take their inspiration from so many real pre-war cars.

I like the dual wheeled design, that’s cool!

Now this is something I can get into

Some of them have the engine in the front ! How cool is that for a kart !

FUCK now I want to build one of them. Well sheesh thank you Casey ;)

this looks so fun

Thanks for sharing this, Casey. I watched them do a display race during Velocity on the Goodwood channel, they look a real blast.

Cyclekarts are great and I want to build one and I was going to... but ended up making a half scale lotus 7 instead with a full locost chassis but in half scale material and it is powered by a 125cc 3 speed engine and gokart tires because they fit the scale that I was working to. one day I'll get back to the original plan to build a cycle kart.

Casey, I saw a few karts belonging to Dennis Thomas. Were you able to meet him? He has many videos going over the steps of his various builds. very great craftsman!

Pretty awesome

So Awesome!

Wow! Amazing!

Wow, I have never seen these, they are amazing .... 👍😀

Glad you got to see the Cyclekarts, wish I could have brought mine up for that meet

This looks like epic fun!

HELL YEA! That's awesome!

Those things are sooo cool!! I know how you feel about instigating something like this. I started putting together the route and plans for the Hunstanton, UK soap box racing. Spoke to a mate who was heavily involved with sports for the local council about it. I moved away, few years later it happened.

Thats pretty cool Casey. Good find! Id be really tempted to put a V-twin on one. 😁

Awesome!!!

😎 Absolutely cool beyond belief! I would believe building one would be just as fun and enjoyable as racing one 🏁 Thanks for posting this video. Good racing 👍👍👍

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Cycle cart ice racing ? With those studded motorcycle tires. That would be interesting.

I'm building one right now but I'm decided to yous a 400cc twine frunt mounted engine and wooden chase it's been fun just building so far

Make me want to make a cycle cart! Looks really fun

Now i want to build a cyclekart 🏎...

Dude I am absolutely going to build one now hahaha

The Wheels Through Time museum has some original cycle cars that are very cool and worth a visit to see

Awesome.

We need this in England.. LOVE LOVE LOVE

very cool

Man, if I wasn't so damned old and crippled up, I'd build one of these in a minute! I'd do mine with one of those small Chinese diesels, a manual gearbox, and chain drive, and maybe style it after the Fiat S76 'Beast of Turin'🤣

What is the maximum engine displacement? are transmissions allowed? What type suspension is allowed?

Looks like a fun way to crush a few discs.

I'm curious about this now. I thought you either only had soapbox and then rally for cheap. But now I see something that might be fun.

id love to build an electric one of these. would allow some super low barrier to entry racing as an event.

Where do you get the rims and tires and at what cost? I wanted robust high profile yet narrow tires for my front but the price per was nearly the same as the 16hp engine i bought. I had to settle for 18.5 x 6.5 tires (the right height but the width makes it so i must redesign the front end so everything is as robust as the tires and rims. My kart has 5/8" spindles, nuteral caster and camber and i have to change all of that. Including the tubing used in the knuckle and supports -- what a mess.

looks like fun, The Boat-tails!! I wonder how four bicycle hub motors would do on one...

Очень интересные велокарты мне очень нравится

There are no clubs or racers near Philadelphia...... man I would love to do this

Is their a rule book on how to build a cycle kart? wheel base. motor size excetra?

Love the looks of these. No idea where I could possibly have fun with one though. Making a pedal assisted one up to 25kmh would be road legal though...

gotta love tha cars one with dual wheels lmao i mite need duals myself lol

Bruh, if i ever build a cycle cart, I'm going to be putting a small block v8 motor in it.

do have theys cars in va

Are there any groups building these beauties on the east coast?

Wild, but cool as hell

Does anyone know of any cyclekart groups in South Carolina?

A few years ago I started following a guy on KZfaq that builds these (Dennis Thomas is the channel name), they're pretty interesting

These look stupid fun! No brakes? The drums on most of these looked empty, especially on the front

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Where can I learn more about this!

would they allow an ev in?

I think Chicago should have this instead of the overblown NASCAR nonsense downtown Fourth of July weekend.

PLEASE BRING CYCLE CARTS TO OHIO WITH YOU !!!!

Was hoping to see a cyclecar on the Corkscrew.

Bugatti spirit! 😘

They're like Formula-SAE, but from the '30's :)

The coolest cyclecar of all time, would be the Jappic. Tell your wife that a recreation of the Jappic would be a great project.... Learn a bit of wooden chassis building... For a time, it was also owned, and driven by a woman.

hmm...indeed 🧐🤔

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