The road to Suzuka part 2, 125cc Superkart

I've made another video - hurrah! It's a bit more motion sickness though. I mounted the camera on my helmet in an effort to smooth out the action but as you can see, it hasn't worked well! But it really does give you a good idea of how brutal these machines are:

0 - 100kph in around 3.5s
6 Speed sequential gearbox
140 kph top speed (and 180kph on a full sized circuit)
Disc brakes front and rear.

Thanks to Kart Service Hata (link on the left).

Visiting Inagawa circuit

I was planning on taking park in this meeting at Inagawa in Hyogo prefecture but have decided to let the body recover in the off season with a view to getting back in the saddle in the new year. I was glad I did too as there were 2 very nasty crashes during the finals.

In the Rotax class someone got (leaned?) into the tire barrier (the one at the right hand side of the picture above) which strew tires all over the circuit and bought out the red flag. The driver was limping but seemed ok, but I think he'll need a new frame. Another crash happened in the expert class where the 4 leaders were all pushing each other. Right at the end of the straight (and Inagawa has a very long one) just as the leader was getting on the brakes he got turned into the pit wall and was thrown out of the kart. It was a good sight to see him get up (while his body was still spinning in the middle of the track) , then run and jump over the pit wall!

Some handy footage from on-board from You Tube:



And where it is:


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