Question about "Honda Copy" motor

Bruce70 · Rookie Joined: 7/19/07 OFFLINE

If I get one of these, how do I convert the throttle to be used with a go kart type throttle setup? What parts do I need to buy? Thanks

Red-85-Z51 · Posted: 10/15/07 11:16pm Post subject:

Just swapped a Harbor Freight Honda clone motor for my cousin a couple weeks ago, and setup my Honda GX200 tonight...it's simple!

You take off the air filter, housing, etc..take the 2 nuts off the front of the carb and slide the whole air filter assembly off.

now you will see the throttle arm next to the gas tank. towards the carb = faster. now follow it to the pivot point, and loosen that nut until the lever moves freely.

Now get a small spring, and hook it to one of the various holes in the throttle arm and anchor it somewhere. This will serve as your return spring. Mine is built into the kart, and so is my cousins. If yours isnt, there are many places to hook a return spring.

Next, you will want to bring in your throttle cable from the recoil side, between the carb and gas tank.

Next you will look at the pivoting lever, towards the muffler, there will be a series of 3 holes. Hook your throttle cable to one of these holes. Then bring your conduit out to the fixed position plate next to the gas tank. Should see a tiny threaded hole. You will need to procure a conduit clip. I get them off old lawn mower thorttle cabes and stuff. THe clip goes over the throttle cable, a scres goes through it, and pinches the throttle cable conduit to the fixed position plate. So when you give it gas, the inner wire/cable moves, but the conduit on the outside doesnt.

Hard to explain without pictures, but it only takes me about 5 minutes total to take a length of conduit, and inner wire, cut to length, make the Z bend a the end, attatch it, and put it all together.

If you are using a flexible cable, like on a racing kart, or something, you will need to hook it up some other way than I have explained.

Regardless, the end result will require the lever to be pulled towards the carb, if you can find a way to acheive that, anf hook on a return spring, you will be good to go. The linkages look intimidating at first, but they are actually very simple, just isolate the pivoting arm, thats all you will be messing with.

DocHemi · Dedicated Joined: 7/22/06 *Weirton, WV USA* OFFLINE

HEHE

Why goto all that trouble?

JUST WIRE THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN.....AFTER ALL ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ARE AFTER?

Race Kart Exhaust

Red-85-Z51 · Posted: 10/16/07 11:49am Post subject:

Bruce70 · Rookie Joined: 7/19/07 OFFLINE

Thanks guys, this will be for my little parade kart, but I am going to reinforce the frame and raise the ride height with a new axle, maybe even a diff, new spindles, tires and disk brakes, and some bigger tires, like the small golf car lookin tires. I hope to have a kart with concession kart type quality. I will probably leave the governor intact. I am planning on spending quite a bit of money to get it the way I want, but it will be a solid heavy duty reliable kart when I get done, thanks for all the input.

Red-85-Z51 · Posted: 10/16/07 4:50pm Post subject:

Bruce70 · Rookie Joined: 7/19/07 OFFLINE

Hey, thanks! My Mother lives in Lexington and there is one there, next week I will be heading up that way for a visit, I am planning on heading over there, I will def check that out!

Bruce70 · Rookie Joined: 7/19/07 OFFLINE

why is the word "Mot-her" censored?

^bump^

warning

ueser: Red-85-Z51

Red-85-Z51 · Posted: 10/17/07 7:00pm Post subject:

Not sure why M0ther is censored, but it's on the list of censored words...

DocHemi · Dedicated Joined: 7/22/06 *Weirton, WV USA* OFFLINE

That is odd if ya ask me

perhaps its because of the words it can be used with

If its broke we can Fix it.
If it isn't broke, we can make it better.
If we can't make it better, you don't want to ride it!!

Lugnutz24 · Rookie Joined: 7/16/07 OFFLINE

That's odd that mother is mother. They must have heard my mother talk.

Dirt makes the world go round.

ToddHanson · Committed Joined: 11/10/06 *Wisconsin* OFFLINE

I actually imagined a number of other words were censored in the message in question and one's giver of life was not one of the words I imagined. A female dog seemed to fit the best...obviously that gave me an entirely different impression in many ways.

Todd

Four 286 Manco Dingos
Son's kart has 5 point harness from stock car
Robertson Pipes on 2 of 4 Karts
Snow Tires on 1 Kart

DocHemi · Dedicated Joined: 7/22/06 *Weirton, WV USA* OFFLINE

OK you lost half the forum members with that one,

and the other half of us are saying......AND YOUR POINT IS?????

If its broke we can Fix it.
If it isn't broke, we can make it better.
If we can't make it better, you don't want to ride it!!

ToddHanson · Committed Joined: 11/10/06 *Wisconsin* OFFLINE

My point is - I would remove the m-word from the censored list.
-Todd

Four 286 Manco Dingos
Son's kart has 5 point harness from stock car
Robertson Pipes on 2 of 4 Karts
Snow Tires on 1 Kart

DocHemi · Dedicated Joined: 7/22/06 *Weirton, WV USA* OFFLINE

I'm Sure

has a good reason for it being on there.

Why not PM him and ask him about it. I am sure he will give you a straight answer on it

If its broke we can Fix it.
If it isn't broke, we can make it better.
If we can't make it better, you don't want to ride it!!

KJ · Administrator Joined: 12/27/04 *Geneva NY* OFFLINE

Red-85-Z51 · Posted: 3/31/08 9:38pm Post subject:

PA · Team Member Joined: 2/1/08 *Cincinnati Ohio* OFFLINE

Her red, did u say thats --------- awesome, lol

Hey red is there a good Harbor freight engine to replace the 6.5hp tecumsa, on my Yerf Dogs? I thought I saw a 6 or 6.5hp on there web site?