Who can mount my motorcycle engine to a go kart?

Question

hi my name is asif and i am building a go kart with a Yamaha 600cc engine. I have the go kart frame and the engine, but I'm confused on how to extend the back of the kart. This is because the engine is very large and heavy. I have everything I need to make it run, but do you know anyone who will be able to install the engine to the go kart? The work should be very simple. I'm very desperate to know where I can get it installed. It just needs drilling and s******g with brackets. How much would it cost for someone to do the job? I have all the electrics with the motor.

If I am not able to mount the engine I would offer this engine for sale. Do note that the engine iis very powerful - topping 130 mph - 72hp..

Answer 1

This is all work you can do yourself.  You can construct the brackets from some plate steel, attach that to channel steel and attach the channel to the gokart frame.  It's pretty straightforward stuff.

With that engine and the level of experience / forethought you're bringing to this project, I'm afraid you're going to die.  Not from doing the construction job wrong - you can s***w up a lot and still get it to all hold together.  But with that much muscle driving you, you're liable to try to become One With Nature in a very bad way.

Follow-up: Reading your follow-ups it strikes me you're making this thing up as you go.  Just any ol' sprocket on the axle, one that you happen to have but is bigger in diameter than the intended go-kart wheels, is Not Gonna Work.  You'd need to add a jackshaft and step the ratio down again to where you can use a more reasonably-sized sprocket, or yes, you'll need bigger wheels and tires on the rear axle.

I strongly recommend you stop any and all work on this go-kart project of yours now, before you blow any more money on it.  Go to some of the local sporting goods shops, Northern Tool, Pep Boys - anyplace that sells go-karts.  Look at those things carefully, puzzle out how they made those things work.  Then draw your design on a blank sheet of paper and follow your design in a comprehensive fashion, not following the whims of what chance sends your way in the form of random parts.

That, or sell that engine and go buy one of the ready-made carts.  You're less likely to die that way.