Not your average 400ex.....

[NTPracing22]

My winter project is comming to an end. It's been a long project but I think it came out pretty good.

Just waiting on a tie rod so I can mount my rack and pinion steering unit, and obviously cut down the steering staft then take her for a spin.

Just thought I'd show you the ony and only 400ex with a 5 point harness

[NTPracing22]

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[NTPracing22]

I have a piece of sheet metal that goes over the front, but I took it off to work on the a-arms and what not. I"ll get more pictures when it's all said and done

[NTPracing22]

last one for now

[Mxjunkie]

I cant wait to see this thing when its done, Truely one of a kind! Make sure you get alot of action shots :macho

[NTPRacing#19]

dang never thought my old 400ex would look like that

[JDiablo]

sweet can you get some more pix of how you moutned the motor

[250x#93]

That thing is pretty damn cool:devil:

[NTPracing22]

here's a picture of the front mounts

[NTPracing22]

rear...

[Ralph]

looks like you neeed a wider axle or something, also that thing will be slower than the normal ex. usualy people put vw bug motors in buggies and stuff, sometimes even small tacoma motors.

oh well, it will still probably be fun.

[chucked]

you gotta do something with that gas tank

[Butters]

thats pretty cool. you have any pictures of how you are doing the shifter??

[TM426]

My buddys got a cbr600 he is going to build a go cart from. Im just waiting for him to scrape up enough money for tubing. He has the tank, wiring harness, and every thing. He just has to buy spindles and tubing. I have extra a-arms and shocks.

[ReconRider25]

is that a modified yerfdog gocart frame? i use to have one of those it was a 6hp. broke the frame off fer the seat where it was welded to the frame. lost the key for the rear brake o i couldnt stop......liked to stall out if i floored it.....lmao.....sold it fer 50 bucks less then what i paid brand new.:eek2: bet thats alot faster then 6hp.:devil:

my friends did something like that witha hayabusa engine or something...they had it working for a few minutes but I jnever saw it running

[NTPracing22]

Originally posted by ReconRider25
is that a modified yerfdog gocart frame? i use to have one of those it was a 6hp. broke the frame off fer the seat where it was welded to the frame. lost the key for the rear brake o i couldnt stop......liked to stall out if i floored it.....lmao.....sold it fer 50 bucks less then what i paid brand new.:eek2: bet thats alot faster then 6hp.:devil:

Yeah it is actually. We had the same problem with our brake too. The throttle used to get suck wide open too...man was it fun.


Ralph-your right it will be slower...right now. But I live in NH, there's not many places to go wide upen except for fields and frozen lakes. Plus everything feels a heck of a lot faster when your butt is 5 inches off the ground.


Chucked-like that? It holds gas, and gets it to the motor and cost me 20 bucks. I'm not trying to win a show.


thanks for all the compliments guys. These things are fun as heck to build, but getting expencive due to steel price increases though. I'm nearly paying double what I did a year ago for this 1" OD .065 wall DOM tubing.

thanks again,
Wes

[muddy400EX]

that is cool as hell! u should get exhaust tho, then it would be even cooler:cool:

[NTPracing22]

Originally posted by Butters
thats pretty cool. you have any pictures of how you are doing the shifter??

since this picture I put in a tie rod for a shift linkage (smoother and adjustable)

[JTRtrx250r]

Not too damn shabby dude:p :D :cool:

Gotta say you did better than some of the chit Ive seen at the track haha....and they were built by older guys that claimed to do it for yrs,

Good Job Wes;)

[steveatv3]

that thing is pretty sick , hear is what me and a buddy built we put a 2 cylinder 600cc snomobile motor in it. unfortunatly i dont have any pics of the motor

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid76/pac47317ffc22484aa18513df700e639d/fb47613d.jpg

[NTPracing22]

Originally posted by JTRtrx250r
Not too damn shabby dude:p :D :cool:

Gotta say you did better than some of the chit Ive seen at the track haha....and they were built by older guys that claimed to do it for yrs,

Good Job Wes;)

Thanks man! Long time no talk eh?

I struggled with a few things, but all and all it went pretty smooth. I'm already drawing up the designs for the rear indipendent suspension which will make this buggy even more fun!

I"ll keep you guys posted. thanks again for the comments

Wes

[NTPracing22]

Originally posted by steveatv3
that thing is pretty sick , hear is what me and a buddy built we put a 2 cylinder 600cc snomobile motor in it. unfortunatly i dont have any pics of the motor

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid76/pac47317ffc22484aa18513df700e639d/fb47613d.jpg

haha, that things' sweet man! Hows she handle?:p

Got any pics of it moving?

[rollie]

thats sweet....im in school tho...gotta go haha

[steveatv3]

Originally posted by NTPracing22
haha, that things' sweet man! Hows she handle?:p

Got any pics of it moving?

It handled pretty chitty lol, the rear wheels always wanted to pass you but on the road it was pretty nice. we were going to see if we could get it street legal but no luck

[FTR250Rnif]

thats 400ex is sick man! def one of a kind. gonna take it off any sweet jumps?:blah:

[NTPracing22]

Originally posted by FTR250Rnif
thats 400ex is sick man! def one of a kind. gonna take it off any sweet jumps?:blah:

thanks!

Yeah I hit a good one yesterday and got like 3 feet of air that time.

lol, just kidding. I dont' plan on taking it off any jumps any time soon. Once the rear suspension is in i'll get her air born:D

[660tooler]

Dude, Wes the next time im up there i wanna ride that thing. It looks nasty. Hopefully I'll see ya at the first race, peace Kyle.

[NTPracing22]

Originally posted by 660tooler
Dude, Wes the next time im up there i wanna ride that thing. It looks nasty. Hopefully I'll see ya at the first race, peace Kyle.

Hey it's the underwater ceramics technician!

Heck no you can't ride it, you'll blow the shocks out or something!:eek: haha

we'll see if there's room in the trailer to bring it down to the first race.

I'm going out today to bleed the brake and try to get her going for a good long test ride....keep your fingers crossed

haha...bump for this wicked machine

[2004exrider]

So is the thing still running? Im just curious, does it overheat any because the seat is infront of the engine. How does it get airflow passed it? That is pretty cool though!

Jimmy

Originally posted by 2004exrider
So is the thing still running? Im just curious, does it overheat any because the seat is infront of the engine. How does it get airflow passed it? That is pretty cool though!

Jimmy


this thread is like 2-3 years old, the owner hasnt been on in a while...i just felt like bumping it lol

[2004exrider]

Im aware of how old it is;) , just wanted to see if anyone knows about it.

Jimmy