carbed bike engines megajolt?

[Talonmotorsport]

I'm looking to build some off road go karts to use round the farm so I've been looking at 7-13hp honda engines,clutches etc. Looking at the prices I then thought about 400-600cc bike engines and found 600 carbed bandit engines with clutches and gear boxes for the same money. How ever I know next to nothing about bike elastictricery as we've only ever mounted bike lumps not made them run.
So what I want to know is can you use megajolt on bike engines or am I better off using the original loom etc?

[Bonzo]

Personaly, I would say use the original bikes ECU if possible.

That's going to save £300 - £500 right from the outset.

Having said that, I have not had a lot of personal dealings with modern bike ECU's but imagine that they are not as complicated as car ones !!??

I guess it all boils down to if you want to use the engine on its stadard equipment ( Fueling etc )

Going slightly off track .... It never ceases to amaze me, just how much the Honda industrial engines cost

A few years back, I wanted to replace a FUBAR engine on a small cement mixer .... It was cheaper to actualy just go & buy a new mixer fitted with the same engine !!?? .... How the hell does that work

Bunged an electric motor on it & still going strong

[HandyAndy]

I agree with Ronnie, stick with the standard bikes ignition, saves money & if you have all the gubbins should be fairly straight forward to get working ,

Tho I think a Bandit engine in a "Fun Kart" would be wowee scarily quick , they are not a huge BHP engine ( roughly 60 to 80 ish BHP ) but in a Kart that weighs next to nowt it,ll be warp factor stuff, fun tho

cheers
andy

[Bonzo]

This thread has reminded me

I still have a brand new 50cc mini-moto engine tucked away in the cupboard .... Oh, also 4 wheels & a set of small coil over shocks

Grand children grew up before I got round to making a cart ( Read I took too long )

[Talonmotorsport]

Thanks for your input guys think I'll just keep it simple with the bits of wire given that the loom and ECU can be had for £50. The kids go kart design started out simple with a solid axle, second hand 7hp engine and one rear brake and now looks more 'rage' buggy due to if we build it with independant rear suspension we won't bend the axle, any body know how these tea break design seasions can be avoided?