Do You remember riding on a go-cart?

[Elmer Fudd]

Mr. Celine has just reminded me that we did, indeed, call it a bogie.
Not to be confused with sticking yer finger up ya snout and pulling out a bogey.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

My Dad makes the same claim - is yours from Northern Ireland by any chance?

Bren

No, he be Scottish.

 

[sheddy]

We used to tow with a bike. The challenge was to find a downhill route to build up speed and send the go-cart rider into the scenery......

 

[Paulus]

My first one was made from an old woodern ironing board. Big pram wheels at the rear and smaller pushchair wheels at the front. It went like a dream, many crashes and scraped elbows, but great fun.

 

[beanzontoast]

Thankfully, we lived on a big hill. 30 seconds descent, 5 minute walk back to the top!

Wonder how fast my pram-wheel go-kart really went? Being low down accentuated the speed, obviously, but I reckon it can't have been more than about 20mph...

... could it?

 

[Elmer Fudd]

I remember my mate bombing down a hill, he had water powered brakes. Oh how we laughed when he flew off a 3' drop of a wall, totally cleared an 8' path and used the local lake to arrest his propulsion !!

Kids today don't know what they're missing out on !

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Thankfully, we lived on a big hill. 30 seconds descent, 5 minute walk back to the top!

Wonder how fast my pram-wheel go-kart really went? Being low down accentuated the speed, obviously, but I reckon it can't have been more than about 20mph...

... could it?

Always wanted to go down that hill in the Hovis ad (Is it Clovelly ?) on a bogie, all them cobbles would rattle ya teeth out !

 

[Tetedelacourse]

On a vaguely related note, we did a play about pirates in primary school. We were told to go home and make our own swords. My Dad having never grown up flung himself into it and crafted a wooden one out of a plank of wood, with a proper blade and tip, and lifesize too. All planed down to perfection.

The morning I took it into school, I was a wooden God amongst plastic flimsy subjects. Until the teacher clocked it, confiscated it and sent a letter home with me at the end of the day.

Gutted.

 

[classic33]

Bogie where I live. Always preferred the large wheels.
Instead of a plank a fence post was used for the main frame.
Tin can cut into one long piece & used to hold the axles in place, smaller nails could then be used.

 

[Joe24]

Never built one. But we had a metal one that was old, and had either gears or the break in the middle, just infront of the seat.
Never got a real play because our garden wasnt big enough, so my cousens got to play with it and it got stolen .
Although, you can buy go-karts for adults, there made by Berg, and they look cool. Two seater sports cart anyone?