Last night was supposed to be my self imposed "if it isn't done by now I'm not going" deadline. SWMBO has told me I have to.
Fuel tank has arrived, small plastic pitbike unit which will limit running time before refuelling, but solves a lot of other issues as it can be mounted for gravity fed.
Nobody has asked why I consider this a stupid build, so I'll offer my thoughts.
I'm totally happy with build method (so not a stupid one)
I decided early on that most of it would come out of one sheet of plywood. That compromised the height. I should have narrowed the floor and given the sides another couple of inches each. Stupid
I didn't think enough about packaging the engine/driveline so have had to revert to something I don't embrace, centrifugal clutch and gear as low as I can. Stupid
Front end using bits from other incomplete builds is an "Ittledo" A build from scratch would have been done differently. 50/50 on this.
Self imposed time limit is a bit of an issue. I have struggled to remain motivated. Work and giving up days to other things (selling and buying cars, collecting bits for full size projects, helping others etc) has not helped.
Anyhow, there is today (and part of that has just been taken from me by her indoors) and tomorrow for a couple of hours after work before I need to load up and travel, that's it.
It is what it is.
Just thought of the most stupid thing I've done with this, post on the other cyclekart club forum, I should have known I would get slammed for a build that wasn't done with a full workshop, paint booth, Tig or better welding and a car that wasn't known. I should have taken 7 years too.