With event season already here we decided to make up some promotional flyers. If you are attending an event, or have a noticeboard at your local auto club or auto store, we've made some flyers that you can print out to help spread the word.

Don't forget you can also print out a personal flyer with a QR code that links directly to your Cyclekart build page. Just click on the link in the left column on your build page.

You can download a printable PDF version of the promotional flyer below

Recently the club were approached by Bill Berlemon from the South Australian Vintage Speedcar Association (SAVSA) who wanted to invite the club to participate in some of the long established events that SAVSA are involved in.

The South Australian Vintage Speedcar Association is a long standing club that promotes and preserve Speedway's "Golden Era" at Rowley Park Speedway. It is dedicated to the innovative builders and heroic drivers of speedcars and three quarter midgets (TQ's) that competed on dirt speedways prior to 1980, mainly at Rowley Park.

SAVSA have unfortunately experienced a decline in participants in recent times, which has caused them to consider what the future of events might look like for them. The concern being that the decline in numbers may potentially threaten the clubs ability to hold future events at all, if participation numbers drop too far.

So Bill from SAVSA reached out to us to see if we would be interested in attending some of the SAVSA events and showing our Cyclekarts. The idea being that we can help to boost participant numbers for events, and in return we get a helping hand in getting the club established, which also includes track time at their Kapunda events.

SAVSA have a pretty full events calendar with one event generally being held every month. They also have quarterly track days held at The Kapunda Track which are held in a test-and-tune format. This follows a long tradition of Speedcars and Cycle Speedway events at the Kapunda Track.

Bill attended the SA monthly club meeting this past Friday and took the time to run through SAVSA's event calendar and tell us a bit about their history and goals. We think that this is a fantastic opportunity for the club and will of course help to get exposure for Cyclekarts and Cyclekarting. It's a great first step towards eventually holding events of our own.

I will add the SAVSA events to the event calendar and encourage anyone that has a Cyclekart, even if it is not fully completed, to enrol to attend. Events are open to all.

Even if you do not currently have a cyclekart, but are planning to build one. It could be a good target to aim to attend a future event and get cracking on your build. There's nothing like a deadline to help get you motivated.

If you are interested in attending any of the events listed please flick me an email to events@cyclekarts.org.au and include your phone number and some details about your cyclekart.

For those who are located interstate, we are looking for state representatives to join the club committee and help promote cyclekarting in each state. If you are interested in a committee role, please get in touch.

Chris Rowes Cyclekart at the Murray Bridge show, displaying with the South Australian Vintage Speedcar Association.

We were lucky enough to receive an invitation from the SAVSA to be a part of their display. Chris Rowe stepped up and travelled to Murray Bridge to spread the good word and represent the club.

The SAVSA are a long established association who function to preserve Speedway's "Golden Era" which was centered around the Rowley Park Speedway here in SA.

The SAVSA have reached out to the Club with an invitation to join some of their future events. There may even be the possibility of test-and-tune track time as well.

There is another event with the SAVSA planned for 27th October at The Bend. If you would like to attend, let me know and I will sort out some details. Would be good to get a few more Cyclekarts in attendance.

Bill Berlemon from the SAVSA will also be attending our monthly meeting next month on October 11th, Please come and drop in and say hi.

https://www.facebook.com/SAVSAInc

For you guys with 3D Printers, this engine mount vibration insulator may be of interest.
It needs to be printed from flexible PLA with high percentage infill (I used 100% although better results at the expense of crushability can be acheived at 75%).
This has worked really well on the Chinese clone engine I have.

Over the coming month Aussie Cyclekarts and its associated resources will formally transition into The Cyclekart Club of Australia.

The reason for this move is to support the need for a formal body so that events requiring insurances can be organised. Some of this was outlined in the We Need You post made a few weeks back.

This change does not affect existing or future users of the website or social media channels which will remain free to use for non club members.

The main goal with club membership is that it will provide insurance for members participating in club events. So if you are not participating in club events, there is no formal requirement to be a club member. Of course, you may still elect to join the club as it will in time provide other benefits.

Club events may take on many different forms and includes both static events and dynamic events. Dynamic events are the events that require public liability insurance and include any meeting where Cyclekarts are driven. For example the monthly get together that your local Cyclekart group holds.

The intent is that the club provides insurance for dynamic events, like your local groups monthly get together so that you and your buddies do not have to. All that is required is that all participants are members of the club and that your meeting is conducted in accordance with the club (read: insurers) rules.

So over the coming month you will note a change to the website URL which will migrate from cyclekarts.com.au to cyclekarts.org.au and likewise a change to the email address associated with the site.

At this stage we have not determined the best action to take with regards to social media channels which all currently have the 'Aussie Cyclekarts' branding.

We are in current negotiation with the insurers to organise a policy that will cater for our needs. Once we have a view on what this looks like we will be able to finalise membership costs and open membership up to those who wish to join.

If you want to take advantage of the insurance for your local group meetings there will be some pre-requisites that need to be managed. Please get in contact for more information.

I've been trying to find a local source of springs for the club. Unfortunately the biggest barrier seems to be obtaining the correct size material. Most (all local) spring manufacturers use 6 x 40mm minimum size which is larger than the 6 x 30mm that is generally prescribed.

I even spent some time talking to tuk-tuk & rickshaw manufacturers in China and India but they too use larger material which is generally 50mm wide by 6mm.

I did some calculations on the locally available material size, using the renegade Cyclekarts springs as a baseline. These are 24" eye-to-eye, 1 1/4" wide and 1/4" thick, which equates to 630mm eye-to-eye and 31mm x 6mm.

Using a spring calculator this gives a baseline spring rate of 103.57 lb/inch

To achieve the same spring rate using the locally available 40mm wide stock we can increase the eye-to-eye distance to 660mm to get a spring rate of 102.31 lb/inch, which is only a marginal increase in length. The increase in length would effectively shift the front axle back by 15mm, which is more or less negligible.

So I think that for a small compromise in length we can get a comparable spring manufactured.

Here's the comparison