I think karting is just getting way to expensive for what it is - a chilled weekend with your family and comming home with a £5 plastic trophy. In the 90's tkm was the biggest class and generally good value for money and good fun.
Now with the whole rotax joke of 3k for a chassis, 2k for an engine, 1k for a rebuild (a set of seals, gasket set and a piston),things have just got out of proportion.
It would be nice if the old non cik chassis could come back into tkm - arc, gillard, venom and wright etc. I think if the tkm chassis were £1250 - £1750 ish again, and a realistic parts price list (not the bonkers dream worlds cik chassis price parts list), then uk karting would pick up.
Currently there is to many middle men making alot of money in kf, kgp, and rotax and it is kiling uk karting. Funny thing is junior tkm is on the up again (maybe this is the future of uk karting!!)
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