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Once in a Lifetime... try driving a real Monster kart
TKART Staff
08 February 2016


One thinks those oversized karts powered by super sport bike 100 hp engines you see on youtube doesn’t really exist. Instead we actually got to try one made by Praga Kart in Adria.

You think that certain things can only exist on youtube – like monster karts, contraptions that look like karts, but run on oversized engines that seem like an exaggeration compared to 100 or even 125 cc motors.

You know, those videos of a guy equipping a chassis with anything that has some turbo, some NOS?
Always pretty much on the improvised side of things... Anyways, you’re absolutely convinced all this only exists in some faraway place inhabited by weirdos looking to kill time.


Then you find out the two weirdos – yes, there are two of them – don’t live that far from where you work and that their names are Marco Barotti and Marco Ziviani.

Both are huge fans of mechanics, true motor heads, who dedicate 8 hours a day to IPK, the company that produces Praga Kart andOK1 chassis. Drawing inspiration precisely from Youtube, with blessings from the IPK management, the two decide to try first-hand.
They take a frame and… (keep on reading on TKART Magazine)

 

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