Go Kart Tires

Choosing the right go kart tire for your kart, and the type of terrain you will be navigating, is key to a good go karting.  To get the most out of your kart, it’s also important to have the proper type and size of tire for your go kart chassis and go kart engine.

Of course the purpose of the go kart tire is to provide traction and stability to the go cart.  It’s important for go cart tires to maintain their shape, and to be able to handle sharp turns creating as much as 2 G’s of force.

The tires must also be able to handle very high temperatures as the tires heat up with prolonged driving.

One type of go cart tires are “slicks”.  Go kart slicks are designed for dry tracks.  These tires are the softest of kart tires, designed to improve traction on hard, dry surfaces for kart racers.  There are also hard slicks that are used on amusement park karts.

You will recognize some manufacturers of slick kart tires, like Bridgestone, and Dunlop.  Others not so recognizable are Maxxis, and specific kart tire manufacturers MG, Vega, MOJO, and Carlisle.

Tires for karts used during wet weather are often referred to as “wets”.  Theses tires are narrower that slicks and are grooved, just like car tires to channel water away from the tread for better traction.

Some popular manufacturers of kart rain tires are Bridgestone and Continental.

Off road go kart tires are another choice in karting tires.  Theses tires contain much more tread than the others, much like you would see on any off-road vehicle.  Their purpose is to provide traction on uneven terrain that may include dry, wet, smooth and wet surfaces.

An experienced go-karter would agree that the key to effortless and safe driving is the combination of only the best pieces of go karting tools and mechanisms. If any one of them fails, the driver is endangered and the chance of bagging the reputation of being a premier racer will not be possible. To lessen the risk, one can start by buying good tires to complete the go kart.

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