Steering Wheel -vs- Handle Bar

[RUBICON]

My comment is by no means a criticizm...just my personal experience with both...I started with a wheel..a nice kart one...looked real cool...so cool that I bid and won a Momo kart wheel and used a anodized billet quick disconnect hub...more cool...that way you can remove and carry it around....but when I started to ride @ speed I realized the hand position did not give much leverage...I had foot throttle and brakes....the foot throttle was awkward to control during a wheelie...I was at the point of building a billet mount under the wheel for tee bar paddles for gas and brake,,but...gave up

So....I bought a alloy mountain bike bar with a alloy stem...the kind that clamps to the steering shaft ( with a bushing to match sizes )..I am now looking for a e-bay carbon fiber one with a tig welded stem that has more rise....no purpose except looks...

On a final note..you can make a tee bar from scratch...and a thumb throttle from a wrecked atv is great....

[sniffles]

you dont wanna steering wheel. trust me....i saw a guy at a go kart track with a barstool racer with a steering wheel....hahahaha...thats all i have to say....he started doing a wheelie and the steering wheel popped off cuz he didnt bolt it down right.....he was ok but barstool got trashed.....also its awkward to ride a wheelie when pressing down on a gas pedal. well thats wut i heard....stick with handlebars.

[Woodchuckscustoms.com]

My first barstool had a 5/8" hollow tube for the steer shaft and when I took it for a test ride. A screw got stuck in the carb and I was running full throttle and finaly had to crash it into the bush and when that happen my steering bent in half...It was a sight to see i tell ya Everyone watching got a good chuckle :cheers:

[WarPaint]

you dont wanna steering wheel. trust me....i saw a guy at a go kart track with a barstool racer with a steering wheel....hahahaha...thats all i have to say....he started doing a wheelie and the steering wheel popped off cuz he didnt bolt it down right.....he was ok but barstool got trashed.....also its awkward to ride a wheelie when pressing down on a gas pedal. well thats wut i heard....stick with handlebars.


i put a 10 inch steering wheel on mine and made hand controls for it. you'r not going to turn alot. these things don't turn on a dime. but i have had no problems with mine. And yes you have got to bolt it down right. And put a kill switch on it.

[Mike Bean]

On a final note..you can make a tee bar from scratch...and a thumb throttle from a wrecked atv is great....

We also have the T-Bar Steering Kits for sale on Barstool Racer Supply. Here is a link for the kit:

http://barstoolracersupply.com/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=64 (http://barstoolracersupply.com/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=64)

They are very easy to assemble, a couple of welding magnets will center the steering shaft to the handle bar and then weld.

Mike Bean

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[Guy]

The mountain bike bar is the way I'm going. Got an ATB threadless stem with a 1 1/6" I.D. The 5/8" locking collars I'm using have an O.D. of 1 1/16", so it's a perfect match, if I stack 3 collars, it's the same height as the stem clamp for full coverage.

[RUBICON]

I use a mountain bike setup also....I just swapped for a BMX bar clamp and a bar with a little rise...makes a better riding position....I use a bronze bushing to get the OD-ID to match and tighten it good.....

[monkey-1]

On a BSR I prefer the handle bars. It gives you better leverage and seems to work better in my opinion. I would ride wheelies and on two side wheels all the time it gave me the control I felt was needed. BUT, on my Radio Flyer, I felt a steering wheel was a must. I wanted it to look like an old T bucket hot rod with the stance an the no fender look, and the fat rear tires. I had to have a steering wheel on it because of the hot rod look. I dont think the Radio Flyer would have looked right with handle bars.

[voodoo_stepchild]

I went with titanium "fat bars" that were designed for the kx motorcross bikes. The low rise and big tubing make it perfect for a bigger person like me (6'5"). This is exactly what I have on my kx 250 and I love it. I had to fab up a set of bar mounts as the trees for these things are pretty spendy. I never tried a wheel, but I just did the math and realized that a wheel is not something I wanted to try and control the beast with running 65 around an asphalt track LOL. Lots of guys here at the track run a wheel and its amusing because its not a matter of if they wreck but when. You would think after the first one they would learn HA HA HA.

Voodoo

[tqm3]

My first barstool had a 5/8" hollow tube for the steer shaft and when I took it for a test ride. A screw got stuck in the carb and I was running full throttle and finaly had to crash it into the bush and when that happen my steering bent in half...It was a sight to see i tell ya Everyone watching got a good chuckle :cheers:

I was afraid of this and bought a kill switch. I mounted it next to the throttle....:cheers:

[scooterpimp]

Any Closeup Photo's Of The 10" Steering Wheel Hand Controls Anyone? Im Into The Oldschool Steering Wheels! Peace!

[scooterpimp]

Any Closeup Pics Of 10" Steering Wheel Hand Controls Anyone???

[Nitefall]

I HAVE AN "OLD SCHOOL" STOOL.
IT WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS BUT I WILL POST IT.
TX
NITEFALL:lush:

[Apocalypse Boy]

This is my first post so mind the mess , i'm building a Turbocharged stool , i saw Xzibit on a pimp my ride on a stool with bigg long handle bars , does annybody have a piture of bars like that so i can make some??