Hi All,

A set of three 1 year old bigfoots for sale

4 3/4" red rim on TUBELESS duro Tyres , Stainless 20mm ID bearings and Stainless Spacers

Used at the moose and on flat non puddled sand with great results.

I have Kenda tyres incoming , or so the importer says ! And i have asso rims which suit the XX buggy rather well so im letting these go. Make an offer i cant refuse

Almost tempted if it wasn't for the quiver on order. Then I could turn the Moosetruck into a 5-wheeler!

everyone should have one of these in the garage

tell me what price ...jimmy

my stack of BF tyres is only 6 high

can some please make the moose train. i want to see about 5-10 carages attached to this so non kiters can experience the mightyness. and it would look like the worlds biggest catepiller.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
stop putting good ideas in my head
now , how long is it to the next moose
and how long do we want the catepiller

hey an even sillier idea is make the moose train and then have 5 or 6 riders in the back also flying kites powering the train!
you could create a whole new world record.
"the worlds fastest multi-kite powered train"
sorta like the rowing 8 but with kites.

May I offer my services to capture this event for posterity?

1. Someone is sure to tangle.
2. Someone is likely to OBE.
3. Someone will attempt to convince the group to powerslide.
4. Someone will likely attempt all of the above in the 100m it takes to come about.
5. Something unplanned or ubelievably silly will happen.

We should definitely do this!

Whatever you do, don't put Mr. Melchior in the lead!

well if you trained all the way from muriwai to the moose your'd only have to turn for the return trip.
i imagine syncronised flying like a mexican wave to some form of chant.
"camp town ladies sing there song
Sign up
do dar do dar
sign down
camp town road is 5 miles long sign up etc"

of course some one will have to supply all the same kite me flying a 10m manta and someone flying a 2m blurr would just be silly.

Hence the increased propensity for conflicted flightpath and depiloted wheel-craft!

There will be shunting. There will be Muriwai mud on the faces of the rearward pilots. It will be a blast!

If it was really synchronised it would look rather organic like a centipede x butterfly creature. Glad you already thought of a song but there may be too many giggles from that one!

I can see the cop now, walking the line of kiters,
"who was driving"
"not me officer"
"I was only singing, when the nose to tail happened"

LET DO IT

WHO'S IN ?

and all we need is some measurements of all the buggys
front axle dia;
front axle width;
back axle dia;

PLEASE NOTE THIS THREND IS A BIG FOOT WHEELS ONLY
so little foots need not apply

and some spare time

I think I've still got 4.30 to 5.30am free

but were there's a silly idea I've aways got time

Moose Train ?..... With multiple kits could end up a moose snake if power delivery is uneven I'm in

ONE DOWN, my one of course





about $ 25 for the materal only
labour $ nil ,I'll do it for the love.
of the sport.

can make the front fork piece to fit little foot fork as it has no wheel anyway.

who's next?

anyone?

am I talking to myself again,
I thought the pills were stopping the voices in my head

i see that the world record is at 70.2 kmh for 3 buggys and 3 kites

Buggy Towing Buggy towing Buggy Three Kites

70.20kmh/43.62mph verified

going to have to do something about that
next windy day Just need someone to buy another blurr 2.5m (perrin)
talking about windy days this weather sucks,
yer yer it's good for holding hands and walking to the beach

Good work Gannet! What's the average axle diameter here? 1.25" to ~2"? I'll make another when I have a moment.

Only had half an hour 'my time' yesterday to do a little threading for some of the buggy bits. I was thinking of Plummet caning Orewa while I was doing my urgent bit of gardening.

my axle is 1.5"pipe s/s
libre is 1.25" steam pipe
some PL are 1.5" tube s/s
and the big PL is 2"" tube s/s

my 1.5"axle is 316L s/s, and is already bent
from the wheel kit in the moose go figger

the 1.25'steam pipe is stronger that the s/s 1.5"

I've got some more pipe clamps coming to fit the libre axles


but if you just make it suit front and back of your buggy, like the photo as this has worked well for years with the kids buggy trailer

the boss on the clamp is 10mm (10mmx35 hex bolt with lock nut)so if you make your own your buggy will fit in the daisy chain

yup , I had kiddy events sat and sunday tryed to go kite fishing sun arvo but the tide was trying to eat the truck(rav4)

well there wasn't much canning going on on orewa on saturday as there was no wind until 12.30 and then it was only around 5-8knots! but it did skid around on what sand was left (low tide 9.30). ps the wind was cross on so no chance of fanging the whole beach... downer. io wanted to go fast....

Mine has always been 1.5" OD but the Moosetruck is some oddball tube I had spare - something just under 2". My trick for making them stay straight is to suspend another +1" tube down the middle with a couple of spacers. Similar in concept to adding the "towel-rail" on the outside - just prettier. Moosetruck is getting a beefier 1.25" down the middle... just easier to weld the 1" stub axles onto.

I though it would be just as simple to make a standard 2" pipe clamp with plastic inserts for 1.25" and 1.5" axles.

Sweet. I'll make a front axle sleeve with a tab and a rear fixture to my axle with a 10mm bolt on it. At least for the old bigfoot till the Moosetruck is ready.


...and unless they go before my kites sell I might take those reds of you Jimmy22!

Guster wrote:


yer , more big foots on the beach
soon this beach will be flatter that the salt lakes

I got some trailer bracket bits today, and I can do them for $20 a set


so measurement guys and girls

Got an offer I cannot resist so the workshop is soon storage for 6 Reds and 3 BF-classics. Which also adds 5-wheel adapters to the Moosetruck project list. I may be creating a monster and know not how to stop...

Which begs the question... does 5 Reds fit in the station wagon along with the rest of the kit?

SOLD , THE BIG REDS THAT IS.

guster...same problem...i bought the kite buggy for me, the bigfoots for the kitebuggy...and the van for the bigfoots

I have a Moose trailer happening too. Mostly complete bar the nosecone box to hold BBQ and the lid is waiting on some glass and paint. There's already a set of roof-bars made to go on the trailer lid to take the Moosetruck fully assembled and with 500mm sides leaves a lot of room for other kit inside it.

Would hate to tow the trailer for Orewa trips though...

put the BFs on the roof rack
and the buggy on the tow bar, doggy style