New found inspiration.

13 years after taking up kiting I found my passion for buggying has waned a little. The freedom of the sea and watersports has always been more attractive. However buggying has always satisfied a more technical aspect for me. While I used to build a kitesurf board now and then it never involved the joy of machining and welding up a steel buggy frame.

Now I finally find myself with a TIG welder, lathe, mill and more importantly, enough room to work. So when a group of locals set off to challenge 100kph speeds it ignited a spark. To celebrate my new found passion I set off designing something new to build a buggy the way I want to build it.

Criteria:
Bigfoot wheels - choice of Duro's on 7" or 11" assymetric hubs
Leading link front fork
Chunky gooseneck downtube - parallel rectangular box section
Spaceframe seat/box frame - 1" tube with bracing and gooseneck socket, no flange clamps
Duratorq style dampener - multiposition end flanges allow some adjustment
Double tube axle with 25mm solid stub axles

Alternative to duratorq:
Springboard laminated back axle

Additional:
Built in GPS holder on gooseneck
Checkerplate alloy skidpan