Ben Madden's Page

"Hey guys did any one else get a love letter from John Williams? Any way I left him a nice comment on his wall. Check it out for a laugh Cheers Benny"

"hey guys (Rod and Tom), in a perfect world you could have everything original, but realistically thats not gunna happen due to saftey to start with, sourcing parts, and the fact that most of the original parts were crap (didn't last…"

"Very nice!"

"I dont think so . I think they are cast edwards wheels"

"Same thing happened to me, got a new one made"

"Hey Greg, I'm pretty sure the arrow bearing is wider than 8mm"

"Hey Gary, everything in my other photo named Chrome Work i had done, they are new pedals in this picture because there was no saving the old ones, it took forever to come back about 3 and half weeks with me hounding the chromer, he quoted me…"

"Hey Matt, it a 3M product its clear self adhesive tape with its own backing its very durable and less than 2mm thick and about 50mm wide, i've also used it on the chassis where the stoppers on the pedals sit against the chassis to stop the…"

"Thank guys (Don and Gary), that's a big help hopefully i start getting most of back together now."

"what did you use to protect it  "

"How much did all your chrome cost Ben?"

"Hey guys, as i've mentioned before im restoring a dap kart it coming along nicely (and slowly) but i'm having trouble finding a bearing for the base of the steering shaft. Apparently the "pillow or olive" type is hard to come by…"

"hey Ralph, it does have "chassis no. plate" near the rear bar and the number is 15 451 hopefully this can help identify it. uploading some more pics of the resto so far too, have a look it might help with the identification. i was hoping…"

"The chassis with the KT  - looking at the brake arrangement put it about early 90's - you got the plate number ???send it to me I have some CIK homolgation books here from the 80's-90's"

"yeah ray sounds good!"

"i think ive got the the older magnesium one on mine and i was keen on the ebay one because it had dap stamps on it mine is just plain.  "