White Squall

Corvinus.... good seller, great guy to deal with

For someone with a M size head.... nice looking lid.... PM sent

I have to agree with Cyprino. So yes they are a beginners kite and probably a bit more pricey than the average ones. But for an experienced kiter in high winds they are great fun. You would never take it as a serious kite but who cares when your out with a big grin on your face and everyone else has packed up because it's too windy. As Cyprino says, change the handles and lines, they won't last 5 minutes. You will find you are looping the kite a lot so beware of rubbing lines too. I keep a 1.7m in my bag for those mad days. It's managed to tug me and a flexibug to 38mph in 35mph winds before.

@Martin... you see that on the forth pic? Obviously you are right but at the moment I'm stripping down and putting it in the back of the car. Even with brushing it down the sand gets everywhere. @Nicke20.. refering back to the original post.. a trailer would be great but for several reasons its not practical at the moment.

Right, I've had a go at this now and relatively happy with the results, just need to get it on a long test drive. I bolted two 25x25 steel rails to a Halfords roof rack then bolted a 20x20 bar at each end and painted the lot with hammerite "blagger paint" http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/cliffbaker/DSC00666a.jpg http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/cliffbaker/DSC00663a.jpg Just lift the front end onto the back and wheel it along the rails until it gets to the front stop. Rear ratchets are attached wide to support the rear end. http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/cliffbaker/DSC00675a.jpg I made it far enough forward so it just clears the tailgate when it's open http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/cliffbaker/DSC00670a.jpg Now I just need to drill a hole through the rear stop and use a SS bolt and wingnut to clamp the tow bracket down... and it won't be goin nowhere. http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/cliffbaker/DSC00669a.jpg

Not going over again until next month (RK meet) Even if the wind isn't blowingahooley it's a good beach to get some speed up. The beach is so deep and empty you can perfect your line to get the best from the wind. Last month I was getting 40mph in only 16mph of wind blowing cross shore .. http://www.vimeo.com/user810025

When you first use a strop kite control feels restricted compared to flying unhooked. After a while you will get used to what feels like a short strop.

Yeah sorry thats my fault I didn't see this thread and should've titled mine "Large buggy roof rack"

Right... should be able to answer some of these... It's not too much of a pain to take the seat off the Dragster but it takes a fair bit of setting up to get it the way you want it so you may want to mark the position of the webbing in some way before you take the seat off. The weight of the seat is minimal. A BF on a Cadkat rim weighs 6kg The Dragster is about 1450mm long from the headstock to the rear axle without the tuning kit fitted... add either 100mm or 200mm depending on the extenders. Not sure what the front end weighs but... if the complete buggy with BFs weighs 48.5kg, minus 18kg for the BFs, minus 24kg for the frame that leaves 6.5kg for whats left. I've been taking the front end off to get it in the back of the car but its a bit of a pain to get back together at the beach. The headstock bolt goes through 2 plain washers, top and bottom yolks, the headstock, a brass washer and a nylon washer.

This also sounds like the sort of thing I was thinking about, thanks Windjammer, I will bear that in mind.

Hehe... reminds me of another French fella we met at Les Hemmes last year who fixed his buggy tow bracket to the back of his moped and towed it complete down the road from his house to the beach!! Wish I had taken some pics of that.

Thanks Plezzy, would be interesting to hear from this Hoylake Cleo fella, or anyone else who has done this. It sounds similar to the lines I was thinking on, I had even bought two lengths of steel bar to use as rails to run the front wheel along.

I'm getting fed up with stripping down my Libre Dragster to transport it to and from the beach in the back of a Focus. Apart from getting sand in the bolt threads, the chance of losing bolts or cross threading, it's a pain to do each time. I have a Halfords high bike rack which I carry my flexi bug on ok but I don't think this is suitable for the Dragster. I can't fit a tow bar (company vehicle) but I do have a roof rack. The buggy weighs 48.5kgs with the BFs on. The axle is the 150cm wide one. I don't mind taking the back wheels off but thats about it. I've had some ideas on the roofrack front with some extra steel added but not sure about the strength. I would like to see how others transport their race buggies on the roof of a small car.

That's fantastic... and that buggy is so big and well built you can tip the whole lot up the other way and carry the van around on it!! This is my halfords high rack with a flexi wide axle on it, forks downward with the car number plate visible. I also would like to see how others transport heavy buggys but will post another thread. http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/cliffbaker/Pembrey001.jpg

Great vid. That kitebike looks great too, much better than the buggy derived ones