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How has everyone been??

Postby Red-85-Z51 » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:17 pm

Wow, I thought this place was closed down, I tried to log in years ago, about 4 years ago and it said the forum no longer existed, I did google searches, and there was not even any mention of GKRU....I figured it crashed and was never rebuilt.


How the hell yall been??
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Re: How has everyone been??

Postby BlackScorpion » Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:17 am

Red-85-Z51 wrote:Wow, I thought this place was closed down, I tried to log in years ago, about 4 years ago and it said the forum no longer existed, I did google searches, and there was not even any mention of GKRU....I figured it crashed and was never rebuilt.


How the hell yall been??


Holy Crap! I thought i was having a flashback! Red Welcome back, good to see an ole timer, man it's been a few years now.
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Re: How has everyone been??

Postby Red-85-Z51 » Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:00 pm

We had a lively group at one point didnt we?

KJ, Tess, You, Schatten, Suprbean, TechGuy, and that other guy that was a mod....

I think Ive still got my custom Banner thing saved in my photobucket..lol
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Postby BlackScorpion » Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:28 pm

Red-85-Z51 wrote:We had a lively group at one point didnt we?

KJ, Tess, You, Schatten, Suprbean, TechGuy, and that other guy that was a mod....

I think Ive still got my custom Banner thing saved in my photobucket..lol


Yeah those were the good ole days. I imagine everyone grew up and/or moved on. This is where it all started for me and gokart, who knew it would turn out to be more than a quick passing hobby? WHat have you been up to?
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Postby Red-85-Z51 » Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:35 pm

I worked at a call center for 7 months and I just couldnt get into it...I quit and reopened my shop with a far more aggressive battle plan, and so far, past 4 years have been great. Have not gotten back into karts though...not enough time.

My Invader LTO has been hanging in my shop now for, a good 5 years, and my Emmick has been shelved for about as long. Ive sold off most of my engines, still have the Modded out GX200 long block, and the Kohler XKE...

I pit bossed for a KArt team last year, on a banked dirt oval 1/10 mile bull ring....They ran 3-5 karts a night for our team and it was fun but it got busy...I dropped out, was eating up a whole saturday.
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Postby BlackScorpion » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:53 pm

Red-85-Z51 wrote:I worked at a call center for 7 months and I just couldnt get into it...I quit and reopened my shop with a far more aggressive battle plan, and so far, past 4 years have been great. Have not gotten back into karts though...not enough time.

My Invader LTO has been hanging in my shop now for, a good 5 years, and my Emmick has been shelved for about as long. Ive sold off most of my engines, still have the Modded out GX200 long block, and the Kohler XKE...

I pit bossed for a KArt team last year, on a banked dirt oval 1/10 mile bull ring....They ran 3-5 karts a night for our team and it was fun but it got busy...I dropped out, was eating up a whole saturday.



That's good to hear you that you re-opened up your shop. I have been thinking of doing something like that but out of my garage. I personally don't have a buggy now , had to sell off all my stuff, the kids however still have theirs so I'm usually working on them. I have a few projects sitting in the garage for "when i get time" to finish. Thnk this spring I'm going to custom build a frame for the Mini Monster Truck body I have sitting in the garage instead of trying to modify the frame that came with it.
I will eventually get me another buggy to ride with the kids, I'll have to wait to see how my income tax works out. Dude , I'm so glad your back. :thumbup:
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Re: How has everyone been??

Postby gofastman » Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:12 pm

I haven't logged on in forever. between wiring a truck, engine swap on a blazer, and ignition problems on my truck I have been busy lately. my honda 440ex hasn't had any problems lately. still got the ole murray with the slightly modified gx200.
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Postby BlackScorpion » Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:47 pm

gofastman wrote:I haven't logged on in forever. between wiring a truck, engine swap on a blazer, and ignition problems on my truck I have been busy lately. my honda 440ex hasn't had any problems lately. still got the ole murray with the slightly modified gx200.



gofast, do you even drive that ole murray anymore?? :toothy8:
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Postby gofastman » Sun Jun 22, 2014 6:22 pm

I'll just say it's been a while. both front tires don't hold air. I haven't fixed them yet so it gets old refilling them all the time. the last thing I did to it was change every single bearing on it. motor starts every time I just never get around to it. I'm always busy fixing other things crybaby
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Postby BlackScorpion » Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:15 pm

gofastman wrote:I'll just say it's been a while. both front tires don't hold air. I haven't fixed them yet so it gets old refilling them all the time. the last thing I did to it was change every single bearing on it. motor starts every time I just never get around to it. I'm always busy fixing other things crybaby


Oh I know that feeling! If it's not one thing it's something else.
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Postby gofastman » Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:28 pm

isn't that the truth. I wish a had money for a new project. I don't know when I'm getting it but I'm supposed to be getting a JD hit and miss engine. that will be a fun one.
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Postby BlackScorpion » Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:20 pm

gofastman wrote:isn't that the truth. I wish a had money for a new project. I don't know when I'm getting it but I'm supposed to be getting a JD hit and miss engine. that will be a fun one.



Ohh,, good luck with it.
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Re: How has everyone been??

Postby Red-85-Z51 » Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:23 pm

Back again 10 years later

I think I still have the GKRU decal on my tool box.

I sold all my gokarts and racing engines a few years ago and bought a Corvette Z06.
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Postby BlackScorpion » Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:48 pm

Red-85-Z51 wrote:Back again 10 years later

I think I still have the GKRU decal on my tool box.

I sold all my gokarts and racing engines a few years ago and bought a Corvette Z06.


Holy cow, look who came back home... LMAO RED, how the hell have you been my brother? Welcome back home buddy.
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Re: How has everyone been??

Postby Red-85-Z51 » Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:51 am

Been doing well, was just thinking about the old times, 06-07ish when the old crew was on here, the casino games...gokarts were life, that seems so long ago now. Im honestly shocked i remembered my old log-in and that it actually still worked.
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Postby BlackScorpion » Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:41 pm

Red-85-Z51 wrote:Been doing well, was just thinking about the old times, 06-07ish when the old crew was on here, the casino games...gokarts were life, that seems so long ago now. Im honestly shocked i remembered my old log-in and that it actually still worked.


Yeah this place is dead , we do get a few stragglers, come in ask 1 question and never come back. It's all good. As you can see this hasn't changed much, except for traffic. I haven't seen anyone other than you and gofastman, who came back. The rest of the crew all grew up and moved on i guess... LOL
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Re: How has everyone been??

Postby gofastman » Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:14 am

Look at the 3 of us resurrecting the forum every 10 years :tongue: I often think back to what this place used to be (even then I was late to the game in what was it 09?). I still have my kart just sitting out in the yard, more or less the same as the last post above haha.

Red, let's hear about this Z06 now! I have 2 Camaros for my pleasure these days.
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Postby BlackScorpion » Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:25 pm

gofastman wrote:Look at the 3 of us resurrecting the forum every 10 years :tongue: I often think back to what this place used to be (even then I was late to the game in what was it 09?). I still have my kart just sitting out in the yard, more or less the same as the last post above haha.

Red, let's hear about this Z06 now! I have 2 Camaros for my pleasure these days.


Yep seems like every once in a while, someone come back in and resurrect this forum for a bit..
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