What is Trail?
Trail is the horizontal distance between your forks steering axis and the center of the front tire’s contact patch. Setting the trail too long or short can make a huge difference to how your buggy performs and stears Learn more about trail Wikipedia. When making a set of forks for a buggy, the rake and trail must be [...]
Dragonfly carbon products
Laurent Calatayud, owner of Dranonfly Carbon Products from Marseille, France, is an expert with Carbon Fibre, luckily for the kite buggy world, he is an avid kite buggier himself. He has used his skills with carbon fiber to produce many products for kite buggiers at remarkably cheap prices. [...]
Crab Buggy Plans
There are many of us who have seen a Crab Buggy, but there are not many of us who have tried one, or even better still, make one. Olivier Suire has contacted us, to let the kite buggy community know, that from now, if you would like to build your very own Crab Buggy, a link has been offered to [...]
‘Back Rest’ and Frame…Almost Done
To stiffen the frame up you have a couple of options, you can either put a cross brace inbetween the rear rails or a back rest….I call it a back rest because that is what I make it look like, but in reality, it is not. It is a brace. Buggybag seats offers more than enough [...]
Auto Quick Release setup
Thanks to Jeff, many buggiers now will have the peace of mind they will not be launched if things go wrong, check this video out. Thank you Jeff for sharing your idea
Another Cold Day in the Garage
Woke up this morning wanting to work on a buggy, only to find it had snowed all night, my garage like most in the UK offers no heating, another cold day in the garage. More photos HERE
Polishing and More Polishing
This is the process, going from Mill finish (if your buggy is not polished or bead blasted, it will be mill finish) to mirror finish, yes its a long laborious task and yes a very dirty one too, but the rewards are there at the end smiling back at you. Find out the process [...]
Five Hours of Polishing
I started work a few days ago on the last set of the Nike Tick style front fork plates I will ever use, and this set of forks when I have finished will cradle a Landesegler NABX/Wet UL wheel, and it will be in good company too. They are going to a good friend of mine, Mike Kenley [...]
Set 4 of 5 Sets…..the Nike Tick Forks
We have now made the forth of the five sets of Nike Tick fork plates More photos HERE
The Vermin Kite Buggy
I had previously made up an alloy trailer for the Libre Vmax but as the trailer wasn’t getting a lot of use, I wondered if I could get a few extra bits welded on to turn the straight section of tube into a swan neck. I already had a few spare tyres and a some [...]
Not all Flexi buggies are used for freestyle buggying
I would guess that of all Flexi buggies at least 40% of them never leave terra firma, many pilot just enjoy having a small buggy, some modify them almost beyond recognision with all manner of modifications, including swan necks, wide axles and more comfortable seats, many used their Flexi buggies for cruising etc and lower [...]
Balancing a Buggy
Is the rear end of your buggy braking / slipping out.? The Problem Is your tow point (effective center of pull from the kite your center of lateral resistance (CLR) so you have a yawning moment. The CLR is approximately the same as your longitudinal CG – although there are 2 wheels at the back [...]
Making a Mudguard
Martin F has kindly shared how he made his fine looking mudguard To see how Martin made this click HERE
This back rest really could save your back…!!
Gannet aka Kitezone Muriwai has kindly shared his very simple but very effective backrest I’m sharing this system so our sport gets a little safer, it might just save somebodies spine one day See how he put it together HERE and in Projects
Another Camera Mount
Here’s another camera mount for some different angles, thanks to Ken Shaw for this mount More photo’s HERE
Stainless Garmin Etrex GPS Holders
This stylish laser cut Etrex holder holds the Etrex firmly and snugly and fixes to the swan neck or down tube of the kite buggy. It is made from 1mm 304 grade stainless, fixed by two 6mm counter sunk bolts …..more info here
Going Captive
Taking the step from kiting and buggying, just using your arms, to a harness is a big one. Many people are apprehensive of being physically attached to the kite….or hooked in. Once the decision has been made though, its a choice of which harness to choose from, there are hundreds out there, and dont just [...]
