At Least these are not sewing machines!
Go-Kart engines are pretty cool, but they can also be used for less exciting uses.
A company called Gyrmet used Bultaco Kart engines to power cultivators (rotary hoes).
(Fair enough, J.A.P., BSA, Villiers all had engines that did this work too.)
A cultivator, without the cutter-blades was commonly used to haul small farm wagons.
The Spanish village of Betxí, hold a race around the village as part of their annual festival.
The winners for 1989 are pictured below.
Machines are limited to the ‘original’ fitted engines and the Bultaco’s are quite tuneable (Doh!)
As VMX’er will know, any sort of motorised racing cannot help but produce an endless spiralling quest for more power and performance.
The following pics show the evolution to today.
1995
2005
2011
2013Looks like a Lot of Fun
If you want to read the whole story (in English) & heaps more pix, here is the link:
http://www.pit-lane.biz/t4849-2-stroke-transbetxi-cultivators-rallyCheers, Daryl.
