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WILL RM1 LEAD TO A KARTING REVOLUTION?(Review)(Rotax RM1 race kart)

AutoWeek,  May, 2004  by Vaughn, Mark

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Byline: MARK VAUGHN You can spend thousands of dollars on a fancy race kart then thousands of hours changing the sprocket count to gain an extra 0.003 per lap. Or you could buy one of these new Rotax RM1s, and just go drive. Rotax is owned by Bombardier, the global company that revolutionized personal watercraft, quad racers and snowmobiles, along with business jets, trains and other stuff.

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Now it has its sights on karts. The RM1 is a spec kart loaded with features that make it easy to use, safe to race and, at $7,995 complete, relatively inexpensive to own compared to a ...

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