This looks fantastic for 1986. If you switched them out for smooth beams, this could be a ~20 dollar set today.

My brother’s first Technic set which was passed down to me along with his entire collection. Great little set from 86.

Technic with studs - sends a cold shiver down my spine.

I remember wanting this set as a kid (mostly because I also wanted a real go-cart at that age), but looking at it with more experienced eyes, all I can think of is that the starboard armrest probably gets uncomfortably hot.

@Ssorg said:
"I used those 10L steering plates"
EDIT: correct that, six of 6L ones were there, not 10L pieces.

Sets like this one defined my youth.

I had the 854, which was basically the same set in different color. But also I wanted this one so bad. Not because I wanted to race them or anything. I was just beeing greedy. Today, I don't care.

It was one of my first set Technic and in 1987 looks so big , here is movi how it move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcV5ce5Unc&t=11s
on YT, of course, my copy that I have had since childhood

@Lego_lord said:
"I had the 854, which was basically the same set in different color. But also I wanted this one so bad. Not because I wanted to race them or anything. I was just beeing greedy. Today, I don't care."

Oh i was wondering didn’t i have this one in blue. But that was just a different set.

And i never realised that studs and technic now isn’t a thing anymore? What’s wrong with studs?

My first Technic set as well, I have built this several times to marvel at the steering and the huge (square) one-cylinder engine but never bothered with the B-model though, that just looked so ugly...

Looks more Creator than Technic but fair enough.

Not a bad go kart to be honest, although it looks nothing like Technic to me.

@Lego_lord:
The blue one made more sense. Like a real go-cart, the IC engine is located behind the seat instead of digging into your ribcage.

@Brickodillo:
Old Technic was severely limited in what you could accomplish with it, which is why the models usually looked like a skeletal framework rather than a whole thing. New Technic allows you to build the same model with the same functions in a more compact form factor and still look like a more finished result, while often having an MSRP that’s the same or lower.

I never had this set,but a guy I knew did. I remember being pretty jealous.

Hey, I have this one, even got the tray insert for once. The pins in this set are absolute garbage, they go in and never come out again.

@MCLegoboy said:
"Remember when Technic had studs? Well, I wasn't born yet, but yeah, Technic had studs.
Feels weird man."

8275 had studs, it was great! I hate, that Lego is refusing to use Technic Bricks for the new Technic sets, since they can make very sturdy structures.

Looks a bit dated for 1986 (more 1978), when it was all Arctic Rescue 8660 and 8680 with Technic figures, but I guess having 8 wheels could come in handy for that super wheeled moc.

My first Technic set too. It was specifically designed that you could get the Technic motor set and hook it up to the back to make it a mobile vehicle. (On wires.)

@Ssorg said:
"Nice. My very first Technic set when I was a kid. Throughout the later years I used those 10L steering plates & those wheels for a number of MOCs, the coolest of which was probably a large V8 Interceptor from Mad Max 2, made in Model Team style. :)"

I think it was mine too!
Fond memories :)

1. Have 100$
2. Buy this for 25$
3. Use a small part of the remaining 75$ to add suspension to all wheels
4. Enjoy all the technical functions of the Ford F150 Raptor

This was my first Technic set. As a kid, I had no idea what the square piston was. It moved when the wheels moved which I was pretty amazed by. Great little set to show how things function.

@Lego_lord said:
"I had the 854, which was basically the same set in different color. But also I wanted this one so bad. Not because I wanted to race them or anything. I was just beeing greedy. Today, I don't care."

I had that one myself; it was one of my first Technic sets. I wish I still had it, even if today I’d be bugged by the sticker being a STAMP. I though the design was fantastic, though.

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Exactly.
I grew up with that kind of set, and that kind of attitude towards what to expect from a LEGO set, because that's how LEGO themselves saw it.
Not these dumbed down instructions of nowadays that are 500 pages thick and only give you one build. Just look at the instructions for sets like 8880 . Those are as thick as current instructions for sets not much larger or more complicated than your average Speed Champions car, yet even contain the complete B-model instructions too. (Oh and not to forget, no blue pins, yellow/brown/lime/orange/red/azure/etc. axles and other assorted unicorn vomit). And you could actually SEE the functions on the completed model, not hide them because they turned Technic into a wannabe-Creator Expert lookalike.

Younger people have grown up with this current LEGO attitude of cheaping out at all costs, not even knowing that there were better times where customers were treated with respect by TLG. These days it seems that most sets/themes are produced and sold under the edict "least quality for the highest amount of money". Especially when it comes to Technic.

The only sets these days that appear to show little expense spared are those from the Ideas theme and all those specifically aimed at the Chinese market. "

Ok, Boomer."
Me? No. Generation X actually.
:-)

Such a charming set. I actually built it recently with leftover pieces. Then I improved it with modern pieces. Then I realised it was not an improvement, and swapped them back for the original pieces. It is just a perfect design.

Never had this set but 8815: Speedway Bandit was like the smaller variant of it.

and then 6406: Go-Kart was a set I also owned with the same name .

Seeing "Go-Kart" as the Random Set of the Day in my RSS notification, my mind went first to 6498, because, well, that was MY go-kart. This is far superior, even if it is "of an era" in terms of parts. I'm old enough my catalogue-memories of Technic were very much be-studded (mid-90s) so this looks "real Technic" to me, even if I was never enough into Technic to really have a stake in the matter.