There's an interesting discussion on kartpulse about "reparto corse" or special chassis produced just for factory drivers, and what's different about them. For one, the Italians steer well away from 4130 as it won't give the performance that other steel does for them. There appears to be a special alloy they prefer for factory chassis, and it goes away noticeably after 4-5 races, and often swapped out after 1 race and 1 practice. Remember, tubes are cheap, the accessories are not... I wish more US manufacturer's sold just bare chassis relatively affordably... It's not like the rest of it goes bad. Anyhow, again, interesting discussion. Bruce, if you didn't sell that Bandit, why not come play at GoPro in the 206 class? Hang some nerfs that allow for CIK bodywork and race against me in my 1998 Birel... lol