👉 Okay, let’s tackle this wonderfully prickly little bit of motorsport weirdness - the acronym MXterweight! Now, before we get into exactly what that means, let me preface you with a disclaimer: honestly nobody outside a very specific corner of the go-karting world actually
knows
exactly what it is. And there's some serious smacky smack around its origins.
Basically – and this is a generous summation—MXterweight (let’s stick to that spelling, okay? Because everyone else just yells out "MMP!") is essentially a class of go-karts in the UK. They were originally designed for young teenagers who were too big for the 50cc stuff but not quite ready to get serious with the full-bore stuff. You've got this weird, middle-of nowhere space where the regulations are...flexible. It’s a bit like that old, slightly regretted uncle of go-kart motorsport. Here's what we generally know, and then some fun little caveats: The General Idea: MX2 (the full name is the – Motorsport Personality Xterweight) were a way to give young lads somewhere between 13 and 16 anthing that could get up on two wheels. The Engines? You're looking at around 1,000 – 1,250 cubic centimetres, which is... substantial for a go-kart! You can think of
