Anyone have those damn mini-motorcycles?
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i dont know why you would want one when you have a real one already.
seems like the people that get this are the ones that dont want to ride a real motorcycle.
oh great... two people down my street just got them... they've been zipping along back and forth for almost an hour now. its damn annoying... :frown:
waggy
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Originally posted by: bR
i dont know why you would want one when you have a real one already.
seems like the people that get this are the ones that dont want to ride a real motorcycle.
It would be neat to have for around town driving. yeah i have the CBR but this has to be fun!
bR, peg them with a paintball. Thats what happened in my neighborhood. Those punks don't ride down that street no more.
Yea, they look kinda cool, except when a real motorcycle pulls up next to them.
Yea, they look kinda cool, except when a real motorcycle pulls up next to them.
Originally posted by: bR
lol... i think our house would get a good retaliation if i did that...
Naa, you just snipe em from somewhere. I don't even know who pegged those idiots, even though they were basically in front of my house when it happened.
That, or borrow a friend's car, stop in the street, peg em, then drive off.
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When you were 10, kids were not as bratty as they are now, getting whatever the hell they want. I would never dream of rising one on the street, for fear I would get my ass whooped by a parent somewhere. And I am only 24.
I went into a Pepboys to get a set of rotors for my zuk, and all the kids were crawling all over the things, some riding them up and down the isles. WTF man? What is with parents. I was so close to clotheslineing one kid as he went by on an electric scooter, screaming his head off for me to "get the fvck out of his way" WTF. Bratty kid, raised wrong by his parents. And WTF was with the employees letting them do it?
So, I think the scooters and bikes are a bad idea uinless the kid is raised right, and uses it correctly, and when it is safe to do so. Not in a store, or out in the street where I have to look every which way. because now, not only can a kid jump out in the street to get a ball, but now they are motorized, and faster than ever. Of course, it would still be my fault for running a kid over when he comes out between 2 houses at 20mph into the street where I promptly run him into the ground.
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
OMG, those things are annoying. I wouldn't mind riding one sometime, though.
Me too, if it looked like a Harley!
Hell I'm small, I might look "normal" on one.
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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
OMG, those things are annoying. I wouldn't mind riding one sometime, though.
Me too, if it looked like a Harley!
Hell I'm small, I might look "normal" on one.
yeah im 5ft 6in and i look kinda silly on my CBR. i think i would look normal on this!
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
OMG, those things are annoying. I wouldn't mind riding one sometime, though.
Me too, if it looked like a Harley!
Hell I'm small, I might look "normal" on one.
yeah im 5ft 6in and i look kinda silly on my CBR. i think i would look normal on this!
Me too Bro!
But now @ 50, I'm starting to shrink.
ok now they're giving little kids rides on it by having them sit on whatever space is left on the bike...
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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
OMG, those things are annoying. I wouldn't mind riding one sometime, though.
Me too, if it looked like a Harley!
Hell I'm small, I might look "normal" on one.
yeah im 5ft 6in and i look kinda silly on my CBR. i think i would look normal on this!
Me too Bro!
But now @ 50, I'm starting to shrink.
heh. same here. it started with my hair though.
i'm on a handful of motorcycle message boards and a bunch of people have purchased those. The bikes are garbage...rebadged by several manufacturers (including APC). Don't buy them if you don't want to lose your money.
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the ones being sold are cheap chinese knockoffs.. they retail about 300.. they are slow.. the real ones go about 1000-2000 dollars.
We had a picnic today, a family picnic, and there were a few ppl with these bikes.. giving rides and all. Atleast they wore bicycle helmets and were riding in teh bike lanes of balboa park.
I wouldnt mind getting one but its no use to me, i rather use the real thing, my gs500.
We had a picnic today, a family picnic, and there were a few ppl with these bikes.. giving rides and all. Atleast they wore bicycle helmets and were riding in teh bike lanes of balboa park.
I wouldnt mind getting one but its no use to me, i rather use the real thing, my gs500.
I dont think people even know the real mini motos...
these people going down my street arent wearing helmets or anything... the kids theyre giving rides to look like they're about to fall off. Its getting dark so i guess they'll stop sooner or later... hopefully.i work at a custom motorcycle shop.... back around november and december we got those in and some of the chopper looking ones... they were kool and we sold a ton because people were buying them for their kids.
we kept a few around thru the end of winter and when spring came all the hood rats bought them... well wasnt long before they tried to ride them in the streets and sidewalks in the city and the cops were taking them left and right
the other thing is they are JUST A TOY
if you fall and break something on it, its a weedwacker motor, so don't expect to do a motor rebuild
and they are imported into the us from china 95% pre-assembled, and parts are not available, so if you crash and break something, you just wasted a few hundred bux
the alternative is to get a real pocket bike, like a blatta, but they start at $2000 - but can be modded to go over 70!
id suggest just buying a honda xr 50 (now called the crf50) and putting a handlebar kit and exhaust on em
we kept a few around thru the end of winter and when spring came all the hood rats bought them... well wasnt long before they tried to ride them in the streets and sidewalks in the city and the cops were taking them left and right
the other thing is they are JUST A TOY
if you fall and break something on it, its a weedwacker motor, so don't expect to do a motor rebuild
and they are imported into the us from china 95% pre-assembled, and parts are not available, so if you crash and break something, you just wasted a few hundred bux
the alternative is to get a real pocket bike, like a blatta, but they start at $2000 - but can be modded to go over 70!
id suggest just buying a honda xr 50 (now called the crf50) and putting a handlebar kit and exhaust on em
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