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Title: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 07, 2006, 09:15:56 PM
Hey i just found a pocket bike corse down the street and i was wondering if any one here has any recent experience with them. if so is their any brands u can recomend??? I think this might be my new hobbie, since my bike is my everyday form of transport
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: Alphamazing on August 07, 2006, 09:49:54 PM
What happened to drag racing? Gonna drag race pocket bikes now?
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: CirclesCenter on August 07, 2006, 11:51:02 PM
Nick, pocket bikes get a bad wrap. Good to see you back BTW.

Brands? I didn't even know more than one maker made these little beasts.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3023099021721761508

God I feel like I just tossed gas on a fire....

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Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 06:30:56 AM
im doing both. its just that the drag strip is 2 hours away, versus 3 blocks to get to a pocket bike corse. and i usually work on drag nites so id only be able to go during vacations, or days off from school or work.
hey that video is just plain stupid, they could have easily goten a 2200 dollar ticket.
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: groff22 on August 08, 2006, 07:33:48 AM
Eerm... stay away from the 100 dollar pocket bikes on ebay (known as Cagliaris), they work, but not well... and require some work on the engine and components before they starting them up, specifically the handlebars as they strip quickly meaning you'll probably have to replace them or weld them on. Otherwise you'll take an unwelcome face dive...  Here are a few pics of my orange one, I call it a GS 50F ... 100 bucks Canadian on Ebay (Shipped!) :)

(http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pmhmDZMDzjIgtxdEvKXK3P00CHE_pDdwWSDH1DILUUMXXPHMj80AJHKIB7JydKLSa6nl1gZa5Os1ryw3K-f73nIpuLGSSTEBafroFaToxhg5onNp8uo3EaUTTvyg2mcITHYe_sS89mt0)
(http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pmhmDZMDzjIgtxdEvKXK3P97F_dGPyEJJIE_quE-ByRQw5LGWiNJM9p6eaooGHeS_ht_I4Zz343uE-VNj_sSW58Y0HN3-vC3K8jFYXnEnVoVlDaRrmkqOv6EnTgYDnUELwdAipuSQcAA)
(http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pmhmDZMDzjIgtxdEvKXK3PzZlJuU1RIn_8DrDRObEiapaWXTq0vU9vygKlAZ90bhM0z7yh-7nh6P_rSEe94_MH4BirZ1Z5b9W7r4hmeyEyJ4f8L9CFzpcMqZYR7aJrbN7jg2_QR5Cm1M)
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 07:37:41 AM
nice paint job :o, i was looking at them, hey do you know if the lucky sevens are any better?
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: groff22 on August 08, 2006, 08:24:23 AM
Looks like the exact same engine.

I found a review on them here: http://www.pocket-bike-racing.com.au/index.php?page=lucky-7-pocket-bike-review
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 10:51:33 AM
yeah that seems to be the one im going to get, i just have to find a site that caries them
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: Turd Ferguson on August 08, 2006, 11:05:52 AM
Wow...I'm really sorry but you (and everyone) look like a total tool bag riding a kids toy.

-Turd.
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: groff22 on August 08, 2006, 11:57:32 AM
Your such a turd.
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: Yankee Punker on August 08, 2006, 12:05:34 PM
Quote from: Turd Ferguson on August 08, 2006, 11:05:52 AM
Wow...I'm really sorry but you (and everyone) look like a total tool bag riding a kids toy.

-Turd.
Come on now, have you ever riden one?

There just like scooters and fat chicks, there a lot of fun to ride, but just don't let anyone you know see you on one.  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: werase643 on August 08, 2006, 12:22:39 PM
Blata and Polini
are the original pocket bikes that are worth a damn
the used to be 1500-2k

until the cheap chinese copies came out...dang near killed their sales

the good ones do about 70
the cheapo ones....35-40

the good ones have parts availabity
the cheap ones...... :dunno_white:

http://www.angelfire.com/id/MiniMoto/Pocketbike.html

http://www.semra.org/

http://www.pocket-bike-racing.com.au/index.php?page=tech

http://www.pocketbikegp.com/
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: aaronstj on August 08, 2006, 01:36:13 PM
Valentino Rossi got his start in minimoto racing.  Something to think about.
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on August 08, 2006, 01:46:04 PM
Quote from: Yankee Punker on August 08, 2006, 12:05:34 PM
Quote from: Turd Ferguson on August 08, 2006, 11:05:52 AM
Wow...I'm really sorry but you (and everyone) look like a total tool bag riding a kids toy.

-Turd.
Come on now, have you ever riden one?

There just like scooters and fat chicks, there a lot of fun to ride, but just don't let anyone you know see you on one.  :laugh: :laugh:
:thumb:
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 02:25:21 PM
sweet info werase643, but im thinking just to try a cheap one that hits 30 or something like that. I thinking of the lucky 7 if i can find someone who still caries it or this try this one

http://www.minipocketrockets.com/raptor-mini-bike/
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 02:46:46 PM
here we go my net drag bike
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(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j267/nickvillan87/bikepicture036.jpg)

the small one of corse
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: werase643 on August 08, 2006, 03:26:50 PM
nick,
get ahold of kill bill
he's in fla and works at a scooter store...sells p-bikes i think

or start looking at pawn shops. different friend just bought one in miami area for 50 bucks and then brought it back to NC.

the 239 bike....i bought one about 2 yrs ago.....for 195 shipped...before they got really popular
traded it for an antique p-bike with a friend....i have a purdy blue(purple) DANDY p-bike
sitting on the work bench
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 03:30:09 PM
nice
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 03:33:05 PM
nice so a flee market should have them
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: werase643 on August 08, 2006, 05:14:56 PM
i thought florida WAS a flea market
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: TragicImage on August 08, 2006, 05:21:52 PM
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Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: ll_kill_bill_ll on August 08, 2006, 06:54:19 PM
did someone bellow my name????? :cookoo:
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: nick_villan on August 08, 2006, 07:36:57 PM
hey ll_kill_bill_ll can u help me out with a pocket bike
Title: Re: pocket bike???
Post by: Egaeus on August 08, 2006, 08:59:26 PM
You think they'd let me take the ERC on one of those?