Mini Choppers?

[kels]

I just can't take them seriously! Do people realise how stupid they look. And dangerous as well.

[SARGE]

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Too much American Chopper I think. That ain't what bikers are like, that's what dumb yanks are like...

easy daisy.. be sure who's around before you start running your yap

[skidMark]

u may all call me insane...i sold my tzr to have the dosh to buy one

couldnt be bothered with tzr so i bought a mini chopper it's annoying having to clean peoples drool off it though hahaha people always want to talk about it it's like can i take my dinner home before it's room temperature or are you going to ask me every detail for 2 hours :|

good to look at people think they kickass i mean one guy had a sit on it and got me to take a pic on his cellphone the other day....

in pieces right not going into the paint shop to get a custom paintjob...all bow to my metalflake...when ive got it :P

[skidMark]

in conclusion...
Positives:
they look cool

Negatives:

people won't stop asking about it it gets annoying after a while

they vibrate like crazy

they have no rear suspention so you get a sore ass so quickly

the seat padding is so thin it would be better to sit on a slab of concrete

nobody sees you

you wonder whats going to happen if you stall at the lights when the big truck behind you probably doesnt even know you are there

office chairs handle better round corners

you fear a single piece of gravel on the road

and speedbumps are the grim reaper ...


just a bit of a difference in numbers of positives to negatives...

but everybody thinks your a legand so it's worth it even if you can't ride 10 km without having to get off and rest ur ass

[SlowHand]

in conclusion...
but everybody thinks your a legand so it's worth it even if you can't ride 10 km without having to get off and rest ur ass

:spudwave: umm, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the poll would indicate otherwise

[skidMark]

ok so maybe only people from 3-7 years old think it's awesome lol maybe because it's a fullsize bike for them?:P

[Back Fire]

hate that little buggers, saw some idiot the other week parked just after a blind corner sitting on his mini chopper at 9:30.... lucky he didn't get tacken out

[madmal64]

Cant stand them myself. Maybe ok as a garden ormament
A couple of "lads" showed up here at my place last week on their mini choppers trying to impress my oldest daughter.
She had to show them her dads bikes and her own set of real riding gear and they soon realised that she didnt really think they were cool and her vcan helmet was cooler than their old shitty polstar peices of crap.

[Cleve]

What's "cool" is a personal thing. Me, I am a -sports bike is cool but a cruiser is not - kinda guy. But then one day I ride my wife's harley-look-a-like Honda 600 Shadow in town and all these girls are looking at me and saying "coool"... Never happens when I am riding a "cooler" sports bike...
Mini choppers ARE cool to a lot of people.

[MisterD]

They suck and my scooters chew 'em up and spit 'em out...anyone know where I can get one cheap that we can torch at the next national scooter rally?

[avgas]

Hey at least it will get people riding.
While they are deadly...... So is the new ZX10R, K5/6..... and 17 year olds can own them.
Firearms are cool
Knives are cool
The Fonz was cool - but now i hear he's fat (not phat)

[MisterD]

Ah yes, as the T-shirt says "ATF Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...who's bringing the chips?"

[Unit:Me]

Too many are being ridden on the road, by young people without the right protection. And they are not registered or WOF either.
So they are not road legal.So do I like them.... not really.

They can be wof'd to be ridden on the road, only a learners car licence required. Ever tried to see them parked beside some townie in her big 4x4? Personally I think there dangerous due to lack of height for visability. We finance quite a few each week and they are predominately purchased by young men. They break down quickly and servicing and parts availability are limited. They cost around $2k and are worth about $800 in good nic three months later. Hopefully the fad will run its course

[DMNTD:Me]

Personally I reckon they're hardcase but extremely dangerous due to their lack of height.
Maybe a big orange flag off the back of them would help to make them more visable to the "scoccer Mom" etc
Sure it does mean more people are able to get on bikes but to me it seems a faster way to get people *off* them....not cool

[SuperDave]

Some little 5th form fuck used to ride one to school earlier this year. He doesn't ride anymore as I reckon he has screwed up the engine. Both him as some other guy on a two stroke scooter never let their engines warm up, they just fire them up and rev their nuts off immediatly as they pull away.

I don't like them, they are too low and the people who ride them think they will come to no harm no matter what they do.