Mini-choppers

[skidMark]

Why would you waste your money?
You said somewhere you payed just under 700 smackers for it and that kit is about $850.

Something does need to be done, somebody is going to get killed.
There's no "if's" or "buts".

They even come with a sticker on them saying "For offroad use only"

yeah and the importers of them just wack some lights on and go see road legal

[Karma]

Sorry mark but they're toys... they shouldn't be on the road.

[skidMark]

They will make it so they are illegal. That is their aim....

what ever happened to freedom of choice...ugh turning into america everyone ends up controlled and lawed to death

[The Beast]

It's not actually that easy. Some of the places won't even go near them.
Out of every one of the choppers we have sold (about 10 in total, now concentrate on Minimotos) we told the customers that they can be registered but we aren't going to do it and it's nothing to do with us. Most of the decent ones actually come standard from the factory with lights.

Yes I do realise that other businesses register the choppers before they sell them, but really they are just toys to thrash around on. I don't think you would see someone registering a Peewee 50 if you put lights on it.

Anyway everybody is entitled to their own opinion...

[The Beast]

Sorry mark but they're toys... they shouldn't be on the road.

I completely agree

[skidMark]

I completely agree

mines not on the road it's in pieces all over the garage being rebuilt

they seem to require being stripped down to have the frames cracks fixed often so i figured screw it and am building a new frame at the moment

[The Beast]

And I assume you are going to be putting it back on the road after you've re-built it? If the loophole is still there. Just curious, when it was on the road, did any cops see you? If they did I'm just wondering the reaction... Some of them are impressed by them but others get pretty pissed off.

[skidMark]

ive been pulled over once on it because the cop ddn't know the laws on them but thats all it's still regoed so it's all good

[Ixion]

I disliked 'em at first (as I dislike most innovations !) but I've gooten to accept them. Chacum a son gout, they're not for me , but so long as the riders are sensible I don't see why they shouldn't be there. M'self, I'd stick some sort of flag on 'em, but as someone said they're no lower than a kid on a tricycle - and indeed I've seen some sports cars where the drivers head isn't much higher. Live and let live I say.

[The Beast]

Yeah fair enough, as I said before, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

[Waylander]

ugh turning into america everyone ends up controlled and lawed to death

BAHAHAHAHA!!!! Sorry man but it's much worse here than in the states.

[skidMark]

BAHAHAHAHA!!!! Sorry man but it's much worse here than in the states.

ahhhhh jumps out 3rd story plate glass window ...im free....oh you need my passport to catch the plane...ill have to go back and get it .....

[Swoop]

We used to hire out FA 50s 15 yrs or so ago,whole groups of people would hire them and they'd race around the place with the horns going,so I disconnected the horns.Lot's of them had obviously never ridden a bike before,and the only protective gear they had was the poorly fitting helmet we supplied.

So you taught them how to ride them first, to prevent injuries???

[Motu]

Huh? Take their money and tell then to be back by 5.00pm was all they needed.

[Jackrat]

Seems to me that a lot of the dirt heaped on these things is pretty much the same as that put on bikers in general,an by the same type of people too.
Poor visibility,,bah,I can see them no worrys,,people will die,,hey that's just bloody stupid,tell me how many people have died on these things so far this summer,compered to how many have died on regular motorcycles,hell there's more reason to ban you from the roads.
People that live in glass houses huh.