Fucking mini-choppers

[Squeak the Rat]

As a car driver I hate those damn bikes - they appear out of nowhere, you can't see them in traffic. All the guys riding them think they are soooo cool. All dressed the same way. Their machines are noisy, and some even mess with them to make them even noisier. They ride around with scant regard for the law.

Bloody hypocrites - i'm talking about you lot

[BeakerRAT]

As a car driver I hate those damn bikes - they appear out of nowhere, you can't see them in traffic. All the guys riding them think they are soooo cool. All dressed the same way. Their machines are noisy, and some even mess with them to make them even noisier. They ride around with scant regard for the law.

Bloody hypocrites - i'm talking about you lot

LOL - Now that's a thread stopper!

[Swoop]

next time open the door and say that you didnt see him, as he isnt registered for using it on the road he would in my opinion become liable for all damages incurred.

Great... just like the comments on morning radio the other day. People who open car doors will get charged for doing so... if the cops aren't too tied up with speeding drivers...

It is also interesting to note that there has been a definate decrease in the usage of mini-choppers recently (in my area of the neighbourhood). Possibly due to the weather? With warmer weather they will return.

[Quartida]

I agree - what's the problem with them? - it's having too much fun?
It's too dangerous? (Like what you do ISN'T?)
It's not the bikes, it's the riders and how they behave, sure some of them ride like dicks - like a lot of KBers.
What a bunch of grinches.

Sorry, I have to disagree with those of you who are calling us killjoys.

I couldn't give a rat's whether mini choppers are a danger to themselves, from not wearing any gear or whatever. Gear, as has been mentioned, is all up to the biker (though I would think they'd be required to wear helmets if they can be road registered, and I CERTAINLY don't agree with those that choose not to wear a helmet).

However, my problem with them is far more selfish (as problems often are). They are a danger to ME.

They slip in behind you/beside you/around you without you even noticing. I check my blind spot EVERY time I make a move in a car, because I know about the dangers to bikers from cage drivers who assume the road is clear. But mini choppers sit in a blind spot that will always be blind, no matter what I do.

Having to brake suddenly or change direction to avoid pwning the mini chopper that is suddenly at my side - well, sorry if it makes me a killjoy, but I think that's dangerous. For me.

[ZeroIndex]

since they are so low, my calculating has given me statistical evidence, that a swift downward kick to the left or right shoulder (depending on minichomper side), should send the *sidiot into other traffic/ditch/anywhere but here

*Silly idiot

[07fatboy]

So the A & E are full of mini chopper riders with serious injuries? Anyone got any figures to back up these dangerous claims?


Or are you lot just out to spoil someone elses fun?

Can i put my 2 cent in here brothers,I agree with most coments on here, how ever i have 1 of these 200 cc versions 2.3 metres long blah blah but im a responsible person...i dont tear around doing the crazy shit here like those idiots maybe if i was about 20 years younger,, wouldnt have you guys ,young dumb full of come..boys will be boys untill you have a big stack...my guess this will blow over as quick as it started accidents,fines and deaths will take care of that should die of in a few monthswhen the next big toy comes along just a vote for those fo us who like and wish we had 1 20 years ago aight....btw im ex tokovegus born rotovegus raised livin in arsetralian west island now

[granma2]

I'm going down linwood ave in my classic 1975 corolla wagon which is difficult to get parts for as it is 31 years old right, stop at the lights, look in my rear view mirror, see some punk wearing a hoodie on a mini-chopper coming up. He trys to filter up beside, only to fucking hit the side of my car, the thing is so bloody unstable. Shit I was angry, he took off around the corner, not stopping, I pull over after the light turns green and have a look to inspect the damage.

Luckly there was only a black scrape down the side and no panel damage. It didn't bother me too much as I am planning on painting the old girl anyway, but it is just the principle of it.

Am I the only one to think they should be banned for street use? They're bloody dangerous, they all ride like dickheads, giving real bikers a bad name, and they're really low, making them more likely to be unseen by cars.

Didn't even see a plate on the back of this thing, must not have been registered! Idiot.

If that had been my partner he probably would have given chase and scared the livings daylights out of him. Not the best solution.....but.... maybe some of these idiots need a bit of "primary justice" by some of us real bikers.