Buying a cheap Pocket Bike from TradeMe: Bad?

[skidMark]

Yeah go for it. The cheap ones are fine, just a few things to look at before you start out.

Replace the handlebar, front fork and foot peg bolts with some high tencile steel bolts from an engineering shop. Doesnt cost much and allows you to tighten everything up good and proper.

Watch the pullstarter units, the plastic ones break easy. You can replace with a metal race unit later.

Make sure your chain is running straight, sometimes the cheap bikes are not put together well, you can align up the engine and rear wheel to fix this.

Parts are very cheap but there is a big difference in quality from a $200 to a $500 bike. Check us out if you need anything.

i bought an rc car off ya way back, was a bit of fun, whyd ya stop selling rc stuff?

[raster]

My bro bought a couple of second hand pocket bikes, the cheep ones, the brakes needed strengthening and he had to replace many of the bolts.

Haven't completely fallen apart yet.

[XTCRacing]

I have had fun on a few of these pocket bikes. Not the greatest, but bang for buck GREAT