Mini-choppers? Why?

**smoky** · 2nd June 2007, 10:38

I was coming home the other night and saw one of those mini chopper things that had been pulled over by police – he was obviously writing up an infringement notice.

Firstly are they cool? I appreciate the art but wouldn’t ya have to be a bit of a looser to be riding one? I'm not talking about pocket racers or pit bikes, but those stupid mini chopper wanna be's.

Apparently they can be registered and get WOF for road use – why?
they are obviously not engineered up to any standard that a motorbike manufacturer would have to meet to produce a bike for the road. Can you go make anything you like, wack a couple lights on it, string up some indicators and a horn, and Bobs ya uncle – they’ll give ya a WOF.
You don’t even need a bike license to ride one, that’s great.

Lets see how that stacks up; take a substandard bike that wasn’t built to any safety standard, that’s too small to be seen easily, give it a little motor so it can’t get out the road and holds up traffic, a bike with no suspension, no handling at all, give it to a moron who isn’t even licensed to ride a bike – and put it on the road.

**smoky** · 2nd June 2007, 10:49

no reflection on the bling your riding

**Skyryder** · 2nd June 2007, 10:57

I just look upon these guys as 'future' bikers. Scooters with bling. I had one come up on the inside of me the other day when I was driving the 4x4. Just went up on the inside of a line of traffic. Doubt if this guy will make the grade riding the way he was.

Skyryder

**hazard02** · 2nd June 2007, 11:00

People buy them for the novelty I guess. You probably wont find to many motorcyclists who own them, but for car drivers its a relatively cheap way to have some fun on two wheels. In all honesty I think its a passing fad, so ignore the problem for another year or so and it'll go away.

**cowboy** · 2nd June 2007, 11:04

I think they are bloody dangerous on the roads. There that low its hard to see the little bastards

**kiwifruit** · 2nd June 2007, 11:11

As with other amphetamines, tolerance to methamphetamine is not completely understood, but known to be sufficiently complex that it cannot be explained by any single mechanism. The extent of tolerance and the rate at which it develops varies widely between individuals, and even within one person it is highly dependent on dosage, duration of use and frequency of administration.

**smoky** · 2nd June 2007, 11:19

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

As with other amphetamines, tolerance to methamphetamine is not completely understood, but known to be sufficiently complex that it cannot be explained by any single mechanism. The extent of tolerance and the rate at which it develops varies widely between individuals, and even within one person it is highly dependent on dosage, duration of use and frequency of administration.

I think this post has strayed - shoo, go home

**kiwifruit** · 2nd June 2007, 11:23

mini choppers and the use of pure crystal methamphetamine go hand in hand

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 2nd June 2007, 11:32

Micro Choppers are purpose built for people with micro intelligence. I'd consider it compulsory for riders of said 'appliances' to abandon the practice of wearing a helmet, therefore improving the gene pool nationwide.

**Toaster** · 2nd June 2007, 11:44

They are a great way to leave an impression of your face in the back or front of a car bumper.

**Waylander** · 2nd June 2007, 12:11

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**Arthur** · 2nd June 2007, 12:46

The only people who ride these "bikes" have a lot in common with said "bikes": small in stature, extremely under-powered, look like sh*t, a poor imitation of the real thing, and - well, you get the general idea...