We have a pocket bike club

Oh oh can I have a 1/2 track – they are zippy and can go anywhere inflicting maximum environmental impact while doing so( RE Illegal mountain bike tracks ). I guarantee I could outrun a dozer/apc/centurion/panzer etc etc.

Your track could host a tank v recumbent bike showdown, eh Thumper?

I’d say the army will have a few Centurions going cheap before too long, Thumper.

Go you halves?

pocket dozers?

I reckon even a bull dozer would be fun…. what about a smash-em-up derby between an unarmed tank and a bulldozer… could be interestingk.

“Me and my moron mates are into {insert illegal moronic activity here}, and we reckon we should be allowed to be organised, preferably with gubmint funding, so we can carry on with our {insert illegal moronic activity here} on a larger scale. If you don’t, we’ll keep on {insert moronic illegal activity here} in the streets, and somebody could get hurt.”

I’ve got a better idea – you and your fuckhead drag racing / pocket bike riding mates get a free trip to jail, a fine, a confiscated vehicle and a lost license. Maybe once we’ve made an example of a few of you, it’ll keep the rest of you off the streets.

jb – It will allow a percentage that are currently riding on the footpaths to ride in a controlled and legal environment – just like a dragway will take kids from racing on the streets with street meets, and the SDMA hillclimb gives people an opportunity to fang up a closed orad in a safe environment.

ps – Thumper, I couldn’t resist… just winding you up 😉

You think they’re going to stop riding on the footpaths?

Spectra is on the money – let them organise formal events, race meetings etc – in a safer environment. They could probably use the remote control car track in Kambah, the Canberra Kart Club track, or heaven forbid, be an occasional tenant at the new Canberra International Dragway (cough)

It will keep them off the road (hopefully), and give less opportunity for you/your wife/kids/the riders being injured riding illegally on public roads and footpaths.

I’m no pocket bike fanatic – never ridden one and couldn’t care less – but they are no more stupid than wannabe 250cc Harleys, or 125cc MotoGP replicas. And I remember many years ago reading about pocket bike racing in the States in the 80’s…

Go jump barking toad.

The more of these clowns that are bowled over by a speeding Kenworth, the better.

Sick and tired of them buzzing around my neighbourhood.

Also from the FAQ page:
“Who would’ve though pocket bikes would’ve grown to the status they have now become.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I find it friggin scary that you can get one of those things for “as low” as $200 but it’s hard to get a decent pushy for that much. Can anyone say “Safety plus”?

If you pay them $10 to come to their opening party, you get “free” food and drink! yay!

I don’t know – I think this could actually be a positive thing. A formalised club might mean they encourage people to actually use these things appropriately (ie, on closed circuits with proper safety gear). Then, the only real downside is that they still look like twits, which is hardly something the rest of us should spend time worrying about. If they’re having fun and not hurting anyone, who gives a stuff? It’s only the people who use these things illegally and dangerously that are the problem.

But maybe that’s just me being optimistic.

Looks like fun to me, a motorcycle that fits in the boot, stores in a closet, low cost.
If only I had the time …

Sad to see this group bagging it!

peas in a pod

pocket- bike riders/recumbent cyclists

What a stupid site. And to hell with the fact that pocket bikes are a) illegal and b) ridden by morons.

LOL they are even asking for a treasurer – how cute

Bloody hell! Welcome to the shallow end of the gene pool…

Look at that guy with his knees stuck out! He looks like a frog on a rock. Pathetic.

Losers.

See quite a few riding through the ‘no trail bikes’ paths around Melba / Evatt area.

It should set up a chapter in Northern Ireland.