Learn More About Mini Bikes For Kids
When we used to talk about mini bikes for kids, we were talking about a small scale frame with a lawn mower type engine on it. They typically ran at the 3. 5 hp range and sported motors that you saw on the family lawn mower. The mini bikes were very basic and usually had no gears, just a centrifugal clutch to get the little machine rolling.
Today we are speaking of a totally different animal; they come in many different shapes and sizes as well as ways that they are powered. This article is going to take a look at the several different varieties that these sized down motorbikes of today come in.
The Super street bikes are just what they sound like. These are commonly a scaled down version of the “crotch rocket” type Japanese street bikes we see flying by us on the freeway everyday. These can be customized and made to go quite fast. This particular variety is very popular with the extreme mini bike enthusiast.
There are Chopper mini bikes that are (you guessed it) just scaled down models of the custom street cruiser bikes we see on the road every day. These are the fastest growing facet of the mini bike industry today. You can customize these bikes in many different ways, just like the full size bikes.
The closest of these mini bikes is the mini dirt bike, and are meant to be ridden only off road in closed environments like tracks. The difference in these mini bikes is that some of them, as the name suggests, are just scaled down versions of the classic motocross bike that we see at the track. Still, some are holding on to the same style we remember, just with quite a few improvements, like suspension for one.
For the competitive matured riders there are the Super Pocket Rockets. Again, most of these are just scaled down versions of the Japanese Crotch Rockets. The fact that these are mini bikes is not something that means they are slow. These bikes are built for speed and can be customized to go very, very, fast.
There are also the electric versions of all these mini bikes for kids; however these are not nearly as fast or as sturdy as the others.
No matter how small the bike is, you should always be concerned with safety and make sure your child wears a helmet, gloves and other safety gear.
Razor Pocket Rocket Miniature Electric Bike Customer Reviews
Reviewed at amazon.com
AWSOME, June 22, 2009
plenty big enough
other guy is wrong about size but right about everything else
i am 11 am 5 foot one and have no size issues
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Great toy for the $$!!, February 13, 2009
I purchased this bike for my 8 yr. old son for Christmas and he absolutely loves it!! It makes him feel all grown up riding through the neighborhood! It goes pretty fast too! I suggest if you have a child younger than the recommended age, that you invest in some knee and elbow pads and a helmet just in case!! He fell a few times and it could have scraped him up a little bit…well worth the money! It lasts quite a while on a single charge as well!
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YES, January 20, 2009
All my kids love this, ages 6, 10, and 14. Ofcourse, young ones need to wear a helmet, cuz this thing moooves…
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Great toy, January 14, 2009
We give this toys to my twins cousins. They are having a blast with them.
Company send them earlier than promissed. This is a really good product I’ll recomend it to 100%.
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AWESOME!!, January 14, 2009
We got this for our 6 year old son for Christmas and he loves it!! We have had it over a month now, no problems!! I highly recommed!!!
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