The Origin Of Pocket Bikes
Mark Lambie
The concept of pocket bikes also known as mini bikes, mini motos,
or mini motorcycles) began years ago in Japan, a country known
for miniaturizing full-scale products. As crude mockups of the
first pocket bikes were developed and ridden, a brand new trend
and following developed. As the sport spread into Europe, Italian
manufacturer Polini began research and development into producing
high quality racing Minimoto bikes. Throughout the years, the
combination of Japanese innovation and Italian craftsmanship has
produced ultra high performance pocket bikes.
Some of today's top motorcycle racers got their start in the
sport of pocket bike racing. Champion riders started in this
smaller scale sport and eventually dominated all pocket bike
racing events throughout the world.
Until recently, quality pocket bikes were largely out of reach
and unavailable to the casual rider. Prices of pocket bikes
reached upwards of $4000. These astronomical costs were mainly
due to research and development costs to provide optimum frame
geometry, motor configurations and dimensions. Today's
manufacturers are able to use the information pioneered by these
Italian and Japanese companies and develop pocket bikes that are
essentially configured the same way including motor setup, frame
geometry, braking systems, etc. Because these upfront costs were
avoided, prices of these high quality pocket bikes are much less
expensive today
Mark Lambie
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