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Old 08-07-2008, 11:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design

Chinese mini bike companies after being fed up with being called "unsafe cheap clones" decided to gather their countries top engineers and show the world that they can design a bike that is safer, faster, more fun and better looking than any Honda mini to date.

Honda has yet to comment on the radical bike, could this be the better, faster, safer Monkey we all have dreamed about?

Time will tell...

I think many of you will have to eat your words, china doesn't just clone, they have built a bike that weighs 50% than a monkey without any carbon fiber!! Um hello, that's NASA type technology....
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:33 AM   #2 (permalink)
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i'd try and build one for $h!ts and giggles.
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:34 AM   #3 (permalink)
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i'm not
gonna lie, I want that!
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:35 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I'd ride that in a hearbeat.
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:40 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design

You guys make me sick, ready to sell your your soul just because it's smaller.
Where does it end? You won't be happy until the sport is destroyed and you are strapped to an RC car riding down your street alone....

It's a gpx with some spare roller blade wheels, goes 50 mph, the only bad part is the gas tank is a camel back and so you have to remove the hose clamp and carry gasoline around all day.
It's not recommended for smokers, or pregnant women.

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Old 08-07-2008, 11:41 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Very small.....
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:47 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Let's see who has the guts to buy one for their 5 year old! I can't wait to see the 60 minutes story on these cute toys...

Look at this one, it's bigger! Wouldn't you rather have this 7 foot long ruckus "inspired" trike? I'll give everyone a chance to exchange that little one for this big one..... tick tock I'll even throw in this Quad/Pit disaster worth over 10,000 dollars....
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:51 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I'd ride it. It looks like a robotic deer with the air filter as the snout.
Hmm...where's the exhaust? It must sound like a bubble machine with no exhaust.

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Id ride that any day!!!
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:55 AM   #10 (permalink)
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The one in the middle looks scary. Looks like you have to lean it like a skateboard to steer it!
and...how do you stop it?
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The one in the middle looks scary. Looks like you have to lean it like a skateboard to steer it!
and...how do you stop it?

You stop and steer it just like you would if you were riding an incredibly fast and scary Shetland Pony! Where is your sense of adventure?
You are the only person to reply that asked about steering and stopping before committing to owning and riding one. Do you think skydiving would be the
sport it is today if people started asking those type of questions? Unregulated carnival bungee jumping? Go buy a volvo and put on your seatbelt nancy.

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Old 08-07-2008, 12:04 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I'd buy any of those at the right price.
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Old 08-07-2008, 12:33 PM   #13 (permalink)
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The one in the middle looks scary. Looks like you have to lean it like a skateboard to steer it!
and...how do you stop it?
Yep! Steers like a skateboard and stops with a disc brake.
See Post up pics of Z/CT/ST/DAX and Chaly's you fancy...
Looks like a case of road rash waiting to happen!

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I'd buy any of those at the right price.
Of course you would, because today and today only you can have one of those and one of these, for payments that are less than the price you pay to fill up your gas tank once a week. You can't afford not to buy these bikes..

The shipping fee on the small one ranges from $50-$2200 depending on where the wheel stops....

And at those prices I obviously can't afford to give a warranty on defects or guarantee that these are technically "Able to turn." It's so silly, but the definition of turning can be interpreted many ways and there is no equivalent word in Chinese. So while you will be able to influence the bike, steer, whatever, it's not something we are legally allowed to say.
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So, from the tone of your posts over the past week or so, I take it the Missus is still at her Mother's, and you're still fending for yourself...?
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Yep! Steers like a skateboard and stops with a disc brake.
See Post up pics of Z/CT/ST/DAX and Chaly's you fancy...
Looks like a case of road rash waiting to happen!
I get it, so it's like standing on a skateboard and leaning into turns as you roll down the street.Except you are squatting down,dry humping a motor and pushing your ankles against the stator/clutch cover while trying to keep your toes from being ripped off as you hit 45mph and lightly feather the disk brake so you won't hit the marble on the street which would inevitable leave you with a license plate in your mouth and 3rd degree testy burn... Should be easy for me since I rode a skateboard as kid..
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So, from the tone of your posts over the past week or so, I take it the Missus is still at her Mother's, and you're still fending for yourself...?
Damn, very close! My Mother is with her friend, Missus Tetherbean. They decided to make it a "girls bingo vacation.."They used the time share in Boca (Uncle Ralph traded dates), and I have the place to myself for a week.

Keep it on the DL, but I ordered two pay per views and have had pizza every day..What can I say? I like to party.

Ok-I admit you are not the first person to notice my increased contributions that could be seen as pointless.. In my defense, there has been a lack of threads that I find interesting or informative. So in order to continue being part of this community, I have posted things that I find entertaining. It is all I have to offer and I don't want to be a mooch on pm....

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And at those prices I obviously can't afford to give a warranty on defects or guarantee that these are technically "Able to turn." It's so silly, but the definition of turning can be interpreted many ways and there is no equivalent word in Chinese. So while you will be able to influence the bike, steer, whatever, it's not something we are legally allowed to say.[/QUOTE]

u cant say if it will turn or not? what a joke
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I'd ride it. It looks like a robotic deer with the air filter as the snout.
Hmm...where's the exhaust? It must sound like a bubble machine with no exhaust.

Also, where is the dipstick on the thing in the first picture of the first thread.
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there is an abundance of dipsticks throughout this thread, just look a little harder : )
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