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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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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.... Last edited by dicktony; 08-07-2008 at 11:35 AM. |
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| The Golden Ticket Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5outh 5an 0iego
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design i'd try and build one for $h!ts and giggles. |
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| 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hudson, NH
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design i'm not gonna lie, I want that! |
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| Advertiser Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: La Center, WA
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design I'd ride that in a hearbeat.
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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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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. Last edited by dicktony; 08-07-2008 at 11:44 AM. |
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| 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: SoCal
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design Very small..... |
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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design 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.... Last edited by dicktony; 08-07-2008 at 11:57 AM. |
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| 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design 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. Last edited by shw911; 08-07-2008 at 11:53 AM. |
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| 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Glendale California
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design Id ride that any day!!! |
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| 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design 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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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design Quote:
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. Last edited by dicktony; 08-07-2008 at 12:04 PM. | |
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design I'd buy any of those at the right price. |
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design Quote:
See Post up pics of Z/CT/ST/DAX and Chaly's you fancy... Looks like a case of road rash waiting to happen! ![]() Last edited by Cruzrmm; 08-07-2008 at 12:37 PM. | |
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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design 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. Last edited by dicktony; 08-07-2008 at 12:41 PM. |
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| 3rd Gear Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Jersey
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design 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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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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| Editor, C-craft Magazine Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Big "D" Texas
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design Quote:
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.... Last edited by dicktony; 08-07-2008 at 01:18 PM. | |
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| 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Riverside!! SoCal
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design [quote=dicktony;959152 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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| "High Speed Record Guy" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Virginia
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| Re: China carries the torch with ORIGINAL design Quote:
Also, where is the dipstick on the thing in the first picture of the first thread. | |
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