The origin of pocketbikes
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.