11 replies to this topic

[carl]

been on local news on teletxt and over this weekend 3 people have been killed on mini motorbikes,was only a matter of time really theres loads of young lads and girls as young as 8 yrs old riding around on them everyday near me goin to shops using them as if they was bmx,s ,how can parents be so stupid to let these kids ride around on them how can they care about there kids ??

[darcym]

Couple of teens in the 'hood go up and down my street on a mini bike - 35 to 40 mph no helmet no gear at all. They even had a teen girl on the back once in tiny shorts and tank top. (of course, I was 13 on the back of a friends mini bike once too ... )

Actually, the worst was when they had the guy on the skateboard towing off the back... been a couple deaths from those kinds of shenanigans around here too. Only saving grace is these streets are pretty far off the main drag, so other traffic not usually a problem.

[slimjim]

In Dundee the police take them off you and parents collect after 14 days if spotter again they keep them and charge them with every thing they can No insurance , tax , not fit for highway use .No number plate etc . It does seem to work there arnt many going about any more .

[GrahamI]

It's great isn't it, get a bike, get a licence, get the right gear and the police will take great pleasure in doing you for small number plate or loud exhaust - however, buy an illegal bike, give it to a kid, no tax/insurance/licence/training etc etc and the police will take it off them for 2 weeks - they should be taken off them and crushed, they are illegal and shouldn't be on the road, end of....grrrr

I have no problem with kids having these bikes - in the right environment where they can learn to ride them without dangering themsselves and others, it is the ones who ride on the street that annoy me

Sorry, will get off me soapbox now....

[ROB1]

It's great isn't it, get a bike, get a licence, get the right gear and the police will take great pleasure in doing you for small number plate or loud exhaust - however, buy an illegal bike, give it to a kid, no tax/insurance/licence/training etc etc and the police will take it off them for 2 weeks - they should be taken off them and crushed, they are illegal and shouldn't be on the road, end of....grrrr

I have no problem with kids having these bikes - in the right environment where they can learn to ride them without dangering themsselves and others, it is the ones who ride on the street that annoy me

Sorry, will get off me soapbox now....

i dont think u r on your soap box. you are only saying what a lot of other people are thinking.ill leave it there cos it pisses me right off..

[Nosaj]

Once that hood goes up theres an invisible force field that goes around the bike, they know they cant get hurt round by us theres a quad bike track just opened but i think its about £30 quid a go, no yoof is going to pay that when they know theres hardly any plods on patrol

[stu]

In Dundee the police take them off you and parents collect after 14 days if spotter again they keep them and charge them with every thing they can No insurance , tax , not fit for highway use .No number plate etc . It does seem to work there arnt many going about any more .

Yeah, but no, but yeah, but .... in Dundee you've got a lot of Cake, aintcha?, which may have some effect

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[Readmarx]

Darcym? Do you have any footage of the teen girl in tiny shorts/top on the minimoto please

[SteveGlover]

Darcym? Do you have any footage of the teen girl in tiny shorts/top on the minimoto please

Think you need a cold shower.

[darcym]

sit down dog before you hurt yerself ... jail bait, Marx!

[Guinness]

It's great isn't it, get a bike, get a licence, get the right gear and the police will take great pleasure in doing you for small number plate or loud exhaust - however, buy an illegal bike, give it to a kid, no tax/insurance/licence/training etc etc and the police will take it off them for 2 weeks -//-

thats usually how it goes...

what happens if one of em crashes into your car, or worse, while you are on yer bike?
who's gonna pay for that?