I sell them.

They're okay, not my favourite product by a long shot though. They're engineered well, but slapped together with weak metal and "not-so-precision" fitting parts, much like anything made in China.

That said, they do what they say, lots of fun, if you don't mind the high maintenance. Performance upgrades are plentiful. Parts are commonly stocked, at least for the Kazuma brands that I sell.

Canada Transport has it "out" for them though. They hate them and there is much talk of a total ban on them. They make it extremely difficult to get them in the country at all, currently, their newest hurdle they've created is a 90 day stasis period. Ship some pocket bikes into the country, and they have to sit in the Customs warehouses for 90 days, no reason given. Just because they felt like it.

They are illegal ANYwhere on public streets. You cannot ride them on your street at home, to the store, in a campground, or anywhere the general puclic has access. Most people think, oh well, I'll just go for a boot in the Cosco parking lot after it closes...

Nuh-uh. The law states that the parking lot must be closed off to the general public. So now you need a city permit and several hundred meters of chain link fencing too. Get caught in the parking lot, you get the no insurance fine ($5000), no registration fine (dunno how much it is), and your bike gets impounded. Sure, you could call up your insurance agent and get PL/PD stuck on it easy enough, but you can't ever register it. The chickie behind the counter will call you a whacko - "You can't register one of those things in THIS country!"

I do know that one or two go-kart tracks have let them on their tracks, "Don't get hurt or we'll just sweep ya under the bridge" kinda thing. All ya can do is ask...

[ May 30, 2005, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: GrizZz ]

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