What are Pocket Bikes ?

Pocket bikes or mini bikes or minimotos are small, speedy, gas powered motorcycles about 47 inches long and 18 inches tall. Pocket bikes are small engined, mainly 2 stroke bikes, usually 49cc or 39cc and depending on the model will be liquid or air cooled single cylinder mini moto engines. The smaller models reach a speed up to 35 mph while the superior models can achieve up to 50 mph.

Pocket bikes are essentially miniature sized GP Racing motorcycles. They look the same, and run like the real thing, except that they are much smaller. Pocket bikes are built with the same detail, proportion and craftmanship of any world-class GP bike on a smaller scale. Pocket bikes have many features common to regular motorcycles, such as disc brakes in thre front and rear, racing tires, fairings, lightweight aluminum alloy cast perimeter frames and swing arms.

Previously pocket bikes were used only on closed racetracks, private roads and on roads that were not under public traffic laws, so that no big car or truck can run into your minute sized pocket bikes. Go-kart tracks provide racetracks suited for pocket bikes.