If you’ ve been riding bikes long enough, I’ m sure you’ ll have encountered a certain kind of rider, that, seemingly, absolute madman tagging onto your group on a tiny little bike with tiny little wheels. They’ ve probably also left you for dead in rush hour traffic. Welcome to the world of mini bikes, the brain child of manufacturers adapting bikes to work in the depths of city traffic. All in the name of
economy, simplicity, smaller wheels, smaller engines, less fuel and easy maintenance. They’ re not a new thing, they’ ve been around since the early days with the likes of the Honda Monkey / Z50 way back in the late 60s. Born by Honda for use in its own amusement park, the Monkey was designed for pure fun, ease of use and portability. That bike has single-handedly cast the die for today’ s sub-culture that is in
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