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Article: Mini Machines, Big Thrills for 'Pocket Bike' Racers; Pint-Size Motorcycles Speeding to Popularity Across Region, U.S.
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 30, 2003
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Dan Stallings's motorcycle could fit easily into the trunk of your
car. At 6-foot-1 and 240 pounds, Stallings himself likely could not.
In fact, it might be a bit of a squeeze to get the burly sales
representative into the passenger seat of a small sedan. But give
Stallings a few hundred meters of racetrack, and a gallon or so of
gas, and he will buzz around on his bright-blue miniature motorcycle
for hours.
It is called a pocket bike, and until the past few years there
were few of them to be found this side of Europe. The miniaturized
motorcycles are, however, attracting growing numbers of ordinary
folks like Stallings, who seek the adrenaline rush of large
motorcycles without the cost and ...