So how crappy are those Sub $200 dirt bikes on Ebay??

[sessions]

its the child safety act regarding lead...the shop i worked at pulled all the minis off the floor and stopped selling parts for them due to lead contents..lame!

 

[3jvj]

I spoke with a yamaha dealer yesterday about the minis (I've a seven and five year old). He claims that they are essentialy the reason for the lead ban. They are so cheap and break so easily that the big dogs don't want them next to theirs. He said that regular kids bikes will be back shortly after the ink dries on the tariff tax bills that cut the cheap competition out of the loop.

Old vintage minis are under 2 bills. Food for thought.

 

[Mace]

I spoke with a yamaha dealer yesterday about the minis (I've a seven and five year old). He claims that they are essentialy the reason for the lead ban. They are so cheap and break so easily that the big dogs don't want them next to theirs. He said that regular kids bikes will be back shortly after the ink dries on the tariff tax bills that cut the cheap competition out of the loop.

Old vintage minis are under 2 bills. Food for thought.

That is F'n stupid then. Let the market dictate what shoudl be sold, not the "big dogs".


And, vintage mini's are never under $200 around here.

 

[semlin]

I spoke with a yamaha dealer yesterday about the minis (I've a seven and five year old). He claims that they are essentialy the reason for the lead ban. They are so cheap and break so easily that the big dogs don't want them next to theirs. He said that regular kids bikes will be back shortly after the ink dries on the tariff tax bills that cut the cheap competition out of the loop.

Old vintage minis are under 2 bills. Food for thought.

your dealer sounds like a horse's ass. the lead ban has nothing to do with motorcycles. it was to deal with infant's toys and bikes got caught in it when it expanded to a universal ban on lead in items for kids.

the chinese bikes are increasingly good all the time, and most kid's bikes hardly see any hours on them anyway. and who cares if the "big dogs" don't want the chinese bikes around not to mention, you cannot get a decent running vintage mini for under $200.

 

[3jvj]

your dealer sounds like a horse's ass. the lead ban has nothing to do with motorcycles. it was to deal with infant's toys and bikes got caught in it when it expanded to a universal ban on lead in items for kids.

the chinese bikes are increasingly good all the time, and most kid's bikes hardly see any hours on them anyway. and who cares if the "big dogs" don't want the chinese bikes around not to mention, you cannot get a decent running vintage mini for under $200.

No dispute there; confirmed idiot.
One of my snowblowers that I got for free was the result of their shop not being able to "fix" it.
Far as I could tell it needed gas and oil. That was two years and 800 inches ago.

Also seemed shocked that my 250 had a 20+ inch front tire: "must be a trials bike huh?"- yeah, if "trial" means "factory and sold all over the world".

Also said he couldn't get BRAKE PADS for my v-65 sabre.

The only thing he said that I could buy was that honda/yamaha/suzuki would have their bikes tested and get them on the shelf again where the korean clones probably wouldn't.

I'm still at a loss though. They still had a kids quad on the floor, and said that as long as they put a sticker on it I could buy it!?


As for free market prices:
the more the merrier for sure.

 

[gladly]

you cannot get a decent running vintage mini for under $200.

I know

 

[Mace]

 

[thorvald]

sweet , did you test it out too?

 

[Mace]

Of course!!!!

That thing is so much fun it's silly!!!