Monkeying around...
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Anyone got one of these? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/110CC-MONKEY-BI[/url]
I'm seriously tempted as it looks like a bargain and has the potential to be huge fun on the road. Flat on the tank at 60mph would be like 160 on any other bike.
Lots of potential for DIY fettling/customising. 
I think they come from some huge Chinese factory and are probably not up to Honda standards but for the money who cares?
I'm seriously tempted as it looks like a bargain and has the potential to be huge fun on the road. Flat on the tank at 60mph would be like 160 on any other bike.
Lots of potential for DIY fettling/customising. I think they come from some huge Chinese factory and are probably not up to Honda standards but for the money who cares?
I want one too - got to be huge fun and already road legal or so they say - not all of these Chinese jobs are - some have to go through UK SVA etc.
I only work a few street from home and walking is soooo tedious - on one of these I would arrive smiling.
Trouble is so would half the neibourhood as they saw me motor by !
Or so the other half has told me.
Still look good for the money.
I only work a few street from home and walking is soooo tedious - on one of these I would arrive smiling.
Trouble is so would half the neibourhood as they saw me motor by !
Or so the other half has told me.
Still look good for the money.
I was looking a few months back on Ebay and found someone selling a monkey bike with a TZR125 YPVS engine shoehorned in. He was asking over a grand for it but I think it could be done fairly easily and an old TZR donor bike would be quite cheap. A ton up monkey bike would certainly make the journey to work interesting.
>> Edited by hyena on Saturday 29th April 20:50
>> Edited by hyena on Saturday 29th April 20:50
I have something similar, don't get your hopes up for 60mph out of one though.
Mines a 110cc one and it certainly isn't hitting 60mph. More like 40-50 maximum.
Superb amounts of fun though and you can get them for a lot less than the price on that ebay advert. Shop around.
Mine was around 300 quid. And its a Mini motard version rather than a monkey bike like that.
>> Edited by racefan_uk on Saturday 29th April 21:19
Mines a 110cc one and it certainly isn't hitting 60mph. More like 40-50 maximum.
Superb amounts of fun though and you can get them for a lot less than the price on that ebay advert. Shop around.
Mine was around 300 quid. And its a Mini motard version rather than a monkey bike like that.
>> Edited by racefan_uk on Saturday 29th April 21:19
It gets better
Huge potential see www.monkeybike.co.uk/
Sound like a mini thumper with the right zorst
Huge potential see www.monkeybike.co.uk/
Sound like a mini thumper with the right zorst
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