Pocket Bike Pocket Rockets are mini motorcycles that are great fun for kids (young teenagers) and adults alike.
Pocket Bikes and Pocket Rocket are the two main names for these mini bikes.
These mini bikes come in both gasoline powered (usually two-stroke engines) and electric (battery) powered versions.
In most places they are NOT street legal. The disadvantage of that is they cannot be ridden or raced on streets or highways in most locales. The advantage is that they can be driven by kids too young for automobile or motorcycle driver’s licenses because they can be driven only on private property in those areas.
Regardless of their legality, you can often hear them on Christmas Day morning — braaaaap — up and down a residential street in your neighborhood.
The electric bikes can go only a few hours between charges, which then take quite a few hours to recharge. So they are used primarily in the cities, in parking lots, for tooling around or maybe racing. Or in driveways with a “jump” setup. These are the least expensive types.
The gasoline-powered mini bikes are more flexible and powerful. They can be taken out to the country and raced or tooled around in all day. Just bring some more gasoline and some oil for the 2-cycle engine and you’re good to go all day. They are so small and light that they are easily transported. They can just be thrown into the trunk of a real car and taken anywhere.
For more information about pocketbikes, including a fun video of driveway jumping, check out the Pocket Bike Pocket Rocket HubPage.
