| It seems in every magazine I look in I am seeing | | | | much lower speed and doing a much smaller jump. I |
| more and more ads for pit bikes. For those of you | | | | can also do many more tricks on my pit bike because |
| that don't know, pit bikes are smaller versions of | | | | it is so light and easy to ride. |
| larger dirt bikes. Pit bikes have gained a lot of | | | | Pit bikes are cheaper and easier to fix than full size |
| popularity in the past few years. There are many | | | | dirt bikes. I recently bought a Thumpstar pit bike for |
| reasons for this, so let's discuss a few. | | | | $1600 and this thing came all ready to ride. It came |
| Back in the day no one but little kids rode mini bikes. | | | | with an upgraded suspension, and a great motor. |
| It all started when some pro riders began bringing | | | | Most pit bikes look really cool too. |
| these little dirt bikes into the pits to get around | | | | When pit bikes first hit the scene many of them |
| between races. Hence the name, pit bikes. Well pros | | | | were junk, which gave them a reputation as being |
| love to compete so they started tricking out their | | | | unreliable. Well now they have come a long way and |
| little bikes and racing around. | | | | are much more reliable. It is also becoming easier to |
| It didn't take long to catch on with other people as | | | | find parts for pit bikes online. In the old days when |
| they started riding pit bikes also. Pit bikes are | | | | your pit bike broke you were out of luck, but now |
| cheaper, and in many cases more fun to ride than | | | | things have changed. Pit bikes have become a big |
| larger dirt bikes. When you get older like me you | | | | industry. Because of this they are naturally improving, |
| don't want to try 100 foot jumps anymore. It really | | | | and getting better all the time. |
| starts to hurt when you crash. When you ride a pit | | | | I love riding pit bikes with my friends and just |
| bike the size of everything changes and makes riding | | | | goofing off. Now that you can buy a cheap reliable |
| quite a bit less dangerous. | | | | bike I would highly recommend getting one. They are |
| Now I have fun riding pit bikes with my friends and | | | | great for the kids and the whole family. So check out |
| racing around. We do smaller tabletop jumps and | | | | some pit bikes and have fun riding this summer! |
| small double jumps. When I crash I am going at a | | | | |