By now http://www.anaheimducksteamstore.com/ad … zer-jersey , almost everyone has seen a pocket Bike Some people may think it's a toy, and some people may see it as a real motorcycle, only smaller. The truth is, pocket bikes and Super Pocket Bikes are really machines of a sport that has been sweeping Europe and Japan for over 5 years.
They are well built with an aluminum or steel frame and will be a fun and sleek style of bike. They are not incredibly fast, but will have speed enough to get over hills and have a lot of fun. There is lots of fun to be had with these wonderful little machines.
Americans got their first glimpse of pocket bikes just a few years ago. They were brought here from Italy and cost upwards of $4000 a pocket bike. That is what really kept the sport from growing here in the U.S. While many found these pocket bikes cool and interesting, not many people were willing to buy a mini motorcycle for almost the price of a real motorcycle.
Some pocket bikes are run on gas and some on electricity. Gas models are faster than the electrics. If the bikes are for a younger person the electric might be a good idea. The electrics have there own charger and you simply put them on the charger overnight. Pocket bikes were very expensive when they first came out but prices have dropped very much.
Fortunately for us today, there are several manufacturers that have taken the principals pioneered and tested by these original manufacturers and applied them to the pocket bikes and super pocket bikes you see today. Costs have been cut, and more technologically advanced manufacturing plants have further driven down costs. However, some manufacturers also cut the quality of the parts and motor that goes into a pocket bike.
So what is the difference between a pocket bike & a super pocket bike? A pocket bike is smaller in size and lighter in weight. If you have ever dreamed of competing in a motorcycle race or event, the smaller pocket bike is the way to go. It accelerates very fast, reaches the finish line in a matter of a few seconds and has a very flat torque curves. This is ideal for racing. These smaller pocket bikes also have less bells-and-whistles for the sake of weight reduction. Weight, in any vehicle, is the enemy.
Pocket bikes can be found in many stores. You can find them in department stores or in some of the motorcycle shops as well. There are many great deals online. It will depend on the type and the amount of money that you want to spend on your pocket bike. It is going to be so much fun shopping for the perfect bike for you.
Depending on what country and or state you live in there will be differing rules and regulations for riding these great little bikes. Some places demand that you must be licensed to ride on the road while others say because the motors are of a smaller size you may ride them on the road without a license.
HAVANA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Cuba and the United States wrapped up three-day talks in Havana Thursday on improving telecommunications between the two countries, according to Cuba's Communications Ministry. The U.S. has announced measures to relax restrictions on Cuba's telecommunications as a result of Washington's five-decade trade embargo against Cuba. However, putting them into effect is complicated by the fact that the embargo itself remains in place, the ministry indicated in a statement published late Wednesday in state daily Granma.
The two sides discussed "the reach of the new regulations issued by the U.S. government to implement changes to the application of the embargo in the area of telecommunications and the restrictions that still remain in effect, which impede a normal relationship between the two countries in this field," the ministry said.
During the talks, Cuba provided the U.S. team with information on its policy on national cybersecurity and information technology, the ministry added.
The U.S. delegation was led by Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the State Department's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, and included officials from the Department of Commerce and the Federal Communications Commission.
The visitors also toured the state-run Telecommunications Company of Cuba (Etecsa), the University of Information Science, and the Jose Antonio Echeverria Technical University.
Following a joint Cuba-U.S. announcement in December on normalizing ties, the U.S. has made several mostly symbolic changes in its regulations concerning Cuba, such as allowing travelers to bring back a limited number of cigars and bottles of rum.
In telecommunications, the first agreement was to reestablish direct voice telephone calls between the two countries, which Etecsa announced nearly two weeks ago.
Internet connection is the pending issue. Cuba connected to the international web in 1996, but via satellite due to embargo restrictions that bar it from linking to nearby undersea cables. As a result, Cuba has one of the world's lowest rates of Internet access, at 5 percent. Broadband access is even lower, at 1 percent.
The luxury of a home connection is restricted to just a few professions, such as journalism, medicine and public office. Everyone else has to use cybercafes that charge 4.50 U.S. dollars an hour, a rate that's prohibitively expensive for an average monthly salary of 20 dollars, even though health, housing, education and basic needs are covered by the state.
A week ago several executives from Google, led by Deputy Director of Google Ideas Scott Carpenter, visited Cuba to explore business opportunities.
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