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Pocket-Bike Racing

The concept of mini motorcycles began years ago in Japan. Due to their increasing (1) ,
Italian manufacturers started producing high-quality pocket bikes in the 1980s.Today, pocket-bike
racing has become a (2) sport around the world.

So what are pocket bikes? Pocket bikes are high-speed racing (3) which look like toys.
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have recently described these bikes as miniature works of art.Apocket bike is one-fourth of the
size of a normal motorcycle and (5) about 18 kilos. It can (6) a speed of 56
km per hour – quite fast for such a small vehicle.This high speed has caused many people to
consider pocket-bike racing a dangerous and extreme sport.

But in spite of the (7) , pocket-bike racing is very popular. In fact, several famous
European motorcyclists (8) their racing careers after competing in pocket-bike
racing.The Grand Prix racing championValentino Rossi, for example, first (9) to fame
on a pocket bike. Pocket-bike racing has also got many fans. Clubs around the world have created
websites to keep them (10) to date on the sport and its competitions.