im lookin for a pocket bike... anyone have a dcent one possibly a blata, or know a cheap place to get one ?

 

try to stay away from the cheap china made ones. blatas are cool, but if you have the extra cash, polini's and grc's are better.

just my $.02

 

yup, stay far away from the chinese ones..they are called cagllari's. I have one and it just sits in my garage now, broken. only got to ride it like 2-3times.

 

any other brands to stay away from ?

 

The only ones you really have to stay away from are the ones you see on ebay, they may claim them to be blata, polini, grc, dm etc. style bikes. They are 47&43cc, yes thats right they're not 49cc they're 43cc for the x1 and the "ninja/cat eyes".

Depending on how much you want to spend for a used bike is what HP bike you're going to end up with. For example

6.2 hp and less will go for around 1000 and less

7.5-10hp water cooled will go for around 1500

and anything around 12.5-15hp go for around 1500-2k+

Check this site out it should help you http://www.pocketbikeplanet.com