The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 61

BEST AVAILABLE COPY THE KANSAS CITY STAR Wednesday August 25 2004 FT rtr: BIKES: re hard on the ears and the rear 1 111 mmi back to life but in the process he lost Sis balance Taft toppled over the front right side of the bike skinning his right knee and the palm of his right hand He got up and rode off hit the ground realized I was OK and I really had a whole lot of thought after Taft said was pretty The scabs have healed and now he has a scar on his hand that he wears with pride The thought of having a second spill faze him he knows coming sooner or later just he said foot and 200 pounds and not ex pect to tip tt Luckily wreck didn't break anything on his bike Still pocket bikes -y mostly made in China demand regular maintenance Handlebars need weekly re-alignment the stock fuel filter busts and needs replacement the gear chain needs tightening and a nut somewhere is always loose Tweaking is part of the pocket bike ftin riders say and a membership to a special club where the only buy-in is $300 and plenty of guts The reward varies from per son to person but Taft said riding around on his diminutive motorcycle makes him feel like a real man "Big bikes are for big he said "It takes a real man to ride a pocket Ride on pocket bikers Be proud To reach Sam Sessa who recently passed through Cobra Kai initiation rites e-mail samuelsessahotmaiLcom rest of the except for body color only one gear which eliminates the need for a dutch Top speed is about 30 mph depending on the weight and the wind speed Compared to a car that sound like much but when riding barely 2 feet off the ground without a windshield 30 mph is just fine If a full-size motorcyde rides as smooth as butter a pocket bike rides as smooth as burnt beans The seat is a K-inch-thick piece of hard black foam glued onto a plastic frame Hie small engine which sounds like a weed-whacker on steroids constantly vibrates the frame and in turn the rear end A general numbness eventually sets in but for the first 10 minutes there is no numbness just say when you get off you walk funny 1 Since the bike is too small for shock absorbers even ait low speeds you fed every bump Every bump Two feet off the ground potholes seem a little more threatening Hit one and like hitting a landmine uncontrollably' bounced and thrbwn into a twisted pile of flesh and metal It hurts When it comes to wrecking riders share the same philosophy as bikers: either spilled or you spilled yet Sooner or later going to happen Cobra Kai member Seth Taft was cruising at half speed getting ready to make a left turn when his engine died He frantically reached back to the right side of his bike and pulled the starter cord The engine sputtered Continued from F-l as long as they meet certain specifications Engines have to be less than 50 cc under 3 horse power and travel at speeds under 30 mph on level ground The rider must have a valid license but the vehicle have to be registered and the rider have to wear a helmet Kansas statutes also consider pocket bikes to be "motorized but do not list specific engine details Officer Darin Snapp of the Kansas City Pplice Department said the police had any complaints about the pocket bikes says mainly vyorried about children with no driving experience riding them on the streets "You get children on motorized automobiles like this that do not need to be licensed and they just understand traffic laws like an adult Snapp said still a danger but adults are adults and they're going to purchase their Pocket bikes hit the Kansas Gty retail scene about a month ago Everyone from car dealers to scooter and motorcycle stores now stocks them in varying prices and sizes Frank Hicks owner of Cycles in Kansas City at first ordered six and sold three in the first week "Right now Hicks said going nuts over them Last year Kevin Femholz and several friends bought $225 motorized scooters called Gopeds and rode them all summer MARK PETERMtSpecial to The Star Brian Brimm (left) and Shawn Lauby are members of the Cobra Kai Motorcycle Club until they broke down and fell apart About a month ago Femholz saw the pocket bikes while surfing the Web and immediately decided he had to have one He had to make sure his compadres all had them too The $280 price tag and free shipping sealed the deal and the bikes arrived a week later At first no one else seemed to have them which was fine with Femholz He and his buddies were at the crest of a new wave of transportation Now that pocket bikes are hot sellers lost some of their shimmer wish it was just me and my friends riding it and no one else because then more he said "People are going to start getting better than me and getting faster bikes and that pocket bike is identical to the BRIDGE CHRISTOPHER: Entertainment district welcome Continued from F-l North K964 0 85 542 K1032 East 3 KQ1043 93 9876 South A 0 10 7 2 0 A 6 1087 A 5 West 85 J972 AKQJ6 Q4 drink a cute little pink can with a straw attached to the side of it Koonce says sell it for All 187 milliliters of it What to expect: not that sickeningiy sweet (taste) but not as dry as a Brut" Welcome mat alert: Koontz worried about fending off beaucoup competition in a couple of years in the form of a new downtown entertainment district "Our concept here is anything that gets people used to coming downtown for whatever reason iS good I mean I see people leaving an arena in their (sports) jerseys and going to Bar Natasha But maybe say the next week passed that cute little bar and restaurant on the way to the (game) try Have something to say Call the Tip Line at (816) 234-4441 or e-mail heamekcstarmm they never even read tiie says PR dude lire Page "And this is just an easy tiling to get together and everybody be on the same page and have Not that things get a bit crazed "One time I went and they put cinnamon all over the Page says "That was disgusting" Heard on the street Choose Sofia: Looking for something decadent to drink while partying at trendy Bar Natasha? Mistress Missy Koonce has just the thing called Sofia and a Blanc Blanc champagne Well you call it champagne because not from France A sparkling Koonce says from Frances Ford vineyard and named after his daughter It even comes in a tiny container cute enough to pass for an energy By BOBBY WOLFF 6 2004 United Feature Syndicate Counting out a hand is something that looks like too much hard work for 90 percent of the bridge players in the world But the fact that you are reading this column implies that you are one of the elite does it not? Stick with me and see you through the calculation The results may surprise you! oOn deal South found himself in a delicate four-spade contract West cashed the ace king and queen of diamonds before shifting to the heart two Declarer took queen with his ace then drew trumps with the ace and queen of spades What do you think is the right way to advance now? Well when South reconstructed the unseen hands he realized that West's raise to two hearts had strongly suggested four cards in that suit and since East had shown out on the third diamond West must have started life with precisely a 2-4-5-2 shape If East had the club queen it would be sufficiently well protected to prevent South from getting the four club tricks he needed And hey though con tract at KCTV being renewed he can at least take some sports solace in going from practi tally the worst team in Major league Baseball (the Royals) to the best (the Cardinals) Plus he joins former KMBC and Fox 4 fave Vickie Newton Strip club The latest on the young mover-and-shaker socialization circuit: Would you Believe the Bacon Club? For real just a good excuse to get together for brunch on a says Bacon Clubber Margaret Keough marketing point woman for the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art go through about 8 pounds of bacon on a Nothing kinky mind you just a romantic term for a group that gets together and has a brunch" Keough says The lone controversy: "Some aple like it wiggly some people it Keough says Another way to view the BC: know like those girls who have their book clubs and drink five or 10 bottles of wine and ETA Sept 2 Anchor away With new main man Scott incoming appropriate that outgoing KCTV anchor Russell Kinsaul has landed a job In St Louis no less on CBS affiliate KMOV-TV still on our air until Thursday Aug Ducas says I cannot say enough great things about him a wonderful move for Russell and going to have a nice send-off for him He starts there I think Labor Day as a 6 pm anchor and 10 pm I heir apparent to KMOV main anchor Larry Conners who is thought to be retiring in two or so years sources suggest Vulnerable Both Dealer: West Opening lead: Diamond king So the only hope for four club tricks was that West had a doubleton queen Declarer continued with the club ace then the club five (not the jack of course) accepting the appearance of the dub queen from West as no more than his due He could now unblock the club jack and cross back over to dummy in trumps to discard his heart loser on the club 10 FUNNY FUN AND FABULOUS! 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