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    The document discusses the history and popularity of pocket-bike racing. Pocket bikes began gaining popularity in Japan in the 1980s and are now a worldwide sport. They are small motorcycles that can reach speeds up to 56 km/h. Despite concerns about safety, pocket-bike racing has many fans and helped launch the careers of famous motorcyclists like Valentino Rossi.

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    The document discusses the history and popularity of pocket-bike racing. Pocket bikes began gaining popularity in Japan in the 1980s and are now a worldwide sport. They are small motorcycles that can reach speeds up to 56 km/h. Despite concerns about safety, pocket-bike racing has many fans and helped launch the careers of famous motorcyclists like Valentino Rossi.

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    The document discusses the history and popularity of pocket-bike racing. Pocket bikes began gaining popularity in Japan in the 1980s and are now a worldwide sport. They are small motorcycles that can reach speeds up to 56 km/h. Despite concerns about safety, pocket-bike racing has many fans and helped launch the careers of famous motorcyclists like Valentino Rossi.

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    The document discusses the history and popularity of pocket-bike racing. Pocket bikes began gaining popularity in Japan in the 1980s and are now a worldwide sport. They are small motorcycles that can reach speeds up to 56 km/h. Despite concerns about safety, pocket-bike racing has many fans and helped launch the careers of famous motorcyclists like Valentino Rossi.

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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. (4) ............................. have recently described these bikes as miniature works of art. A pocket
    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 champion Valentino 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) ............................. on the sport and its competitions.

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