Small bikes revved up and ready to race

SPEED DEMONS: Ready to race at Lakeside are Josh Gordon, Mal Lawrence, Jordan Brennan and Glen, Siena and Brielle Cosedge.

WHAT started as a small group for pocket bikes on Brisbane’s northside has grown to become a premier racing event for small-wheeled motorbikes.
The North Brisbane Pocket Bike Club now hosts Small-wheel Sunday every second weekend, a race meet for different types of small-wheel bikes including pocket bikes, mini motards, scooters, postie bikes, super motards and motolites or bucket bikes.
Organiser Kim Cocksedge said the event now attracted riders from as far away as Bundaberg and the Gold Coast to the Lakeside circuit at Kurwongbah.
“I even had an inquiry from MacLean, in NSW,’’ she said.
“We started with about 8-10 (riders) and now we average in the mid-30s per week.’’
Cocksedge said she would like to see the club continue to grow.
“I want to get big enough so that we can go over a whole weekend,’’ she said.
“I would like to take on more juniors, the pocket bikes are a stepping stone to the big bikes.’’
Round one of the summer series of Small-wheel Sunday will be held at Lakeside Park on February 28.