Show me a person who hasn't done stupid stuff with a friend just because they can, and I'll show you a robot. And of course, in 2024, we live in an age where you can have a great run on YouTube doing silly (but awesome) stuff on all kinds of vehicles.
The guys over at the Cars and Cameras YouTube channel have been at it for over 10 years now. So, you could say they're experienced at racing, building, and doing a whole lot of things that maybe a lot of other people wouldn't be. After all, they're always on the lookout for goofy, fun vehicular content for their YouTube channel, right? They do it like it's their job, because it is.
Recently, they got their hands on what they say is the cheapest new pit bike they were able to find on the Internet. It comes from Temu, and to be clear, they're very up-front about the fact that it's probably realistically intended for an eight-year-old to ride. John and Ike are both two grown adult men, with about a 50-ish pound weight difference between them (John says he's 155-ish pounds and Ike says he's 200 or so pounds).
The upper weight limit that this bike is intended to carry is about 130 pounds, as we find out over the course of this video. At no point do they claim that what they're attempting here is a good idea, and I want to make sure that's incredibly clear. In fact, in a corner of the internet that's rife with affiliate links, they neither name nor link to the bike that they purchased in their description, because they very simply aren't trying to get anyone to buy it.
Putting it together isn't hard; even though a small amount of assembly is required, I've put together e-bikes in a box that requires more wrenching to set up than what they show us in this video. The handlebars, front wheel, and front fender seem to be all that actually need to be attached to the main bike as it comes in the box.
The seat looks like it'll give you a wedgie just from looking at it, but the incredibly nerve-wracking thing you gather just from looking at it is that the swingarm isn't a box. Instead, it's just open on the inside, so you don't even get the added rigidity of a simple box construction.
That makes it look even more sus when they drill a couple of holes to add some rear passenger pegs and make this thing a little more ridable for grown adults. Amazingly, the modified swingarm doesn't totally disintegrate during their ensuing hot laps around the C&C track.
I want to add here that this bike costs just $78 more than the 2025 LEGO Ducati Panigale V4 S that I recently told you about. Only, you can actually ride this thing. But should you? Ike says he wouldn't even feel great about putting his kid on it, primarily because it's a little quicker than you'd probably want your eight-year-old to be going if they don't already know what they're doing.
While the construction is more than slightly sketch, the biggest marks against this bike in C&C's estimation come in the fact that it isn't easily upgradable. There's a case to be made for buying a cheap bike that you can throw upgrades at to get the bike you want, but the math isn't mathing so well here.
Even one of their little Honda Z50s apparently feels "like a tank" compared to this bike, so that might be worth considering if you've been eyeing up this bike and thinking about gifting it to anyone, including yourself.
