SFist Photo: Fast, Cheap, and Out Of Control

Or "Speedy, Tiny, and Troublesome. Most people know that these minibikes aren't street legal -- perhaps these riders feel that their wheels are bridle-path legal?

Remember 2004? We do. That was when news reports first focused on pocket bikes noisily roaming around San Francisco. The problem was that they weren't street legal, owing to various factors. They still aren't legal, but that's not stopping people from buzzing around Golden Gate Park in them these days. (We're starting to see more of them than coyotes.) It seems more of a joyride kind of thing rather than a means of transportation. But still, they look like they're having fun. Zoom zoom.