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Minibike rider tries to outrun officers on Southern California freeway
KTLA ^ | August 13, 2025 | Tony Kurzweil

Posted on 08/13/2025 11:08:43 AM PDT by artichokegrower

A rider on a stolen minibike led authorities on a wild freeway chase to the Harbor Gateway area in Los Angeles County overnight.

The chase began on the streets of Gardena around 11 p.m. Tuesday before the rider eventually entered the 110 Freeway.

Video showed the unidentified suspect going at a fairly high rate of speed as Gardena police and California Highway Patrol vehicles with lights and sirens followed behind.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


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1 posted on 08/13/2025 11:08:43 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

There’s stupid and then there’s whatever this is.


2 posted on 08/13/2025 11:12:19 AM PDT by econjack
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To: artichokegrower

I didn’t see a video.

Need to have yakety sax.

It is not them Boo Boo.

Wearing coveralls.


3 posted on 08/13/2025 12:05:20 PM PDT by alternatives?
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Adam-12 had an episode where they chased a kid on a minibike. It turned out to be Johnny Whitaker who played on Family Affair.


4 posted on 08/13/2025 12:21:35 PM PDT by Smittie (Just li <p>ke an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: artichokegrower

as a kid I had a 5hp Briggs & Straton on mine... I’f ya layed over the handle bars just right and punched in you could get a nice 8 to 10 foot burnout that lasted for a while!! Dad used to get pissed when I did it in our driveway though!!


5 posted on 08/13/2025 12:29:41 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: sit-rep

punched IT**


6 posted on 08/13/2025 12:31:27 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: artichokegrower

Want to be Hell’s Angle in action fail ensues.


7 posted on 08/13/2025 12:56:36 PM PDT by Vaduz
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How fast can those minibikes go?

BAck in my day, it was a Briggs & Stratton, maybe 20 mph tops.


8 posted on 08/13/2025 2:58:26 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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