Test driving the new Green Machine

My son, daughter, nephew, and I take the Green Machine for its maiden voyage. Yes, they are wearing helmets. I have the blood to prove it was necessary.

If this doesn't look like the most fun you've ever had, it's probably because you have never been on one.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Green
• Machine
• Huffy

[ohioplayerinva]

So kids must wear helmets on BigWheels and GreenMachines now,...WTF.

I challenge somebody to note one incident of a child getting a head injury on those things. You are only 6 inches from the ground. That is like wearing a life preserver while brushing your teeth.

[TheHiltnerds]

@ohioplayerinva Big Wheels? No. Green Machines? Depends on the kid. Riding them in the 1970s, we watched kids banging their heads off the pavement almost daily. Once you get up a good amount of speed, and hit the spin, it really is uncontrollable -- which is the fun and the danger of it. As kids, we called it the Concussion Machine for a reason.

[RetroArcadia]

the kids got no skill, let dad drive it, he''ll show him how its done.

[TheHiltnerds]

@RetroArcadia Keep in mind that at this point they have less than 5 minutes experience riding the Green Machine. They're all experts now.

[HSKshufle]

go ride a bike, and leave this toy, this is just redicolous

[TheHiltnerds]

@HSKshufle This is exactly the kind of thing someone says until they've ridden one.

[tonif74]

@ohioplayerinva awesome comment!!! HAHAHAHAHA...

[SwEeTfEaT3]

@TheHiltnerds serious the only time u should need a helmet is when your riding a dirtbike or a fourwheeler

[sparkygl0s]

My son was out on his Green Machine every day when he first got it. Now it sits unused in the shed. They are great fun until the novelty wears off.

[rzlosty]

I find it funny how small the first kid is. Someone down our street has one of these and i can hardly ride it when the seats all the way back... i am 6ft 3 though...

[MrYoyodude109]

@RetroArcadia they are just kids trying it you have no skill at being nice

[StuMcKoo]

@ohioplayerinva The way I rode a Big Wheel back in the day, I wish I had a helmet and that my mom made me wear it.

[MrFandude123]

i got this for christmas!

[heatfilter]

This thing needs a rack & pinion



[irishguyhalo]

@ohioplayerinva I so agree - i try not to laugh at the kids now a days but you could not pay me to wear a helmet i would have been banned from my Green Machine Club. Rule # 1 there are no helmets in the Green Machine Club Rule #2 There are NO helmets in the Green Machine Club !!

[lovetodance]

@TheHiltnerds I had one in the 70's as a kid and was wild on it on pavement. Never fell over nor witness any of my friends hit their heads. It was nothing but high speed fun.