CrawfishStu
Creeper
My son started with the typical power wheels quads and trucks. The leverage of the quad style handlebar made them very appealing to him. Very easy to turn.
At 4 he got the razor dirt quad. These are very nice and they now have several brands that even have full suspension. The razor is readily available used for cheap. Assume the batteries are toast. Buy batteries cheap and replace them. It has a solid rear axle and offers great traction along with learning a twist throttle and a disk hand brake. I would highly recommend one of these. You can ride them just about anywhere that people aren't totally butthurt.
At 5, he got a gas quad. One of the 110cc china quads. I could not be happier with it for what he did. It has its limitations. You can set the throttle stop for learning, but it really limits what it can do. It is also not a rev limited system so they can run downhill out of control. It has two remote kill systems, a lanyard you can trail the kid with to pull/kill and a remote to kill it. The foot brake is great and easy for a kid in motocross boots to use. The footboards are nice and cover to the edge of the wheel to prevent a kid from coming off a peg and running themselves over. The suspension is a bit stiff for a light kid. It is narrow, which is good an bad. The front hand brake is really stiff on every one that I've seen that still has brakes. The battery is crap. He will be going to a honda as soon as I feel he is big enough. This has done it's job nicely and I have a list of friends that want it when I'm done. We focused on all of the normal basics of riding and this was great for that.
I also got him a razor dirtbike and long term borrowed a great friends crf50. The crf50 has training wheels. We only rode it with them once. I told him he needed to ride a bike and then he could ride the razor, which is crazy light and surprisingly fast, and then he could ride the gas dirtbike.
Well, he did all of those things. The CRF is too hard for him to shift still but I usually put it in second and let him run around learning to stand and ride and use the brakes and engine braking.
It's a fun hobby. There are places to ride if you are willing to drive and pay. Or buy some land. I'm very grateful that I was able to find a place with 3.5 acres with my family where we can walk outside and do these kinds of things.
Buy the right gear and buy all of it. Gloves, helmet, neck roll, chest protector, knee and elbow pads, and boots. This gear is made to take a beating. Best case is that you never have a scare and you can resell or gift great gear to the next rider in your group.
At 4 he got the razor dirt quad. These are very nice and they now have several brands that even have full suspension. The razor is readily available used for cheap. Assume the batteries are toast. Buy batteries cheap and replace them. It has a solid rear axle and offers great traction along with learning a twist throttle and a disk hand brake. I would highly recommend one of these. You can ride them just about anywhere that people aren't totally butthurt.
At 5, he got a gas quad. One of the 110cc china quads. I could not be happier with it for what he did. It has its limitations. You can set the throttle stop for learning, but it really limits what it can do. It is also not a rev limited system so they can run downhill out of control. It has two remote kill systems, a lanyard you can trail the kid with to pull/kill and a remote to kill it. The foot brake is great and easy for a kid in motocross boots to use. The footboards are nice and cover to the edge of the wheel to prevent a kid from coming off a peg and running themselves over. The suspension is a bit stiff for a light kid. It is narrow, which is good an bad. The front hand brake is really stiff on every one that I've seen that still has brakes. The battery is crap. He will be going to a honda as soon as I feel he is big enough. This has done it's job nicely and I have a list of friends that want it when I'm done. We focused on all of the normal basics of riding and this was great for that.
I also got him a razor dirtbike and long term borrowed a great friends crf50. The crf50 has training wheels. We only rode it with them once. I told him he needed to ride a bike and then he could ride the razor, which is crazy light and surprisingly fast, and then he could ride the gas dirtbike.
Well, he did all of those things. The CRF is too hard for him to shift still but I usually put it in second and let him run around learning to stand and ride and use the brakes and engine braking.
It's a fun hobby. There are places to ride if you are willing to drive and pay. Or buy some land. I'm very grateful that I was able to find a place with 3.5 acres with my family where we can walk outside and do these kinds of things.
Buy the right gear and buy all of it. Gloves, helmet, neck roll, chest protector, knee and elbow pads, and boots. This gear is made to take a beating. Best case is that you never have a scare and you can resell or gift great gear to the next rider in your group.