7 year old on a 81 250r?

**cybrman** · 10-09-2009, 01:03 PM

Age is but a number and not indicative of skill or intelligence. Certainly most 7yrs are not capable of handling this machine, but that doesn't mean there aren't some who are. From the 30sec clip I see no indication that the kid is anything but responsible on the machine! Good for him and hopefully he's been educated correctly and will be an overachiever at other aspects in life.

**lndy650** · 10-09-2009, 01:11 PM

^ very well said

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**inv3ctiv3** · 10-09-2009, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by cybrman

Age is but a number and not indicative of skill or intelligence. Certainly most 7yrs are not capable of handling this machine, but that doesn't mean there aren't some who are. From the 30sec clip I see no indication that the kid is anything but responsible on the machine! Good for him and hopefully he's been educated correctly and will be an overachiever at other aspects in life.

Except all 7 year olds do not have the strength to control the trike if something were to go wrong. Yes he was going slow right then but we all know that if he really got on it and say it started to flip he wouldn't be able to pull it back to 3 wheels. It's not all that bad cause his parents are watching and he's going slow but if something were to go wrong and that trike fell on him it could do some serious damage.

**Russell 350X** · 10-09-2009, 01:12 PM

Any parent that would let their 7 year old ride a 250R obviously dosent give a chit about them. Thats way to much machine for a 7 year old. Nuff said.

**dcreel** · 10-09-2009, 02:13 PM

My 5, 6, and 8 years olds scare me enough on the LT80 with the limiter screwed down. Bad idea..

**cybrman** · 10-09-2009, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by inv3ctiv3

Except all 7 year olds do not have the strength to control the trike if something were to go wrong. Yes he was going slow right then but we all know that if he really got on it and say it started to flip he wouldn't be able to pull it back to 3 wheels. It's not all that bad cause his parents are watching and he's going slow but if something were to go wrong and that trike fell on him it could do some serious damage.

I agree that something "could" happen. No man is big enough to control an 18 wheeler either should it start to flip ......
I was merely speaking to the evidence at hand, not speaking to the "what if's"
Do I think the kid should be allowed to haul off into the woods on the thing ....hell no, but thats not what i saw. I saw a controlled environment with supervision and a responsible driver. I applaud that!
Think about this.....
The kid sees his dad riding it everyday and is forbidden to ride it or touch it. One day no one is around and he manages to get it running ( I know but....what if) and does really get hurt on it. How many of you would say that the father should have at least taught the kid about it and most importantly to have a healthy respect for it's power. (Could be any machine from atc70 to 500R makes no diff). Knowledge and experience contribute to building the skill, abstinence serves no purpose except to pique curiosity which leads to poor decisions.
I would say that if you truly love your kids teach them don't forbid them!!

**Saul** · 10-09-2009, 07:27 PM

well - good job 'fun police' - the guy wen't and took the video down.

Geez.

**Dammit!** · 10-09-2009, 09:07 PM

I'd rather he just stopped letting a 7 year old ride an adult sized racing bike.

Common sense. Geez.

**Saul** · 10-09-2009, 09:11 PM

I've talked to him @ length - I hope he allows me to share his side.

**Dammit!** · 10-09-2009, 09:28 PM

I don't give a rat's arse about his side. People can try to justify it all they want but in my eyes it's just dumb. Supervision or not. Accidents can (and do) happen in the blink of an eye. If something were to happen it would still be on the kid to be able to handle it. His Dad would not have been able to help him avoid anything. That dog that was in the video could run in front of him and the next thing you know there's a 260lb three wheeler with a burning hot exhaust pipe sitting on top of a child that should have been on a 70. Poor judgement in my opinion.

Endanger yourselves all you want. Kids don't know any better so it's our jobs as adults to keep them out of harms way. Obviously you and this guy disagree with me. Good for you. I suppose you'd let a 7 year old play with guns, drink a beer, drive your car? Where do you draw the line?

I GUARANTEE if someone posted a video of a kid that size CRASHING a 250r you'd be first in line to call the parents out for being morons.

**Saul** · 10-09-2009, 09:35 PM

I don't try and raise other peoples children - I have two of my own. If the parent in question has had that kid on motorized bikes since before he could walk and feels HIS kid can handle the 250R then that is his and the mothers choice to make. Not ours.

That said, if you feel this way why do you leave the video of you doing wheelies with no helmet on up on youtube - some kid out there may see it and wanna emulate it.

**Dammit!** · 10-09-2009, 09:50 PM

I'm not trying to raise his kid. I'm just saying he's being very foolish. If he wants to continue doing what he's doing I'm not in any position to stop him. If he's really naive enough to think a child that size can HANDLE a 250r... well I hope the kid has an alert guardian angel because he's going to need it. No 7 year old kid has the size, strength and experience to HANDLE a 250r. Ride it? Sure. HANDLE it, no way in hell.

And as I said before, adults acting stupid is one thing. I put a disclaimer right in the description that I do not condone riding without a helmet. I was 20 years old in the vid and had been riding three wheelers for 12 years at that time. The situations are in no way similar. Making the comparison is grasping at straws.

The parent is free to do whatever he wants. Just as I'm free to say it's dumb and you're free to rag on my sexy wheelie vid.

If I were to find out there's a governor on the throttle and the shifter was removed so he couldn't get out of 1st gear, it would be less concerning (but it's still too big). Bottom line is simply this though. I would not want to see ANYBODY's kid get hurt because of their parent's lack of judgement.

**Saul** · 10-09-2009, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by Dammit!

Just as I'm free to say it's dumb and you're free to rag on my sexy wheelie vid.

**Curtis-Tecate3** · 10-10-2009, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Dammit!

This is the kind of irresponsible parenting that got our trikes taken off the market. That machine is WAY too big and way to powerful for a small child. Sure, he can technically work the thing but, if anything at all unexpected happened, he would not have strength to control it. A machine that size coming down on a 7 year old would result in tremendous injuries. Really it's just a completely DUMB move on the part of the father and there's no way it can be justified. If your child can not touch the ground flat footed when sitting on the seat, the machine is simply too big.

Am I the only one that saw the witch hunt hatchet jobs 20/20 and 60 minutes produced in the 80's? Little kids on adult sized trikes were the number one weapon they used against us.

Nobody wants to hear it but this is probably the main reason why three wheelers were banned from production. Actually the blood sucking lawyers were the main reason but thats another topic. Kids riding bikes way to big and heavy for them. Since the bike wont fall over no matter how big the engine any kid big enough to reach the handlebars can ride. I too saw the TV coverage when it hapened and it really crushed some of my dreams as a teenager.

Curtis.

**mymint87** · 10-11-2009, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by Dammit!

I'd rather he just stopped letting a 7 year old ride an adult sized racing bike.

Common sense. Geez.

apparently you have never heard of LIL' Bobby "endo" Ecker

50 lbs wet and held numerous number 1 plates...........his parents were very proud

AND STILL ARE

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