At what age to sit your son on a motorized quad/bike?

[atvnut]

Creature got his first gas powered machine for his 3rd birthday....He ran me over w it the first ride and got that out of his system....Hes been riding like an animal for the last 13 years...No regrets!

[Bryan Raffa]

Creature got his first gas powered machine for his 3rd birthday....He ran me over w it the first ride and got that out of his system....Hes been riding like an animal for the last 13 years...No regrets!

and tearing up machines and spitting them out for the last 13 too!

cody has been on powerwheels since he was 3 and has had 2 trikes one with a 12v battery.. he has the raptor powerwheels also... witch has got me thinkin..........rear fenders+zinger

hes 5 now and got this zinger from 200xman and just Loves it!!! he wants too ride but I need a new carb..

GO FOR IT!!! your only young once.. I wish I has one at his age..it brings me great joy too see him have something I wished for..

[MO dx]

I started my son at 4 on a electric wheeler. At 5 he got his first gas powerd a lt50 suk. When He turned 8 he got his polaris 90. Hopefully that lasts him a couple yrs. But he did ride the auto x I built for his Mom and didn`t want to get off.

[WLL]

i started my son at age 3 on a powerwheel , he is now 5 with a dirtbike. we have a kickazz time rippen up the yard.

[evand]

i got my atc 70 when i was 5, rode it till i was 6 got a xr-80 then found out i didnt like bikes as much and got another 70.

i say get him a 70 turn the throtle down and let him have a blast.

[Gunnar]

My son had just turned 1 when he got his first powerwheel jeep. It was at the beginning of summer and we had to put a pillow behind him so he could reach the gas/juice. By the end of summer he was starting to get the steering thing down. He will be 2 this year and I think he will have the whole driving thing down by the end of summer. Maybe next year he will get an atc 70 or maybe the year after. It all depends on how he progresses and what I can get away with without the wife knowing.

[ditchmud]

You will know when the kid is ready, it's his mom that you will have to convince. you can govern the machine down so that it only goes as fast as a power wheels and they don't cost much more than one either. I gave my son a suzuki lt 50 for his 3rd birthday. All of the family was there for the party when I brought it out for him. My mother in law had to let me know of her dislike and that he was going to kill himself. anyway we started it up and he hit the gas and froze up doing just a little faster than I could run. He was heading toward the garage at full speed luckily my brother in law caught him. I will never forget the way my mother in law looked at me and said "I told ya so.." For his next ride I tied a rope to the back of the quad and made him go around me in a circle. I would tell him to stop and to go making sure that he got comfortable with the controls. After just a couple of days of this I cut the rope and he's been going ever since. now he's 13 and rides a 400ex better than most grown men. My 2nd son was 2 when I used to put a dog leash on the back of that lt50. I turned the idle up untill the quad would putt along about 3mph with him on it. and would walk him around the block letting him steer. I did the same with my daughter. All of my kids are good riders. It is a very good teaching device because when they don't listen to your instruction you just pull the plug on them.

[The Goat]

you can actually get the mini quads no with a remote shut off. if something bad starts to happen, and the machine gets away from him, you hit a button and it shuts down.

[MO dx]

That rope trick is worked great on my sons lt50. We did the same thing with going in circles then figure 8`s.

[350Xhilaration]

Kids are all different, but my oldest daughter started on an '87 LT80 at 6. She rode it in the yard the first summer till she could show that she had a handle on steering and brakes. I took her in the woods and she did well. I got rid of that junker (not all lt80s, just the one I had) and got her an '02 DS90 4 stroke in '04.

She still rides it at age 10.

Second daughter started on a TRX70 at age 5. Same deal with riding in the yard the first summer. After that, she's been in the woods and has no real problems with the trails. She's now 8.

Youngest daughter (4.5) is still on the power wheels a neighbor gave us. I'm thinking this summer I may have her try the TRX70 in the yard with the throttle stop all the way in and in 1st gear.

I think it has more to do with teaching them safely and slowly to help them get ready. If you wait till they're 8 before they try anything and you assume they know how to ride something because they're "old enough", you and they will be in for a rude awakening. Age doesn't always determine readiness. Good instruction, patience, and practice do.

Be safe and have fun with whatever you/they decide to do.

My kids riding a couple years ago.

[max]

Who is the the chick with the kids? A baby sitter/nanny? Shes smoking....

[firehart]

I picked up a 110 for my grandkids. They are 10,8, and 5. Needs some carb work and plastic. I'd like to get it going before it gets too hot.

[stealthduner]

My Grandma and Grandpa baught me a power wheels trike when i was 1 1/2. Then my dad baught me a 85 LT50 when I was two.....I have been riding since then.


Me on my Power wheels

[xXxDaNxXx]

well it was about 2 years ago (when iwas 12) when i started riding a 300 bayou that his friend was selling. the first time i drove was in 1st gear on our lawn with my dad sitting on the back rack.. he weighed more than me so everytime i tapped the throttle the friend end would come up, this lead to him yelling at me, realizing he was wrong, getting off. ive been riding that quad since

[firehart]

Today my 8 year old grandson tried to drive my motorhome. We forgot to lock it yesterday. He knocked it out of gear and it rolled down the hill. We were lucky nothing got damaged and no one got hurt.