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

[bassman]

My nephew has always loved all my 3 wheelers and going for rides on them. He could sit in front of me and ride for hours on end and NEVER want off. So her mom & dad got him a power wheels quad for his birthday a couple of weeks ago, he's 4. Now i doubt his parents will get him one anytime soon, but i was just wondering at about what age can i bring him home an eton 50 or whatever? He's naturally a very big kid, and size wise, i think he is already to big for the electric quad. But i dont want so sit him on yet; he's not ready and i don't want to run the risk of scaring him away. Pic:

[Ryan.]

personally i think he may be ready, just set the throttle governor so he cant go more than 3pmh or something, and he should be fine. and just raise it up as he gets more experience. my little cousin is like 5 or six and she rides a little Kawasaki 50 and shes pretty small and not very experienced

[super90]

I think 5-6 years old is a good age to get them started on a small 50cc quad. A neighbor of mine has a kid that has been riding a eton 50 since he was 5 or 6, now is 7 and is tearing it up on a ttr90, probably already ready for a new bike.

[Erics350x]

It depends on the kid. If he's a hiper little guy i'd wait another year or so.
Mine started at 6 on a bike

[okieRrider]

My son started riding an alt 50 at 4 yrs old. I then got him an lt80 which he grew into and eventually raced and now he's on trx250ex at age 9. Start out slow, its amazing how fast kids learn on these things!


Thought I had a pic of him on the 50, but can't find it

[oOGoFastOo]

i started riding an old honda mini trail 50 when i was 5 years old and then i got a 110 honda threewheeler a couple years later.

[Louis Mielke]

I didn't get started on a motorized bike untill I was 12. I personally think it depends on skill and responsibility. In my mind though a child must be able to skillfully handle a non-motorized vehicle (a Bicycle) before they belong on their first motorized bike of any kind. Just my $.02

[84honda200s]

i started my brother on a 340cc snowmobile at the age of 4-5 years old. he started to help repair them when he was 5-6 years old and now that im into trikes he has picked up on it and built him self a 125m with a whole lot of parts from allot of other machines. its not a bad rig for being built by a 12 year old on a very tight budget.




anyway id say he is probably ready to get a 50cc mini quad type of ride. i mean there is omly one way to learn how to ride....that is get on it and try it.

[300rman]

i started riding at the age of 4. first ride was a 1969 broncco tx-6, a 50cc manual 2 stroke on-offroad bike. the thing is mean, and, well, thats what i learned to ride on.
sit him on one, or maybe a atc70, and govern it down a bit. as he learns, give him more and more GO till he can ride it without a govern.

[Trikeaholic]

my son started riding his zinger at 3 1/2, his sister got a kazuma quad at 3 and at 4 she is pretty good, but I am still afraid of letting her go around with the throttle screw completely out. Funny, I uncorked the boys zinger the second day he rode it. Could it be that scars on boys are cool and on girls....not so much?? LOL

those plastic electric POS are a waste of landfill space, not to mention money.

[brapp]

my lil girl is almost 2 and i let her steer the lt50 i got her last year when we ride it she is gettign there i figure she willbe ready to ride by herself by 3 31/2 somewher ein there

[SYKO]

my daughter has been since the day she turned 4 first on a eton 40, one of the best little quads ever! now she will be 8 in may and shes been on a trx 70 for a year allready, may be time for an upgrade.

[dickieg89]

I'm going to have to stay start early, like the kids first trimester, get the mother learned on how to run a clutch while he's in the womb, that stuff filters back to the protege'

[The Goat]

i got my 70...young, like 5 or 6. before that i rode my grandpa's bigred around the yard.

i remember when he got his 300 honda 4x4 like the first or second year they came out, i wasn't allowed to ride it alone because it was more dangerous (powerful) than the bigred. I don't even think i was four at the time.

If the kid is smart, he can be trusted. When he gets old enough to to be smart enough to take a screwdriver and take the governor out of the throttle on his own, that's when I'd say let him run free under supervision.

If he can start a 70 with a two handed pull, he can ride a 70. IMHO

[bp739]

My youngest son Lucas started riding his older brothers 50 when he was 4.....he was a natural from day one....I just tore the 50 apart today...it needs a top end...we're upgrading to a 70cc kit with a new cdi..