4 Wheelers and kids (long post with two questions)

Apr 28, 2020, 8:11 PM

When I was about 13 or so, my dad got my brother and I a 250cc yamaha utility wheeler to play around with. We drove that thing probably thousands of miles. There was a 6 year span where that thing was running 24/7 when we weren't in school.

Wife mentioned that "we" needed to buy a 4 wheeler as a way to get the kids to spend more time outdoors. I'm all for it.

We have about 80 acres at the house, about 150 acres of land 20 minutes away, and about 600 acres of land about 1 hour away, so we have tons of places to ride and make good use of one.

Right now the boy is 9 and the girl is 8. Does anybody have any experience with these 50-90cc "youth" atv's? The alternative would be for me to buy one, and just ride them on the back for a few years until they're old enough to take it out.

I hate the idea of these knockoff chinese atv's, and would rather stick to a good ol' yamaha, honda, suzuki, kawasaki, can-am, etc. but since this is something they're going to outgrow eventually, I'm actually considering it. Anybody ever messed with one of these knockoff 4 wheelers?

Best case scenario would be to have two full size units, maybe a simpler two wheel drive 250cc-300cc utility unit, nothing super fancy and the wife could ride 2-up with 1 kid and I could ride 2-up with the other, and when the kids get older, they could take them out by themselves.

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bought me a 125 honda. It had already been through all of the cousins in the family. No shocks. No fenders. My dad throttled it WAAAAAAAAAAY back (it was a screw) I quickly figured out how to slowly but surely unthrottle it until it was wide open before he caught it.

We just recently sold it for scrap metal because that's about all it was good for. That thing lasted over 20 years and even a year or two before we scrapped it you could still put fresh gas in it, pull crank it on the second go.

Around 8th grade they bought me a Honda 300. We sold that one a couple of weeks ago for $500 even though the tires were rotted, swing arm bearings gone, wouldn't hold a charge, no brakes etc.

For some reason I've never had a fourwheeler that had working brakes.

MY POINT IS: GET A HONDA. Your son will be able to pass it down to his son. Your daughter will tear the #### out of it and ti will still get up and go.

The size is up to you. I don't think your daughter is going to be scared of any size fourwheeler.

The smart money would be to get a 300 and throttle it back. If not you're going to be spending all that money within a year or two of each other.

BUT YOU GET A GRIZZLY 800 LIKE A REAL #### MAN

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4 Wheelers and kids (long post with two questions)

Do it the real way. start em on used 3 wheelers.***

lol

My brother and I had them from when I was 7 years old

That's my thoughts exactly.

Don't be a qweer. Get your son a Honda 80 motorcycle and

To get the kids outdoors, you throw money at the problem?

When I was about 7 or 8 my parents

Solid advice.

Re: 4 Wheelers and kids (long post with two questions)

I rode a 250 quite a bit as a kid.

Addendum....8.5/10 humblebrag score

Thanks.

Oh, and the answer of course....

Re: Oh, and the answer of course....

Re: 4 Wheelers and kids (long post with two questions)

Serious response, because Ive looked into this heavily

That's my first project as an 8 or 9 year old me

I figure by the time he's 8 or 9 he's going to be

I didn't peg YOUR child for being a late bloomer.

I just don't want him getting pulled over that young

"Did somebody say PEG and CHILD in the same sentence?"

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