[Rage]

I am sadly selling my R. After a discussion with my wife, we have decided for to some quads for the family. It sucks but she also has a good point. I am going to be teaching my daughter how to ride, and it would be beneficial to also have a quad. If anyone is interest look on the for sale section. http://crfsonly.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13912 I thought that I would give people here the first chance to buy. I will be putting up for sale on Craig's list in about 2 days. Talk to you later

This sucks man


Laterz
Jeremy

[Asmith]

I started my 7 year old daughter on a quad. I figured it was easier to learn on and safer. While following her on a trail, I watched in horror as she rolled it and the thing almost landed on top of her head.

Several days later we sold it and bought her a CRF 70.

A year later at the ripe old age of eight, she is riding a CRF 80 with a clutch.

Much safer on the two wheeler.

Just sayin...

[instigator]

AMEN!!! ~! Two wheeler is way safer than a quad! It is a bit harder to learn at first for the kids, but after the learning curve, they learn so much more on a bike than they would "pushing" a quad around!
My 3 yr old rides a Pw50 with training wheels and the 6 yr old graduated to a crf 50! If you want to ride with them and teach them, do what we did, we bought a crf 70 and a crf 80 that way both Cristy and I can ride with the boys and the boy's next step up in bike size is already built into the equation!

[Roger450r]

I want to buy my kid a bike i heard about these training wheels. Call me a n00b but lol how do you ride a motorcycle on training wheels? lol slow i'm assuming

[JAWS]

I want to buy my kid a bike i heard about these training wheels. Call me a n00b but lol how do you ride a motorcycle on training wheels? lol slow i'm assuming

I have seen them in the campgrounds on small bikes like the crf50 and pw50. They basically work as outriggers to keep the bike upright.
Look at this:
http://www.pitposse.com/trwhsetforpw.html
Joe

[instigator]

I want to buy my kid a bike i heard about these training wheels. Call me a n00b but lol how do you ride a motorcycle on training wheels? lol slow i'm assuming

Not as slow as you think! Here are just a few pictures of Sebastian at age 5 at the local kiddee track, he was very fast! and catchin some air!!!











Here he is at age 6 on the Crf 50







His friend Jacob learned to ride the Pw 50 in about 15 minutes!



Here is logan working on his wheelies!!!



And some pictures of 3 yr old Logan on News Years!!













Hey Roger, Anyone can ride a quad! Your kids will learn a lot more on bikes and have more fun! And so will you. Buy your wife a bike if she needs convincing, because she will have more fun on a bike too!!!

[mr50]

i agree my brothers wife rolled a 4wheeler with her and his son sprained his neck squshed the muscle out of her left hand dirtbikes arent quite as heavy as 4wheelers more kids have been hurt on around here on 4wheelers i put training wheels on my little girls crf50 they get around good on it my wife also likes to ride dirtbikes

[nedirtbikr]

Rage -
I started my son out on a bike, but he was MUCH older than yours when he started.

I would have to agree with the comments posted above. Where we ride most, I have seen a lot of tots hurt more on quads than bikes. I think it may have something to do with four wheels "appearing" to be safer than two wheels. I think it tends to give even the smallest of riders that "superman" complex and false sense of security that they won't fall over like they might on a bike. I think, especially for beginners, having only two wheels slows them down as it does take more coordination and balance to operate a bike.

Then you have the weight thing. No matter what, in most cases, whatever quad you buy will likely weigh twice as much as the comparable bike that little one would be on. So, when a crash does occur (and it will,) pound for pound, small quads landing on small people have the potential to cause the same injuries as bigger quads landing on bigger people.

In the end, you have to do what's right for you and the family. If quads are the way to go in order to get the whole family involved, then that's just what you'll need to do. It's a great sport that more families should do together. However, the one thing to keep foremost in your mind...whatever you do, don't buy quads based solely on the fact that they are "safer." You'll be fooling yourself and those precious girls in your life.

Best of luck!

[NCLR1]

So many riders on here have different stories about buying for the kids and teaching them how to ride. It's a tough decision. If you sell your bike to get a quad, what are going to do if your kids don't like riding? It's a possibility.

When I took my son out for his first ride I borrowed a friends 80 quad. He loved riding it at first and didn't want to look at a bike. He flipped it forward onto his back because he was riding outside of his skill level. He felt too confident because of the 4 wheels. I bought him a 70 about 2 months later and it was night and day. He kept it slow and gained real confidence. Now he can't stand quads. I'm very happy we went the bike route. It was very slow going and frustrating with the practicing, but it gets better.

[Vanrock]

I learnt to ride our farm quad that we had when i was 2 (TRX250) then as i got older started riding more and more, other pplz quads and motorbikes. Then we got a new quad (TRX350) it was much heavier than the old quad and i wasn't as confident on it. so at the age of 10 started riding with my cousins on a ttr-125. then that christmas i got a new CRF150 which after becoming confident on that wanted something more. i know own a 2007 CRF250R and want to get something better. quads have there place when used properly, although i do hoon around on it at home both of our quads never have been rolled!

[Danny]

Let me see if I got this straight.

Dude just gets home from defending our butts and serving our great nation and his wife tells him to sell his bike?

Danny

[Just034]

I have 4 kids under the age of 9 and they all along with my wife ride bikes ONLY (CRF450x, CRF100, CRF70, CRF50, PW50). I can tell you as confident as the sun rising in the morning that bikes are safer for kids in every way though it may take a whole weekend at first for them to feel comforatble. Another factor to consider is that I did not need to buy a toyhauler. I use a travel trailer 19' with some welded racks front and back and inside the trailer or truck bed (more convenient) if needed for bikes. All our bikes (5 at this time)weigh under 800 lbs. Try that with quads and a 1/2 ton truck. Kids are so excited to just be doing what Dad does and spending time with dad that they will be excited with a quad or bike, they follow our lead. The thing I can't understand is why so many dads get bikes for there sons and quads for there daughters. Girls are just as capable esspecially before puberty to ride with the boys (I have 3 daughters). For heavens sake one of the USAF thunderbird pilots is female if she can handle a multi million dollar jet my girls can handle a dirtbike.

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Dude just gets home from defending our butts and serving our great nation and his wife tells him to sell his bike?

I can tell you as confident as the sun rising in the morning that bikes are safer for kids in every way though it may take a whole weekend at first for them to feel comforatble

However, the one thing to keep foremost in your mind...whatever you do, don't buy quads based solely on the fact that they are "safer." You'll be fooling yourself and those precious girls in your life.

All excellent points, all facts.I have an idiot sister -in-law who used to loudly and annoyingly in my presence voice her ignorant "quads are safer" view until I had had just about enough of it and gave her a quick education.
Being a serviceman myself who has been to that .... hole, quote number one I couldn't agree with more. You want to keep your bike bud,then keep your bike ! IED's,RPG's and ambushes weren't very safe either, and home you are
Doug