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Proof that 12 year olds can ride "adult" sport bikes
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Posted by: Guy400

Diggin' through the scrapbook today and found some pictures that I figured I'd post. I know there's been arguments before about what age can kids handle certain quads. Here I am a month before my 12th birthday on my dad's brand new 1988 LT250R. The rule was "Ride it like you've got a head on your shoulders and if I catch you riding it like a moron you'll never touch it again." Needless to say, I rode very responsibly. The little dude in front is Fourstrokefan on our old LT230E Quadrunner at about 8 years old

Posted by: Guy400

Might as well keep my pics all in one thread. Here's the homemade odyssey my dad built before we had our first quads. The chassis and suspension was 100% homemade in our garage. We bought tires and wheels and fenders from a local tractor supply company and the engine was out of our Polaris sled. My dad even made his own hubs for this thing

Posted by: MadcapEX

My 12 year old girl rides my 400 all the time,she has just enuf fear to keep herself out of trouble,we are getting her a 250 ex this fall .

Posted by: Guy400

I've talked about working on Mark Thomas' Alcohol Funny Car in the past and some people didn't believe me. Well here I am in his pits taking a picture while we do a jackstand shakedown at Norwalk Raceway Park.

Posted by: Guy400

A Christmas card from Mark... proof enough???

Posted by: ny300exrider

hey,
im 12 and gettin a 300ex. I will take it easy on the throttle at first and then get better and better. I know not to push it and ride it like you know you can.
later

Posted by: DiceMan400

Ahhhhh...... 230 quad sport....... That was my first quad...... I never had a problem with it........ Had it for about 5-6 years.....

Posted by: Guy400

I swear that the 2 QS's that we had were indestructible. The first one my uncle had and we bought it from him (that got stolen a month later) and the one pictured we sold to a friend of ours and he still runs it today on the original motor and everything. We took that 230 in the picture and extended the swingarm ourselves to bring the wheelbase to the same length as the LT250R. It was a very fun bike and always treated us well.

Posted by: Poncho

Got any more of the lt? If you get time will you e-mail them to me.

Thanks, dssims@kyol.net
Spencer

Posted by: Guy400

I've got several more pics of my old '92 LT if you want to see those.

Posted by: Juggalo

heres my friends little bro ridin his 400ex. hes about 4 feet tall. hes really tiny but hes pretty daring. we always keep a close eye on him whenever he rides though.

Posted by: Tommy 17

wow u and jermey look so small on them things...

did u ever hear of scalese racing with the camaro car named RATTLE AND HUM.... thats the people in my town they have a fully nitro funny car... i dunno if u heard of them or not i think i told u about them on aol one night can't remember exactly....

Posted by: Troy86250r

I let my 12 year old cousin ride my 250r before. He handled it pretty good, I was surprised.

Posted by: DillonTMNT

I have a 1989 suzuki quadsport 250 (yes they made a 250). It is stock has stock tires. It is getting a new top and bottom end for it. It was not drivin for 8-9 years and I got it from my moms friend to fix. We took the carb off and their were no corosion(SP?) in it. it has cracked rings. I am buying a new pipe system for it. I changed the oil in it when I got it. Ties it to the back of a saturn(car) and jump started it and boy did it give us a smoke show. The neighbors loved us. Two weeks ago I got it stuck in 3 feet of mud, Stuck all the way to the bottom of the fenders. Had to pull it out with a Rancher 2x4. I just started the motor operation. Should be done when I get back from going out of town for a few weeks. Sorry for the long post.

but ya the quadsports are indestructable(well sorta:devil )

-Dillon

Posted by: 440

i might let my cosin ride mine as soon as i get it, hes got a pretty trick blaster and could ride my 440 no prob.

Posted by: flyin#5

ive been riding atv's since i was 3 or so. ive been driving atvs since i was 9. i drove an ex when i was first 11 and i handled it no problem. now im 14 just in case you were wondering.

Posted by: Rollin20s

I had a raced out blaster when i was 11, its was in the 6th grade and i got a 3.7 gpa on my grades, the next day when i came home from the gym, i lookedi n the garage and there it was. i can handle any quad there is.

Posted by: 4punksdad

my son benjamin riding the wife's old lakota. he was about 3.5 years old at the time.

Posted by: 440

soon, ur gunna hav 4 more big quads in ur garage dude, four 440s on nitro.

Posted by: Nausty

haha thats a cool pic. I have been riding since i've been 8 years old. I first was riding quads at 13 on a blaster and I still couln't see my self now exactly 6ft 160lbs sitting on a trx90

Posted by: stevengates45

Yea, theres an 11 year old at our track that rides an alky blaster. Its really really fast. They "claim" that his blaster is only ported & on alky but theres no way that he can big a 240 big bore stroker long rod alky blaster down here & only be ported & on alky!

Posted by: bluebaron

i got my 400ex whe i was about 11. I got my banshee when i was 12 and i can ride them fine

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Guy, I can't believe that picture. That is sweet. I remember when we were little (I can't believe we were ever THAT little) and used to ride. AHHHHHH, those were the days........