what do you think

[mike c s]

what do you think about this....

a skinny 13 year old that weighs about 95 pounds riding a 2005 400ex as his first quad. when he told me he got it i couldn't believe it but it is true.

[250ex13]

if he paid for it good for him if his mommy and daddy bought it for him his a lucky son of a gun:mad:

My neighbor started out on a piped 01 raptor at 11..
He weighed maybee 80.

[ny300exrider]

good at least he didnt waste his time on smaller quads. i got a modded 300ex as my first quad when i was 12, 95 pounds and within 5 months i wanted the upgrade to the 4. i definitly could have started on it.

[450robot]

i started out on my dads 250r at 10, so i see no problem with it, as long as he can understand his limits

[z400roosteR]

i started out on a 96 piped,ported,bored, banshee:blah:

[Skin-n-Bone]

i started out on a stock quadsport z250

[BlasterEaten250]

i started out on a 90:grr:

[Mxjunkie]

I had a lt105 and a 250x as a trail bike at 9, Rode my dads 400ex now and then I was like 75 pounds then lol

[Titanium]

i started out on a little p.o.s bayou 220 then i started ridin a lakota 300 after that that was my moms but she never rode it so i did.

i got my 400ex when i weighed about 110 lbs and was 15...it wasnt my first four wheeler though and I dont think i was too small for it though. the four wheeler only does what you tell it to do..its not like its a horse or anything

i am going the opposite way here. i don't believe the safety commissions recomended ages are good recomendations. they are too strict. with that being said, when there are atv deaths, what are usually the circumstances? 1. inexperience and 2. alcohol
since this is about age and size, i will deal with number one only.

it is hhard to say that the bike will be too much for your friend. my guess is that he will get hurt on it, or even hurt a passenger. now if he takes the training course, adn follows the no passenger rules, then he may be ok. i hope this is the case.

but like i said, he is small and the bike is powerful. i can see an accident in the future. unfortunately, when this happens, the parents will blame the 4-wheeler, so will everyone else and the atv community will have yet another black eye due to parents buying a machine that their kid was not ready for as a babysitter. hopefully, this never happens, but if it does, the parent need to take responsibilty for their sons actions instead of blaming the atv.

[wilkin250r]

I don't see an "accident waiting to happen". Honestly, do you think an accident would be less likely on a blaster or 300EX?