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  1. 03-19-2002, 02:12 PM #1
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    Proof that 12 year olds can ride "adult" sport bikes

    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
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    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
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    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 .
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    For the doubters...

    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.
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    Finally...

    A Christmas card from Mark... proof enough???
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    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.
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    Ahhhhh...... 230 quad sport....... That was my first quad...... I never had a problem with it........ Had it for about 5-6 years.....
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    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.
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    Got any more of the lt? If you get time will you e-mail them to me.

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