When your baby swings their leg over

[yungatart]

Glad that he is okay, and you guys too!
I'm surre he will be keen to get back on, once the fright has settled down...

[sleemanj]

I seem to recall on the Peewee 50 I had, some nearly 30 years ago, there was a tether line connected to a kill switch, so that if things got away on the rider, the watchful parent yanked on the tether strap and it just stopped.

[Number One]

I seem to recall on the Peewee 50 I had, some nearly 30 years ago, there was a tether line connected to a kill switch, so that if things got away on the rider, the watchful parent yanked on the tether strap and it just stopped.

Good suggestion it was under consideration apparently

[Gen]

well I got my first bike this year.I was all excited until my two year old son decided he did'nt like mummy being on this loud throbbing machine
Six months later I sold the bike as my son wouldnt stop screaming as soon as he saw the thing .
Loves the neighbours quad tho!.Guess I can only try again when he's older?

[FROSTY:Me]

Number one--Ive got a bunch of kids--all riding and Ive helped a bunch more get into it.
If I could just make a suggestion. Get little sully onto an LT50 quad.They are a shit load easier FOR YOU to control and lil sully will build confidence.
Just to explain First off they LT has a short rope hangs out the back-its a kill switch so what you do is tie a 3.0m bit of clothesline rope to it if he gets outa control you pull the plug and the quad rolls to a stop.
Theyve got the throttle restricter so you can slow it down to walking pace, If he gets tired or just unsureof the situation he just stops and sits for awhile.
The thing is even if you buy one and he's over it in a couple of months (wants to be on the bike) you will NEVER loose money on it. They hold their price. 15 year old LT's are still fetching 450-700
I'd be happy to loan you one of mine with a battered set of plastics on so you wouldn't need to worry about damaging it.
I've actually currently got one here that would be apsolutely perfect for a beginner.
EVERY one of my clan has started out on a quad and as of a month ago they are all now competantly riding two wheelers. The youngest suprised me by just "getting it" one day when I was running in a JR50 engine.
Have a read back almost exactly 2 years ago at my thread about my daughter crash bandycute. she did EXACTLY the same as your lad except being my daughter she took 4 attempts before thinking "hmm this crashing shit hurts"
She did a year full timeon a LT then of n on on a two wheeler for 6 months. Now she rides a quad only if its a "its that or nothing" situation.

Edit--I wasin Colemans suzuki today. For some reason this thread came to mind. SomethingI noticed about the drz70 is how darn tall it is. The JR50 looks to be heaps lower.

[FROSTY:Me]

well I got my first bike this year.I was all excited until my two year old son decided he did'nt like mummy being on this loud throbbing machine
Six months later I sold the bike as my son wouldnt stop screaming as soon as he saw the thing .
Loves the neighbours quad tho!.Guess I can only try again when he's older?

Gen probably a bit late but a lil 3 year old lad loved the quads and bikes but as soon as they were started he hated it.
Just this weekend I had a brainwave and put a set of my dads industrial earmuffs on him and fired up first a grasskart then a couple of quads. He was as happy as a pig in --er --he was happy.I took him for a ride very quietly on a quad then baby bikie took him for a right ol hoon in the grass cart.
later that day he still wanted muffs in the kart but on a quad he was fine

[scumdog]

Any of my kids get on a bike and I'll give them a thick ear.

You sound just like my dad!

Add to that "No tattoos, no loud rock music, no hot-rods"

I really listened to him.....

[White trash]

Glad to hear the little fella's alright S, scares the shit out of ya when the old governer screw miscalculation happens eh? I bought Eden a quad for her 2nd Christmas and did exactly the same thing, except she wound up with the quad on her. Took her 2 years to get back on it.

Taught the girls how to ride Keiran's PeeWee 2 days ago. Eden's real good, confident, smooth, analytical and probably a little cocky now. Lily on the other hand, thinks she's fricken Ben Townley already. Full noise everywhere, big slides, scares the shit outta me as soon as she gets on the thing.

[FROSTY:Me]

Glad to hear the little fella's alright S, scares the shit out of ya when the old governer screw miscalculation happens eh? I bought Eden a quad for her 2nd Christmas and did exactly the same thing, except she wound up with the quad on her. Took her 2 years to get back on it.

Taught the girls how to ride Keiran's PeeWee 2 days ago. Eden's real good, confident, smooth, analytical and probably a little cocky now. Lily on the other hand, thinks she's fricken Ben Townley already. Full noise everywhere, big slides, scares the shit outta me as soon as she gets on the thing.

mate --tis about time you bought your clan over to my lil private track for kids--your lot will love it

[White trash]

mate --tis about time you bought your clan over to my lil private track for kids--your lot will love it

What are you doing this weekend

[FROSTY:Me]

What are you doing this weekend

off to mangawhai --you lot are welcolm to come up.
the lil kids track is fantastic and the bigger kids trackis cool.
Otherwise imhere 24/7 and the track is right across the road

[Gen]

Gen probably a bit late but a lil 3 year old lad loved the quads and bikes but as soon as they were started he hated it.
Just this weekend I had a brainwave and put a set of my dads industrial earmuffs on him and fired up first a grasskart then a couple of quads. He was as happy as a pig in --er --he was happy.I took him for a ride very quietly on a quad then baby bikie took him for a right ol hoon in the grass cart.
later that day he still wanted muffs in the kart but on a quad he was fine

great idea.just wish I'd thought of that.
turns out he like ponies instead.