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re: What's a good age to buy a kid a ATV?
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:33 pm to Jake88
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:33 pm to Jake88
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Never. Seriously.
As someone who works in the ER, this is the correct answer. So much dumb crap happens with ATVs. It sucks to have to tell parents that their 4 year old is going to lose his thumb because they weren’t watching him fiddle with the strap on the back of the ATV.
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Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:34 pm to Bullseye
An ATV.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:50 pm to X123F45
quote:No kidding. I am reading these replies and thinking my god what a bunch of fricking pussies. Did none of the pussies have a dirt bike or quad as a kid? Where in the hell did y'all grow up?
I never realized how many utter and complete pussies there are on this forum.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:57 pm to auburnu008
For real Isn't this the south? I feel like this is oppisite day. I am the least redneck of the people I know and work with. I had an atv 11- on and would buy my 7yo daughter a little one.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:58 pm to Bullseye
3 and a half. If you get it you get it.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:42 pm to Bullseye
Twin boys....
Suzuki 50 4-wheelers for their their 3rd birthday.
Honda 50 dirt bikes for their 4th birthday.
One twin who rode more got a ktm for his 6th birthday.
Suzuki 90 4-wheelers for their 7th birthday.
We just sold their little bikes and now they are each on Honda ranchers. They will be 9 in December. Always wore a helmet and we always watch them ride.
Suzuki 50 4-wheelers for their their 3rd birthday.
Honda 50 dirt bikes for their 4th birthday.
One twin who rode more got a ktm for his 6th birthday.
Suzuki 90 4-wheelers for their 7th birthday.
We just sold their little bikes and now they are each on Honda ranchers. They will be 9 in December. Always wore a helmet and we always watch them ride.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:44 pm to Bullseye
Depends on how trashy you are. It's a sliding scale.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:48 pm to cwil177
quote:
As someone who works in the ER, this is the correct answer. So much dumb crap happens with ATVs. It sucks to have to tell parents that their 4 year old is going to lose his thumb because they weren’t watching him fiddle with the strap on the back of the ATV.
A senior at my high school died in an ATV incident. They would go to this wooded area that was being cleared out for a subdivision riding the hills that the crews were forming. Kid went to drive over a hill that they had passed over the last time they were out there, but apparently the crews had dug out the other side. He went over the edge and the ATV fell on him, crushing his skull. The other kids had to basically hold his brains in to get him to the ambulance. Just a few weeks shy of graduation.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:10 am to Bullseye
Early teens IMO.
Of course the sticker on the machine says 16
Of course the sticker on the machine says 16
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:12 am to oreeg
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I’d say around the same age as you’d give a kid a gun.
Naw. I got my first gun at 6 years old.
Didn't get an ATV till I was 13. Got a dirt bike Honda xr 200 at 12. Had a go kart when I was 9.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:25 am to Loungefly85
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I'm 32 and last year I almost killed myself on one but for blind luck.
But growing up my parents refused to get me one.
Let that be a lesson.
yeah, that lesson is if your parents had let you develop some skills instead of being overprotective you might not be such a retarded pussy at 32.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:26 am to Bullseye
If you are a snowflake parent or have a snowflake child, wait a few years until they have an ATV that drives itself. If you are willing to teach your child how to operate, maintain and fix a vehicle, then about 5-6 years old should be fine. My crumb-cruncher got a jr-50 with training wheels @ age 5.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:28 am to Bullseye
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Posted on 12/4/17 at 10:22 am to Meezy
quote:
Start them out on a 50 at 6. You can govern them down to 5 mph and let them learn from there. Always make them wear a helmet and don’t let them let another kid ride with them.
This is the best advice. It's safe and by the time they're in their teens they will be able to safely handle a 400cc or larger bike
Posted on 12/4/17 at 10:24 am to Bullseye
ATVs are adult toys. Let him buy his own when he grows up.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 10:29 am to X123F45
quote:
never realized how many utter and complete pussies the
No shite. All those years growing up going on 4 wheeler rides with over 100 bikes and I saw 1 major accident that seriously injured a kid. And that was on a side by side Polaris ranger where he hit a tree and put his arms on the dashboard to stop himself and the force snapped both arms
Posted on 12/4/17 at 11:07 am to Kentucker
I’m amazed at the amount of people in here who know nothing about ATVs 
Seriously though, it’s like they just see headlines of people getting hurt all the time so they use that to form their own opinion.. I believe a child having an ATV can be a great thing, provided the parents are responsible enough to teach their children how to be safe while riding...
Seriously though, it’s like they just see headlines of people getting hurt all the time so they use that to form their own opinion.. I believe a child having an ATV can be a great thing, provided the parents are responsible enough to teach their children how to be safe while riding...
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 11:10 am
Posted on 12/4/17 at 11:31 am to Mr. Hangover
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I’m amazed at the amount of people in here who know nothing about ATVs
Seriously though, it’s like they just see headlines of people getting hurt all the time so they use that to form their own opinion..
Possible.... Or could be some may work in trauma centers and see the first hand results.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 11:34 am to Big Block Stingray
Start them all off in the little electric jobs when they were toddlers and scaled up with them. Our kids grew up/are growing up with 4 wheelers as part of their daily lives living on a big farm and all.
But they also have grown up with a swimming pool, and the same basic concept of safety first applies. My kids are the nerds who have to wear a helmet when riding 4 wheelers and can't swim unless there are adults present.
But they also have grown up with a swimming pool, and the same basic concept of safety first applies. My kids are the nerds who have to wear a helmet when riding 4 wheelers and can't swim unless there are adults present.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 11:44 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
My favorite part of this thread:
The judge of a man to many in here is whether or not they ride ATVs
fricking rednecks, got to love em
The judge of a man to many in here is whether or not they ride ATVs
fricking rednecks, got to love em
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 11:45 am
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