Good Quad bike for 3 year old
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Both my sons were on 90cc quad bikes at that age.
Apache silver thingies.
Put the work in and theres no reason the right child and the right training won't be safe at that age.
They came with the optional extra of tow hooks and they have towed and reversed all sorts of garden trailers.
Alternatively you could listen to the advice on here and when you unwrap the cotton wool at seventeen let them straight onto the road with no skills whatsoever.
Apache silver thingies.
Put the work in and theres no reason the right child and the right training won't be safe at that age.
They came with the optional extra of tow hooks and they have towed and reversed all sorts of garden trailers.
Alternatively you could listen to the advice on here and when you unwrap the cotton wool at seventeen let them straight onto the road with no skills whatsoever.
3 is far too young for a petrol quad , kids that age cannot comprehend the control elements needed for safe operation.
Start them on an electric jeep type thing 1st.
When you go the petrol quad route, at least wait till they're 6+ and mature enough in body and mind!
We've got a Suzuki LT 50 for my 6yo these are by far the best used from £300 on flea-bay
Dont go the mini-motor quad route, they are dangerous, exposed engines and bits fly off them randomly.
The Suzuki has parts back up and most importantly 3 speed restrictors that slow it to less than walking pace, along with a pull-out safety cord on the back for parental control.
Oh......and make sure you get the appropriate attire.....full body armour jacket and motorcross lid.
Start them on an electric jeep type thing 1st.
When you go the petrol quad route, at least wait till they're 6+ and mature enough in body and mind!
We've got a Suzuki LT 50 for my 6yo these are by far the best used from £300 on flea-bay
Dont go the mini-motor quad route, they are dangerous, exposed engines and bits fly off them randomly.
The Suzuki has parts back up and most importantly 3 speed restrictors that slow it to less than walking pace, along with a pull-out safety cord on the back for parental control.
Oh......and make sure you get the appropriate attire.....full body armour jacket and motorcross lid.
Edited by cinque on Monday 11th May 15:07
My biggest problem was that other children would come round, and I would be quite shocked that there parents would think nothing of asking if they could have a go, then sitting down and watching 
Its the parents risk awareness that I worried about.
My two boys took a good few months of me being beside or on the back before I'd let them go solo.
Its the parents risk awareness that I worried about.
My two boys took a good few months of me being beside or on the back before I'd let them go solo.
Ph assumptions come before common sense as usual!
I never said I wanted a fast one. We need pneumatic tyres for our rough garden/field - plastic just won't work. Just want to know what's out there. I have seen plenty of of the electric Jeep things which are marketed at age 1+ so I am assuming these things can't be that dangerous if well supervised etc.Though accidents will happen.
I would have thought they are speed restricted anyway?
I never said I wanted a fast one. We need pneumatic tyres for our rough garden/field - plastic just won't work. Just want to know what's out there. I have seen plenty of of the electric Jeep things which are marketed at age 1+ so I am assuming these things can't be that dangerous if well supervised etc.Though accidents will happen.
I would have thought they are speed restricted anyway?
Zod said:
I have a three year old son. He loves speed, but has little sense of the risk involved and will often look in completely the wrong direction when riding his bike (without stabilisers) and crash into a tree.
On a quad biked, he would cause himself extreme harm.
My son is nearly four. He could trip over his own shadow and a blade of grass could cause an accident Martin Schanche would be proud of. I know is significantly more clumsy than his peers, but even so, the thought of him on a petrol powered quad bike On a quad biked, he would cause himself extreme harm.
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