Hammer
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untill they got the hang or riding alone (under supervision) yes
At the age of 5 and 6 I'd personally say no, the question you should be asking yourself is how would you feel if one comes off and breaks a bone or worse?
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chloe16v
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they could fall off there trampoline and do that
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Cosmo
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fall off a trampoline and falling off a heavy quadbike that could then go on top of them is slightly different.
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Phi
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not as much as they could on a qaud bike!
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Phi
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this is what yo u want if your serious http://www.fun4kids.co.uk/kids-quads.html
when they are older and actually intereted in it then get a bigger one
they still need helmets etc for these
[Edited on 06-07-2009 by Corsa_phi]
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bigboykarl
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be careful not sure where in south yorks u are but in barnsley chronicle last week they had a story about police seizing off road bikes around thurnscoe/goldthorpe/bolton
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sand-eel
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I don't see the difference between if they were 6 or if you leave it a few years, they might be a bit stronger etc but can still fall off a quad at any age and do the same damage of falling off a tranpoline. I would actually say a quad was safer as if it falls over you know which way and can brace yourself, a trampoline tends to be more random when and where you fall off TBH.
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Hammer
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I don't see the difference between if they were 6 or if you leave it a few years, they might be a bit stronger etc but can still fall off a quad at any age and do the same damage of falling off a tranpoline. I would actually say a quad was safer as if it falls over you know which way and can brace yourself, a trampoline tends to be more random when and where you fall off TBH.
Allowing a 5 year old to ride a quad bike is not safer than allowing them to jump on a trampoline.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
I don't see the difference between if they were 6 or if you leave it a few years, they might be a bit stronger etc but can still fall off a quad at any age and do the same damage of falling off a tranpoline. I would actually say a quad was safer as if it falls over you know which way and can brace yourself, a trampoline tends to be more random when and where you fall off TBH.
Firstly the difference mentally, let alone physically, between a 6yr old and a child a few years older is huge.
Secondly, you cannot compare falling off a trampoline to falling off a quad. Falling off a trampoline you know all thats going to happen is a drop off the side of a few feet. Im not saying you cant seriously hurt yourself doing so (you can) but compared to being on a motorised quad that can then go on top of you its less dangerous. And expecting a 6yr old to know which way its going to fall and brace themselves is probably expecting a little too much.
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JonnyJ
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Someone once Stone Cold Stunnered me on a trampoline. Bad idea
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Joe
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quote:
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Someone once Stone Cold Stunnered me on a trampoline. Bad idea
Is that what happened to your face mate?  sorry to hear it was all a bad accident.
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Someone once Stone Cold Stunnered me on a trampoline. Bad idea
Is that what happened to your face mate? sorry to hear it was all a bad accident.
It wasnt just my face that was an accident
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sand-eel
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I can't see the problem TBH Kids on trampolines don't tend to wear helmets and body guards on a quad they would, or should anyway.
Say the quad is restricted it won't go very fast, so you fall off and roll about a bit BOO, fall off a trampoline which is higher and smash you head off the side of it with no helmet. IMO TBH.
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Cosmo
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A helmet is the equivalent of that stupid net guard thing that go around trampolines.
How are they going to hurt themselves then? A helmet will only stop their heads getting smashed in, wont stop the rest of their bones breaking.
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at the rear of my nans house there is a field that is used alot by off road bikers, my son is 5 in a couple of weeks and my daughter will be 6 august, now i have thought about buying them a quad bike to use in the field but dont know if they would be too young yet, obv i wouldnt lket them use it on there own there would always be some one on the back of them, but what are your thoughts? would you say they are too young?
the bit in bold is what i'd worry about. i used to ride quads and stuff when i was younger, now i ride moto x bikes. i hate riding anywhere near little kids on there quads and bikes on practice tracks, let alone a bit of wasteland with no official supervision/insurance/guidelines/track direction. we were lucky as i had a friend with a farm who let us use his fields so there was no one else around to hit/hit me. kids always just change direction without any thought to anything else, they are too young to think about everything around them. i saw a guy land on a kid once through no fault of his own on the downslope of a jump at a practice track, was horrible, makes your blood run cold. i couldnt imagine the feeling if i that was me that landed on them.
if you could find a safe place to use them i dont see why not with the correct safety gear, supervision, guidance maybe lessons etc etc
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chloe16v
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we have been looking at this one and the only thing that is putting us off is that it is 2 stroke http://www.fastbuggies.co.uk/acatalog/info_24.html
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lozarus
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get a suzuki lt50, that wil be fine.
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taylorboosh
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2 strokes are fine, much faster than a four stroke
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fir3vip3r
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id say there old enough...
but stop pissing about with quad bikes get them a pw50
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chloe16v
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i'd love to, my brother started with a puch at 4yrs old, but they cant ride a 2 wheeled bike yet
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DizzyRebel
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Get them on it, a 50cc 4 stroke will be fine. My nephew was driving a petrol powered buggy at the age of 3 and on his quad at the same time too. Started on a pw50 mx bike at 4 and now hes a right speed demon on a ktm 65 crosser and a polaris buggy and hes 7!
[Edited on 06-07-2009 by DizzyRebel]
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Andrew
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I wouldn't personally let my kids on one. At the age of 14/15 yeah, but not at such a young age.
As you say, they wouldn't be on the bike alone. But what happens if someone runs into them?
I'm not jumping on the bandwagon here as i totally think cs is out of order constantly having a pop at you. But you are their mother and need to make these decisions for yourself rather than asking a bunch of lads on her who need to grow up themselves.
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DizzyRebel
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just make sure you have someone who knows what they are doing to teach them how to ride it and supervise them. 4 is a fine age to get them started on a bike. Most of the best racers in the world started at 3/4 years old and then since their skills were so advanced at an early age they are now champions.
14/15 is too old to start them on one, get them on a bike at 4 so they are ready for schoolboy motox for age 8. if they are fast they will get headhunted and with a bit of luck end up in factory teams.
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Andrew
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Personal preference mate. I'd rather know my kids were safe than be sorry.
As i've said, Chloe is their mother!
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