) your physical size (both height and weight are important)
4'8 100
2) How physical / aggressive are you ?
some
3) what do you plan to ride- MX/SX tracks, woods, fields with friends or ?????
all
4) Do you have any riding experience?
1year crf70
5) Do you think you will race ?
no
6) Are you mechanically inclined and will you be doing your own bike work?
some
7) Do YOU have a preferance to a brand/ motor choice (2 or 4 stroke)?
any
8) Do you have a dealer close by your home that you might use and what brand(s) does he carry?
all
9) How much do you plan to spend on a quad?
around 3k
10) Do you live in California?
no
11) anything else that you think would help form an opinion
looking fior something he wont grow bore with in a year.

 

The Honda 90 is the only kids quad I really like and can recommend without reservation. It always wins the kids quad magazine shootouts. Ours is something like 10 years old now, and my kids rode this thing everywhere I could go, even on a 4X4. I'm keeping it around for my guests kids to ride, and maybe grandchildern someday.

These things will run forever with just a little routine maintenance. They have good resale value, so consider that compared to the other cheaper brands when you are making your decision. It is however on the large side as kids quads go, so you would have to have them sit on it and decide if it is to large or not. But, keep in mid that kids grow...they don't shrink.

My friends who have bought any of the new hoard of "off brand" kids quads....have absolutely lived to regret it!

 

I was afaid the 90 would be too small. I was looking at the Polaris phoenix 200

 

Maybe a used Yamaha 250 or 300 to keep price down, plenty big enough to haul them around without any problems

 

i no i said the trx 90 might be too small,but we took him to the yam. dealer today and he liked the raptor 80.Is that a pretty good atv? The honda shop is in the next town that way we didn't look there.

 

The Raptor has a descent reliable engine, but absolutely pathetic suspension.

 

what about the polaris outlaw90 or the predator90

 

OK, so your thinking the kid is ready for a 250?????

 

i may have said 250 but i don't think i did i was worrying between the pred. 90 and grizzly125.
o are you talking about the where i was asking about the phonex 200?

 

If a Honda 90 is to small, then any of the other kid's quads are going to be way way to small!

With my daughter, I took her from the LT80 to the LT160. She wasn't on the 160 for very long at all, before she went on to the 250EX/Recon, and then the 300EX. My point is that it can be kind of a waste of money to get an "intermediate" machine like the 125, because they tend to outgrow these real quick. With my son (after learning that lesson with my daughter), I just kept him on the 90 until it was just getting ridiculously small, then graduated him right on to the 250EX.