Ok gang...here's the deal...I bought my 5 year old daughter a 50cc Baja kids ATV from Pep Boys last year. On her second ride, my daughter rolled the thing over on herself, basically having the thing come to a rest on her head (thank god she was wearing a full helmet). While she was unhurt, it scared her. Needless to say, it scared her Dad even more that this seemed to happen so effortlessly on almost flat terrain.

After that, I became petrified of the thing and got rid of it...intent on buying an "untippable" go-kart. Now I am having second thoughts. Before I commit to buying another kids quad, are there any models less likely to tip? I don't care about ground clearance...just safety at this point. I will likely stick with a known brand this time around, as I have 3 more kids who will likely be inheriting this as their first quad.

THANKS!

 

Pretty much your only option is to add wheel spacers to the smaller quads. Many on here, myself included, added home-made wheel spacers with hardware bought from the local hardware stores ($25 or less total into it). Do a search of the "Kids Quads & Other ATVs" forum for "wheel spacers" to find the different ways that people creatively addressed the instability issue.

 

waterjetdude,

like silverdoSS points out, you can add wheel spacers to give extra stability and if you want to put the icing on the cake add a set of aluminim offset rims and holeshot tires. did both of these to our raptor 80 and its very stable and handles great.

 

we added wheel spacers as well, does a good job, much more stable now.

 

I know how to ensure she will never flip another ATV for rest of her life; teach her how to ride it properly. While wheel spacers are nice and a good suspension set-up will help, nothing can account for a healthy respect of how to handle not only that machine but any machine with skill and care. I'm not trying to be unhelpful, but AnYtHiNg you can stand on 2 of its 4 wheels can be rolled. So while you may find a safer ATV, or add spacers or offset rims to make one safer, teaching her how to handle the machine with care will make any ATV as safe as it can be.

 

I added the aluminum 2" wider offset rims with itp holeshots to my daughters Raptor and it made a huge diffrencew in handling. I strongly recommend it as money well spent.

Mud