im trading my sons xr50 in for a quad, looking at a sportsman 90, '02 new, the price seems right at 1500 + the honda. is that a good quality bike for a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old to share?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

foneguy,

the machine is a good machine but teh price for a used machine should be at $1500 by itself. Your just giving him a bike for free. If that xr runs it is atleast worth $500. I think I would negociate some more.

 

The SP90 will be a great machine for your boys. My oldest is 6 the only prob. he has is pulling the hand brakes other than that he handles it fine.

 

foneguy: If I read your post right, you are trading in an XR50 for a new '02 Sportsman right? Our '03 Sportsman was $2299 so the price sounds about right. One thing you should consider is that Polaris changed from an electric choke to a manual choke in the '03 model. From what I understand, they had quite a few problems with that electric one. You may be able to retrofit the new style choke but it would be a lot simpler and probably cost the same to just buy the '03 in the first place.

We sure like the Sportsman 90. I have a 9 year old son that weighs over 90lbs (future Minnesota Viking) and a 5 year old daughter who share the quad right now. The quad is not too small for him and not too big for her, so it is a great fit. We have used it in the sand and the dirt and it is a great performer. Also, it starts very easily and has not given us one lick of trouble. If they made a Sportsman 150-175, I would probably have to get that too. We are going with the TrailBlazer 250 when he is big enough.

 

its a new never used '02, went and got it too big for my little 5 yr old she cant turn, my boy loves it, now to retrain him to lose the motorcycle foot tapping. with the restrictor in , but wont that cause it to run crummy? just wondering, i looked in the owners manual to see where the restrictor was, when i took the pipe off the motor ther was no washer/restrictor, and at the silencer, according to the book, there is no set screw to undo to remove such restrictor. does the sp90 ('02) have such a thing?

 

I thought the machine was used. that is why I told you what I did. As far as restictors, CDI and sprockets are all I know of on that machine. well, that crummy pipe doesn't help either.

 

Overkill, you're from Oregon and your son is a future Minnesota Viking? I'm from Minnesota and I'm wondering if your son would rather play for a team that can win! Ok, so we're not too happy with them at the moment, next year will be better!

The SP90 is a fine machine, the one we have has performed well and has enough power for every kid that rides it except my eldest (who's 13 and wants a Banshee - yeah, dream on, kid!).

 

I have a new 03 E-Ton Viper I will trade for 1,500.00 differance and sell all accessories for cost for warranty periond that is 6 months.

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hey over kill, what was the prob with the choke. his is making a nasty ping when cold is the the trbl or should i take it right back? and if you know, where would i get this choke conversion kit? thanks[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

Just got my 9 year old son an '03 SP 90 a month ago..... he loves it and it's a good machine so far. Only problem is having to tighten the chain a couple of times. Good luck!