My son is just turning 11 and we want to buy him an atv. It will be Honda or Yamaha of course. This is his first quad. He's 95 lbs and I was looking for advice on size. My originally thought was a 90 due to safety. However, do you think that will be too small. If it last a couple of years great. His younger siblings can ride it then. Thanks for any advice.

 

First on the list to me is an ATV safety course. If you have friends that have smaller quads see if they'd let him try them. My son learned mainly on a Honda Recon that is a 250cc. He was bigger than your son, however. A big part of the sizing issue is how well a person of a certain weight/size can influence the machine. Especially in corners and up and down hills. If he stands on the foot pegs or in the foot wells, can he move the quad around a good bit when it's standing still?

 

Thanks. Had him on a couple of 90s and they seem to fit well. 250 was too big for him to handle.

 

I'm not sure if anyone makes a quad that has an engine between the 90 cc and a 200 cc to 250 cc.

 

I take that back. Polaris has a 110 cc kid's quad either decked out like a sports quad or like a utility quad.
2016 Polaris Outlaw 110 VooDoo Blue : Features
2016 Polaris Sportsman 110 : Features

And the Phoenix 200 which is a medium sized quad. Not sure how your son would fit on it.

2016 Polaris Phoenix 200 VooDoo Blue : Features

 

The Grizzly 125 was one Yamaha had, which looks like a mini Grizzly as the name would imply. Looks like this 2006 Yamaha Grizzly 125 kids atv. Not available as a new model anymore but plenty of them out there in good shape. The older Suzuki quadrunner 160cc semi-auto quad was a favorite for many years for kids and smaller adults GrEaT running Suzuki Quadrunner 160

 

I cannot agree more with what Moose said...SAFETY FIRST. There are many with the mindset that an ATV should be large enough that the child will not outgrow too quickly. Nonsense! You buy according to what fits them properly and once they outgrow it, sell it and buy another. Don't put you child at additional risk by putting them on a machine that is too much for them to handle. In my case, I started my son at 5 years old on a variety of 90 cc machines. Some physically large, but with the same size engine. I was always walking next to him ready to pull the tether kill switch if something went wrong. By the time he was 9, he moved up to a Honda TRX250EX, which is too big for many 9 year olds. In fact, the machine is designated for riders over 16. With his experience and size, I felt fine with my choice of quads. But I must point out the hours upon hours of riding experience he had before making the switch and under no circumstances did he ever ride without safety gear or without me.

 

Here's a pic of him on a 90. Looks to fit ok I think?

Thanks for all the fantastic advice.

 

Thanks for all the advice. This is an awesome forum. Looked at the 125s and they might be a bit big. Hope to get a couple of summers out of the Honda 90 and then pass it on to one of his 3 siblings.

 

The Honda 90 is a a good choice. By the time he outgrows that, he'll probably be ready for a 250ex or Recon anyway.