I'm looking at buying my 12-yr-old son his first ATV. I have looked at the Bombardier 90's, and I am impressed with their looks over the Suzuki & Kawasaki.

Anybody have any tips / info / opinions on this thing??

 

Not trying to hijack your thread. I just bought my son a Polaris Phoenix. He is 11 years old and he is already wanting a bigger four wheeler. You might want to take a look at the Phoenix. It's a auto transmission and a 200cc four stroke. It's a GREAT starter four wheeler!

 

Hey Steve. Do yourself a favor and by him something bigger. I bought my 9yr old the DS 90. He mastered it in two months. I then put $800 into it in performance mods. He mastered them in about two weeks. He now rides a Yamaha Blaster and he is 10yrs old. I would look into a blaster or maybe a 250 or 300 ex. later, D

 

Before you get the phoniex check out the polaris site here. Not alot of good things to say about it.

 

My youngest has a Jehm 90 and is actually a DS90. He is just turned 6 years old and has very little time on it, he cant even ride a bicycle without training wheels but he screams the powerband out of the 90. Its a decent quad but my older boy would destroy it if I didnt get him a bigger one.

My oldest will be 10 this month and I picked up a 03 Yamaha blaster 200 for him. Now, this kid grew up in the dirt and rides very well. The blaster, if ridden like a 2 stroke should "screaming"......can be extremely fast. I can pull the wheels in 3rd (stock) if I try hard enough. Its like a mini banshee. Its a 100% manual quad...so kick starting it wears out the kid until he understands how to let out the clutch on take off. Other than that its a very good quad for a kid to learn on. I think they have been around since 1987.