Im 14 and new to the atv world i just got myself a 300EX and love it the 250EX is also a great machine and even though your son may like the raptor 80 ive heard many bad things about it see if you can get him into a honda. Good Luck[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

damn i feel little
im only 14 i v had a little 200sx since i was 11
that little thing is slow as heck but so much fun
and now i got a 250r and dang that thing flies
its gonna take a little getting used to
so i got bout 3 years under my belt

 

I'm 16 and have been riding since I was 10. I satrted off on an '82 Honda ATC185 then a Foreman 400 then the 2 bikes that I have now. All of them I bought with my own money.

 

I am 32, been riding various machines for the past 14 or 15 years.

 

Im 23, been riding since I was 8, started with a trx125 then a bigred200,200x,warrior,now my big bad prairie 650!

 

44 in a week.riding since 1988,family racing since 1993,and father to the worlds fastest woman quad racer [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I'am 35 and have been riding since I was six on a Rupp six horse mini-bike.

 

I'm almost 25, act 12, started out on a Polaris Trailboss 250 when I was around 7 or so, could barely reach the floorboards, beat the hell out of it, my uncle took it back, my dad bought me a Moto-4 200, beat on that for awhile, police kept following me home for some illegal form of riding or another, went quadless for awhile (but rode my friends alot) Bought myself a 01 TBlazer, sold it after a few months, now own a restored (by me) rocket. If there's someone who's willing to talk about quads, I'll find them at a Wal-Mart or where ever and talk for a good hour or so, just long enough to make the old lady mad[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]................Yup, I sure do love quads.........Latah

 

I'm 43. I have ridden 4 wheelers since they came out in the 80's but rode dirt bikes before that.

Dawgboy
The 250EX is a good machine. At your size you may want to do what I did and bring the handlebars up and back (or get a different pair to do the same thing). I also put on softer springs to help the ride. The EX is nice 'cause you can putt around with the young ones all day but still tear around when you are by yourself. As far as the kid machine, I would be tempted to try the Yukon 150 or the new Bombardier 200 Rally. Easy to operate but a little more machine that won't be so easily outgrown for about the same $.

 

I'll be 40 this summer. I started out on a honda SL 70. I have owned 3 road bikes,a 350x that I miss dearly and a 400 ex. Currently I have a Mini trail 50,atc 70,atc 200s,xr 250 and a very old Suzuki 250. I started riding when I was 14 yrs old. I'm waiting for honda to come out with a bigger quad.I enjoy riding the silver lake sand dunes here in Michigan.