I've got a pretty good impression of the power those Prairie 650's pump out just from reading what other people have written and watching guys that have them out where I ride, but I never got a chance to try one out for myself. Just being curious, can a 14 year old kid, 'bout 135 lbs. pull a wheelie on one of these beasts in stock trim? If so, how easily? This question may sound stupid to some of you, but before you verbally whip my @$$, remember I've never ridden one!

 

With out a doubt. When i was breaking mine in at 1/2 throttel on a little hill i could wheelie mine. So far my highest wheelie speed is 33mph on the speedo.

 

It depends on where you live, the riding surface and how the kid sits and if he pulls up on it. Most stock 650's don't wheelie as easy as cueball's 650 does.

Technically, the 650 has a limiter that prevents it from wheelieing from a stop. He may learn that if he rolls at 3mph, it will wheelie easier. Do not get a holeshot device, it will disable the anti wheelie tuning and give you more power.

If you are concerned about the kid, teach him to ride responsibly. If you can't teach him, turn the throttle limiter in a bit. In fact, keep it turned in until he has a lot of hours on it.

I have seen a lot of 14 year olds that are as good riders as I am. All they need is experience and they are fine.

I have seen other 14year olds ride just plain stupid.

Experience may make up for some lack of judgement, but if they are downright stupid, don't even let them ride a lawn mower.

 

I got my p650 when i was 14 years old , boy did i almost $hit my pants the fist time i rode it. I whent from ridding a trx125 with no suspension to a p650.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] i whieghed about 120 and even with the throttle turned down to 3/4 the tires would come up,not much but they still would come up. If you are buying this quad for your sone then i sugest getting him a Vforce as he will soon get tired of the BIG HEAVY P650. just keep the throttle limited so it wont come up and as he gets used to it pull the screw out slitely.


BTW i can keep my front end up to 45 mph then i got scared when the quad whent sideways so i let off i could have probably reach 50mph[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

How much you sellin that prairie for?

 

What kind of riding experience does he have? From what ive read i dont think the v is the way to go for someone without alot of riding experience. The first month or so when people started to get there v i heard about alot of crashes and wrecks.

prairievenom- are you using around 1/2 throttel to keep it going at 45? For me around 25-30mph i give it a little to much throttel and it drops out of the power, or i give it too much and it startes to come back. Is your 45mph from almost a dead stop? Do you sit on the seat or kneel on the seat?
thanks

 

He's actually a very experienced rider. I didn't post this thread out of concern about too much power for him. I'm sorry if I mislead anyone on that. I trust him on his riding skills and decision-making and we're currently looking for a utility quad with some sport characteristics to have a little fun on from time to time and the prairie sounded like the solution so I was just checking.