My daughter is about to turn 5 and I want to buy her an atv for her birthday. Only thing is, I dont know which one to buy her, can anyone give me any ideas?

 

NONE get an 80 the 50s are a waist of $$$$. My son is 5 and has a rapyor 80 and handles it great. check out the pics

 

by the time your daughter gets the hang of riding the 50cc
it will be too small or slow for her.. definatly look into to 80
or 90cc you can throttle them down till she's ready to open
it up...

look for somthing with full floor boards, and electric start...
sometimes cheaper isnt always better, you may find a atv
that has a great price but it may end up giving you more
grief than pleasure....

 

to see just how big a size difference there is take her or just go down and look at the Polaris predator 50 and 90's set her on them and see how it fits. At 4yo my son was way too big for a 50 but still a little small for a 90 so I built foot peg extensions

Chris

 

The size of the quad is all up to you....... Im not gonna go there because it is your child and only you can decide whats right for her. But, as far a a very reliable atv for your child I would say e-ton is probably the best. Kasea is also a very reliable quad....it is somewhat new to the market so alot of people are a little weary of them.....but what alot of people dont know is that kasea used to produce about 25% ( give or take ) of hondas parts. We all know what honda is known for right.... RELIABILITY. Kaseas look to be built really well in my opinion too. I havent really heard alot about the others as far as reliability goes but im sure if you ask around there will be alot of people willing to give you more info. on some of the other brands.

 

This topic has been posted a lot. Generally gets very heated between people telling you to stay with 50cc, or to jump to 80-90cc with pros and cons to both arguments. I think 50cc is the way to go. Sounds like she hasn't ridden anything like this before. Throttle on 50 should be easier on thumb, size should be less intimidating, brake lever should be easier to squeeze. Generally no gears so they can concentrate on riding (altough some 80 & 90's have this feature).My 7 year old (just turned) is still mad I sold his Suzuki 50, and is resisting the 80 Raptor we have. He doesn't like shifting and i can tell he's a little intimidated.

And if I'm wrong, the resale on these little quads is great (rarely see them for sale used), and you can upgrade without having wasted lots of $$. I always buy used to avoid the initial hit of depreciation from the dealer.

Suzuki 50 is fine, except pull start which I find most kids can't handle, which means you'll be doing it. The zeedee's (or zerdees?) look interesting for features. Yamaha 50 really got trashed on this site for lack of speed.Kasea seems to be praised by it's owners, but AVOID the Mighty Mite.

As another pointed out, in the end you make the decision so you can decide what seems to be the correct size. Just my reasons why I think 50 is a good starting point.

BTW, look over a few pages here, there's been tons of posts.