I finally bought my 7 year old son an atv. It's a 2006 Honda TRX 90 and we both love the thing. His age requires something smaller but with his size and ability, he handles this machine real well. We took him with us on Sunday to our normal riding trails on my g/f's land and he handled the washed out, overgrown road that also runs up hill through thick woods with no problems, other than my having the throttle limited and the air restrictor in place so he was in low gear most of the way. On the wide open, rolling, grassy hills....he once again, drove with no problems.
It's a well built machine(made in Japan) and my only compaints are no reverse and it's cold natured. The atv is light enough that reverse is not needed plus it has a tight turning radius.
With the restrictions in place, the atv will barely pull me(180 pounds). For reference, I temporaily removed the air restrictor and throttle limit. The atv pulled me with no problem and had repectable top end speed with me on it.

I heartily reccomend the TRX 90 for a beginners quad.

I posted a pic of him and machine on my photo page.

 

I wouldn't leave the air restrictor in for long. It makes the machine run rich, and will foul up you plug real fast. The throtle limiter by itself is enough in my opinion. I usually just limit beginners to the low gears, and that keeps their speed reasonable.

The 90 is a great machine!

 

have you removed the 4th gear speed restrictor?

if not when he is ready or if you want to see what it will really do, there is a pink wire on the wiring harness
coming out of the engine case. simply clip the wire and the limiter is removed. don't worry this is the sole
purpose of the wire.

 

Congrats on the new ride! We ride red also.

I agree about removing the limiter. Utilize the gears as the limiter. Just stay in first or second gear.

This quad will last forever and will always have good resale.

 

Thanks for the repiles guys. I didn't know there was a 4th gear speed restrictor. He rides it in 2nd gear and has learned to start in 1st and shift to 2nd. I did remove the air restrictor.

This machine is solid and well built. Even the frame welds look decent for a Japanese built atv. I rode Honda bikes in the 70's and the frame welds...while strong...looked like they didn't bother to clean up any weld spatter around the joints.

I know the history of the 90 engine and from that alone, was the reason I went with the Honda. Honda has been building that engine for a long time.

 

ddrumman2004,

Congrats on your new ride. Way back in 1972 (or '75 ???), I had a Honda XR75. It wasn't the fastest and wasn't the loudest motocross bike but its engine was near bullet proof. The folks in my old neighborhood used to call it "a Timex". It kept ticking and ticking - when all others were in their shops. Again, congrats on your new Honda mini. They certainly are King of the Water & Mud trails....

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I bought my kids a 2004 TRX90 this last spring and its a great ride. It has plenty of power and restrictions in place that it allows the kids to grow into it. Have never had a problem with the engine or atv whatsoever. I took the kids to the Hatfield and McCoy trails in West Virginia this summer and my 12 year old destroyed the front bumper. I replaced it with a DG Pro bumper (about $10 more than the stock one.) It's one overbuilt bumper I recommend. The TRX90 is rock solid and I'm sure it will last longer than my two boys want to ride it.

 

The stock one that came with the TRX90 cost about $80. The new bumper, although somewhat expensive, is much stronger and looks really good.

The TRX90 is a great ATV for the kids.

 

I'm going to pick up my daughters 06 red trx 90 tomarrow. Will i need paddle tires for pismo? My girls (the younger one has a raptor 80) are new to the sport but ive got them doing doughnuts already. for new riders will the stock tires on the trx be ok to just have some fun at pismo? i would like to talk to some people there about sizes before i commit to a set of paddles, but i dont want them to not be able to ride when we go for the first time.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

Dont worry,
You wont need paddles for the little TRX 90... It has great low end and will go up anything at Pismo.... Have a blast !!