i think the age limit should be dropped to atleats 14 because my 6'4 cousin is to big to ride a little *** badger or whatever else there it is. and i know some of you chunky monkeys cant get goin on a little badger but it would be funny to see.

 

I would like to see the whole teenage limit changed. Why should it stop at nineteen? I want to be a teenager again! Thirtyteen, thirty-oneteen, thirty-twoteen, thirty-threeteen, thirty-fourteen, thirty-fiveteen, thirty-sixteen, thirty-seventeen, get the idea?

 

i agree, i'm 14 and i'm supposed to ride a 90!!! yea right! 90!!! my knees would hit the handlebars! come on cspca (close enough) your limits are idiotic i ride a 400 like its nothing, 200 three wheeler like nothing (three wheeler is fun to ride, gets your skills back into shape after riding the quads for a while) but man...
its sad really... just sad

 

welcome

 

I'm 22, 6'7" tall, and rode an XR50 last May. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

My parents are what determined what I rode and when, not some sticker on the plastic.

 

I agree with the Coyote. I'm now fourty-threeteen. I feel younger already.

 

yeah i agree my parents what to know when im going ridding and where, when i tell them that is no problem, not the size. 90cc yeah right

 

I just purchased a couple of E-ton 90's for my younger kids and when my 13 yr old son rides it he looks like he's on a kids trike. Funny thing is I could have purchased them a CRF450 motorcycle without a problem. Go figure...........[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

The age limits were a result of those we put in office.

For those who do not remember, or who were not born at time,....Then Tennesse Senator, Al Gore, was the one who headed up the commission for the CPSC to look into the rising rate of ATV accidents of minor children.

I have had Democrats on this forum flame me over and over for this........but I promise you, it is very true.

What will happen when another elected official thinks he can dictate what we do??

I feel that the parent should be responsible for deciding what his youngster should ride BUT on the same token, that parent has to be responsible enough to be sure that his kid is safe.

I wouldn't put my 7 year old daughter on a 600lb Prairie if she rode better than I do. It wouldn't be sensible. I would feel comfortable putting her on say a Breeze........a quad that is surely over the 900cc CPSC reconmendation.

It's a situation that I feel common sense should play a key role.

By the way, this is basically the same rule of thumb used in the dirtbike market. Sure, alot of dealers do not care, but I WILL NOT sell a CRF450 dirtbike to ANYONE who has never rode a dirtbike........and nor will I sell a TRX450R to someone who has never ridden a quad before. Some you don't like this, I know, but I don't have to sell it to them, and it doesn't hurt business. 25 years says alot and more than anything else.......it proves that I'm doing the right thing.

 

Also, when ATV's were imported into the US in the 60's. they were not given or put into the motor division. But, by Honda, Kaw, Suz, and Yamaha they were given the califacition of receration toys. So, this put them under the ruling of the CPSC. Motorcycles are the given the heading of motor vehicles, so that is why there is a difference between the 2. And I don't think that it cn be changed.
Most of you didn't do anything last year when the CPSC had a round of hearing again on ATV's. Just wait till there new ruling that will be coming has for limits. We can only guess what it will be.