Come on guys, he is asking for help with a quad for a 7 year old girl. We don't need a 400 pound Nitrous powered dragster here.

I would say the Kasea is the way to go. Kasea is the best looking and best performing youth atv on the market. Currently 50 and 90cc atv’s s are marketed by Suzuki, Eton, Polairs, Aeon, Sundiro, T-Rex, Jehm, Kasea, Husky, Artic Cat, ExtremeMachine, LEM and other manufacturers. Of the many atv manufacturers, Kasea offers features that go beyond the “other guys.”

Virtually all of the youth atv’s are equipped with fully automatic CVT transmissions and a 2 stroke oil injected engine, the features that make Kasea superior to other youth atv’s begin here:

Front suspension
The Kasea front suspension is much stronger than that of Eton, Polairs, Aeon, Sundiro, Jehm, Husky, Artic Cat, ExtremeMachine and LEM. The Kasea uses a double clevis style knuckle holder rather than the more common single holder. I believe that only Suzuki uses the same strong design as Kasea on the front suspension a-arms. For racing, I have almost got some production of chromemoly a-arms for the Kasea that will be awsome.

Rear suspension
The Kasea has the strongest youth atv rear swing arm and axle design on the market. It is a copy of the trusted design used by Yamaha on their performance atv’s since the early 1980’s. No other youth atv has this strong of a rear suspension – it is simply the best. Many of the other youth atv’s don’t even offer a true sport atv style rear axle. We have found most youth atv’s have a rear axle that is a small metal shaft covered with tubing. Not only is the tube covered design weaker, it allows water to easily enter the carrier bearing area. Worse yet, some other youth atv’s such as the Suzuki Lt-80 and an Eton atv model do not even use a traditional rear swing arm. They elected to make the engine and transmission serve as the rear swing arm. The Suzuki and Eton design causes handling problems and is very difficult to modify for increased performance.

Shock absorbers
Kasea built their atv’s with true rebound dampening Showa shocks that also feature compression preload spring adjusters. No other youth atv on the market offers rebound dampening on their atv’s – not even Suzuki. This is a very important safety feature that is often overlooked. When the Kasea is ridden over a large sudden bump, the rebound dampening helps prevent the atv from “bucking” forward as the shock returns to its normal height.

Braking system
Kasea offers a traditional rear foot brake in addition to the front hand brake. This will allow your young rider to learn the proper use of hand and foot controls so they will be ready to advance to a full size atv with a manual clutch without relearning their riding technique.

Optional lighting
I believe that only the Kasea is equipped with a 80watt lighting coil and is pre-wired for lighting from the factory. All you need to do is purchase the Kasea lighting set that is found as standard equipment on the Kasea 150 atv or simply mount your own lights to the existing wiring. The key switch uses a third position to turn on the lights. Kasea even pre wired for a rear safety light and lighting for your whip antenna. No other youth atv on the market has this much lighting capability. If you want to add lighting to the Suzuki LT80, you will need a special electrical stator and wiring at a substantial cost. LT80 lighting kits that run off the battery only will result in a dead battery and a long walk home.

Starting
Kasea, like most other youth atv’s, offers electric starting with a manual back up kick starter and a fully automatic choke. Kasea studied the other atv’s and took the ease of starting one step further. They added an automatic fuel valve. When the engine starts, the fuel is automatically turned on. When the engine stops, the fuel is automatically shut off. In comparison, the Suzuki and LEM have manual chokes and all other youth atv’s have manual fuel valves. We also note that if you want to add a manual back up starter to the Suzuki, it is a pull rope recoil starter that will cost an additional $80. In the unlikely event that you ever need a replacement electric starter for the Kasea, it will cost about $50 and can be installed in 5 minutes. The Suzuki starter costs about $250 and will require hours of labor to complete the installation.

Rim sizes
Here, you can easily install replacement rims of your choice! The front hubs use the common 4/110 bolt pattern and the rear uses the common 4/100 bolt pattern.

General Parts
Since most of the youth atv engines are similar, finding parts is usually not a problem. If you need basic gaskets, air filters, batteries, spark plugs, chain, tires or some engine components, the Eton, Polairs, Aeon, Sundiro, T-Rex, Jehm, ExtremeMachine or Kasea will interchange.

Performance
From an aftermarket standpoint, I have developed many performance modifications for the youth atv. As your child grows, so will his/her ability to control more power. Instead of placing your child on a larger atv that can be dangerous for a younger rider to properly control, modifying a youth atv will provide the challenge that your child desires.

I have large bore cylinders that can be sent with custom cylinder porting, custom billet aluminum cylinder heads and extruded cylinder heads, special over range transmissions, custom exhaust systems, performance carburetors, lighting kits, ignition systems, extended swing arms, wider a-arms, shock absorber kits and various tire and rim options.

 

Cummins,
Just being picky I guess...I would choose a 4 over a 2 stroke just to get away from the large cloud of smoke on start up. Again just being picky... the light which I can remedy, suspension and reverse are what really are important to me. This will just make it more enjoyable for my son, and safer!
Reverse...well that can have a limiter just like other bikes and won't requirer him to get off the quad as often.
The light... well he is "never" allowed on the bike without mom or dad, and with daylight at a premium this time of year (5:30, pitch black), the light will increase our riding time until we decide to come home. Again, this we could fix.
Suspension... alright he's seven years old and 55 lb's... and some may say he to young and therefor should not be on it anyway! Well, that depends on your child's ability, fact is alot of us have our kid's riding these things and it comes down to proper instruction and a throttle stop!
OK, I'm rambling here...bottom line is a adjustable suspension that will work with a 50 pounder all the way up to say a 100+ pound would be flexable enough for them to safely use the quad and flexable enough to last through some years to come of safe-quality riding! Every manufacturer has missed this area in particular by a mile!!!

Tony

 

raptor720,
Thanks alot, that was informative and I'll take a look at Kasea's...

Tony

 

We should all email the forum adminastrator to add MINI's to the Brand Forums

 

just trying to post a pix of the Kasea

Any help would be appreciated. Click on link to see a pix of a Kasea in full race dress. Open it using the NetExplorer option

 

I had the very same list when i was looking for my sons next atv.Igot a new Yamaha 125 Breeze it has lights, automatic,reverse,and more power than he needs.Only thing i am going to have to change is the rear tires they come with knobbys that arent good on trails. ----------------Brad -----1996 425 Magnum 4x4 Polaris-------1996 400 Sportsman Polaris 4x4-----------2001 125 Breeze(sons)

 

Thanks TonyG, Thanks for replying. Sorry it took me so long to reply, been a crazy week. I didn't realize that the suspension on those things could be so bad. I was curious, cause I was looking at the polaris 90cc sportsman that I'm sure uses the same frame. Yes I haft to agree with you on the reverse, lights and suspension.Thanks Again

 

the only bike that i could find that had somthing besides adult size controls was the suzuki LT50. my 6 year old is one the biggest kids in here class and I was amazed at when I bought my grizz I told the guy I would take a breeze with it. when I got there I quickly found out she could not work any of the adult sized controls. So I desided to wait on the raptor 80 it just came out and Its controls were still to big for here. So I gave in bought a new LT50 suzuki I hate pull starting and helping here back it up but It was realy the only bike that I found that she realy fits. I still plan to get here something like the breeze when she can reach the controls and work them, that might be a wile maybe when she's 9 or 10 .

 

cc

look at the Kasea levers. They are smaller and you can easily set them up so that the pull is closer to the grip.

By the way, make sure your new LT50 has the correction to the rear end. There was a national recall on them about a month ago.

 

Is there any way to make the thumb throttle easier on the hand?

On long rides It can really fatigue the thumb.