I got ahold of Raptor720 and he's hooking me up with larger bore piston/cylindar and doing some performance mods for me as well. This at around half the price of the dealer's charge. Hopefully I can have the thing back running soon.

Bowhunter, thanks for the link. I am exploring it for other modifications I'd like to make to this little machine, like lights. I've allready stripped the useless plastic racks off it and the front bumper. Darn plastic can't survive the kids anyway. Should be interesting to see what this thing turns into when all is said and done.

 

Hey does anyone know if the new pretator 90 has any more power then the scrambler

 

I've seen it, it's the same machine with different plastic.

 

pechmial is it pretty gutless then or what my bro who is 10 has an LT80 and we thought before we move him up to the blaster we should get him sumthin with a little less power just a bit bigger. The predator is a little bit bigger but if it's gutless then there's no point of getting it. He fits ok on it right now but soon he will need sumthing bigger

 

ToomeyBR, that's a little hard to answer. It depends on how big your son is, how skilled a rider he is, and how well he fits on the machines in question.

When I bought the SP90 for my 12 year old, he'd never ridden before. I thought it was a little small on him, but was trying to be concientious and follow the CPSC Guidelines. Besides, I reasoned, I had two younger sons who could grow into it.

My eldest surprised me by quickly mastering the machine and exceeding it's design limits (we broke it on a trail that the kid was up to, the machine was not).

My second son is 9. In stark contrast to his older brother, the SP90's performance exceeds this son's capabilities and will for some time. My youngest is 8 and is too small to grasp the controls properly, so he's not allowed to ride unless it's under strictly controlled conditions (1/4 throttle and usually with his eldest brother riding behind him ready to grab the controls).

Has your son ridden before? How does he fit on the Preditor 90? On the Blaster? Can you guess as to how he will grow in the next few years? My 12 year old is 5'7" and 130lbs. In a few years he's likely to be much taller. He's already gained 3" and 20lbs since I bought the SP90. You need to take into account your own actions as well, will your son be riding alone or with friends (basically OUT of your field of control) or will he always ride with you? My eldest always rides with me and not only benefits from my teaching, but knows that any stupid (dangerous) stunts will get him yanked off the machine (he actually rides my brother's full sized ATV's most times).

If you find the fit of the 90 is more appropriate, and likely to remain that way for some time, then you may wish to chose this, and pursue an upgrade path. Raptor720 and others on this forum race these (or at least their sons do) and have access to a plethora of performance upgrades to these machines. In this age of 700cc quads, 90cc's may seem very underpowered, but only 20 or so years ago, this was near the top of the heap!

I'll be buying a sport quad to compliment my fleet and trading riding times with my eldest on it. The SP90 is being reworked to produce more power and performance (just a little) and will remain the ride of my 9 year old. Since two-up riding is legal in Minnesota, I'll be getting a passenger seat so my youngest can enjoy the rides until he's large enough to ride himself.

I don't know if any of this helps, I guess I didn't answer your question very well. My 12 year old finds the SP90 underpowered. My 9 year old thinks it's too powerful. Power, it seems, is in the hands of the throttle holder.

 

You had mentioned putting lights on yours, my sons came with lights already on it. Check out the Aeon (Xtreme Machine) 90. You would prob. be able to use the light set up on yours. Since they are the same machine, installation should be really easy.

I figured Raptor720 would be able to help you. Glad you're getting what you need. Let me ask you: What do you think of the shocks? I find them extremely stiff. Way too stiff. Have you looked into different shocks? I think if the suspension was better these little machines would be great. Knock on wood, I haven't experienced what you and some of the others have. My son has taken it through quite a bit of water, too.

 

I think the shocks ARE stiff, though I've actually had mine adjusted to the STIFFEST level (I figured it would be able to handle my eldest better that way.)

If my younger boys were riding it more agressively I might consider changing them, but the one time I looked into it I discovered the cost to be prohibitively expensive.

Since my eldest son hasn't complained about them, and my younger two don't ride it hard enough (IE Jumping, etc) to notice, they will stay stock, at least for a while, though I'll probably re-adjust them to the softest possible setting.

 

he's a fairly good rider for his age he started on the old yamaha yzinger 60 when he was like 5 or 6 i think and has been ridin ever since. Right now he's still to big for blaster and he hasn't sat on the pretator yet we were just lookin at it on the internet. he probaby won't grow as fast as your son considering i'm 5f 4inches and 110lb. HAve you ever compared your 90 to an lt 80 or any other mini's

 

just a correction i think it was called the 4zinger i'm not sure tho, all i kno is one was an old trike i think, and the other was a quad, he had the quad

 

i just measured him and he's about 4feet and half so not that tall, and hes about 70lb