And then eats it the next day. Thats why we dump money into him daily.

 

Leo 1/2 quad!

 

H'e gotta be getting close to 3/4 quad, now. The little basspoop wears a bells and still gets wild game. Not bad for having asma.

 

So does patience, a pistol and shot shells. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] You would not believe the reaction of SWMBO to this method at 3:00 AM [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Mike this is the route we went with Jakie, When he was 3, I picked up a used 1984 suzuki lt50 for $300. He rode it in the back yard and an empty field for almost six months. Then he was ready for bigger and SAFER (our little 50 would have the throttle stick on it, and Jake would just still be going round and round until I pulled him off or grabbed the kill cord, also was pretty tippy in stock form).Ended up working out a deal with a great guy and tradded the 50 for some needed parts, both party's happy. Jakie was able to pick up the basics with it and unloaded it easily, but it was short time period we had it.
I have a really good Dealer/Salesman I work with in Kent who sells Kawasaki's and Kymco's, I had never heard of Kymco so did some research and found out Kymco started in 1963 with Honda and correct me if I'm wrong guys but they made the 70 motor for Honda. They are the biggest scooter seller in Asia and Europe and well known everywhere but here, just started importing 3 yrs ago.
Jakie's is a Mongoose 50 2-stroke, is nice and wide, weighs less than most except the lt50, has a kill cord on the handlebar(racer style) so if he falls off it kills the bike. Oh and it is a torque monster, it will pull a decent size adult up most hard packed hills. In the almost 2 yrs we have had ours, No Complaints At All. We paid $1300 out the door, but I don't think they still make the 2-stroke, but still might find one at the dealer, Kent or Lacey.
We had considered the Predetor 50 and have heard good things about it, was more $$$ and it seems a little smaller, which could be good for the kid and does come with additional height floorboards.
Also looked at Eton's they have both a 50 and a 70. We really looked close at the 70 but Jake wouldn't have been able to race in the same class with it. Eton's do come with Remote's for stopping and they are decent priced.
Didn't even consider another New lt50 after the first one though, all the reading I did was how underpowered that little 50 was and not worth the money

Now this is just my opinion and the route we went, I'm no expert but I do know that so far both Jake and I are really happy with our route.

 

Oh yeah if U have any ques. pm me and maybe even we could size Ur grandson up on ours sometime.

 

Yeah, I know, my Sparky says the same thing, I have to pay him for me to help [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

Yeah, but the 660 is the only thing I own [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

 

Our grandson is on the farm on the East side of the state. Thanks for the info and offer. I'm gonna think about it but sounds like you have had a good experience with the Kymco. Since Nick will not be racing the Eaton 70 may be something for us to look at. He's kind of a long, rangy kid and I am a little concerned the 50 size might be a little small for him. I'll look into those, thanks for the info and I'll no doubt be getting back to you on this.

 

Evening PSAR [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

TC, we also have had a couple mini's around our place, we have been the happiest w/ our Kasea 50, it is the same size as a Kasea 90 body wise ect. It is a 2 stroke oil injected motor(ours is not anymore), & fully automatic tranny. The 50 comes w/ 7" wheels & the 90 8" It comes w/ 2 kill switch/cords from the factory, one on the handle bar & one on the rear of the quad under the seat that you can just pull when they get crazy or something!! Of course we've taken both of those off of Trevor's too [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] haha we went w/ an aftermarket one for racing. Trevor LOVES his little quad & it'll go thru anything he's put it too so far. WE've had it about 2yrs. now w/ no problems!! They come w/ a 1 yr warranty which is good for a mini, we had ours shipped in a crate to us so we voided the warranty since we assembled it but that was no biggy for us!! WE paid $1600 for ours from Roseburg Cycle in Oregon!!
Anyway just another brand to throw your way [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I'm hearing decent things about the Kymco's plus they have a cool name hahaha [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] (that's how I spell my name KYM) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] MB had a little Eton 50 it was VERY small & skinny, minimadman raced it like he stole it though [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I knew there was a remote kill one out there, I would do some more looking before you buy!