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It's the same quad as the raptor 80 so it should be fine.

 

thanx. Thats cool! I need to learn more about quads.

 

Your suppose to ask these things before you buy.

How old is your brother?

The quad is a good quad, no suspension [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img], has all the safety features for a first timer. Is a 4 stroke so its not going to have a lot of power for its size but will get around fine. My sons have one, they are 11 almost 12, and 13, we bought it a couple years ago and I wish I'd have bought a blaster, now I wish i'd have bough them a Banshee. The point is, if they are any older than 8 and have some sort of rideing experience these smaller quads a re a waste of time and money. jmo

 

i bought a 93 badger for $100 needing rear end gears. i did that and then modified a set of golf cart tires to fit on it, HELLA FUN IN THE RAIN!! after that, i switched out the little wee tires for 25" carlisles in the back and had to remove rear mud flaps. i put that in my lake countless times, not to mention the mud put next to it. i switched out the whole crankcase for the older one which had 4 gears instead of 3. faster is better. basically you can assemble it with your eyes closed! i did all that when i was 19, 150lbs. got some good pics of it in the mud and lake lol!!!!!!!!! overall, like the last post, no suspension but good quad. mine wouldnt die, so i sold it for $500 to the neighbor[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Check out the link in my signature. I bought and rebuilt this for my son last Christmas, he turned 5 in April. An 8 year old can handle a much bigger and better machine, but any quad is better than no quad.
A real good rule of thumb is that a quad should not weigh more than 5 times the weight of the rider.
That means a 75lb rider can handle a 250EX, new Suzuki Z-250 or a Blaster. That's going by published dry weight, and rider weight without gear. I'm hoping Yamaha redesigns the Breeze, giving it some real suspension, and some decent styling.

 

Fourlix:

I was paging through old ATV magazines the other night, and ran into the article on your modified Raptorette (again). That's a cool article.

 

I hear their pretty reliable machines.