My son turned ten today (xr80 first bike).

[3jvj]

I suspected that phx would be a good place to scout one out. Indeed; ten blocks from the phoenix zoo.

$375, and it even came with a new seat cover.

Not a chance of him flatfooting it until he's grown some more. Needs a different jet but it fires right up first kick.

Everyone "in the know" as said the same thing:

"Your kid has no idea how lucky he is to have that as a first bike"

I agree. I had a P.O.S. ct70 that I had to kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and......... clean the plug.......now.... kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick .....now push it down the road and throw it in gear.....blubba blubba blubbbbaaaaa...........and now push it back up the road, pull the plug and clean..........and...........repeat.

Then I got an 82 xr80 and rode all over tarnation with it.

This one is a 1990. Sick. I'll post up as we get it back up to it's original glory (maybe not quite- black and red is a WAY cooler color scheme).

Because it was set for the desert (carb wise) we just went tandem today. After we got out to the woods we covered:
1. Checking fluids.
2. How to find neutral and what the gears/clutch do.
3. How to start it.
4. How to stop it (clutch, gears, brakes, kill switch, and jumping off).
5. How to crash (tipping point, pulling leg out, muffler burns, endovers, sliding with the bike, and shoulder rolls).
6. The unavoidable fact that he WILL crash.


We saved the actual driving part until I can square up the idle (too much to throw at him first day). He left all the gas and clutch to me and he did the shifting the whole way back.

Happy Birthday kid.

 

[thorvald]

nice looking bike.

 

[semlin]

looks good. that monoshock will take him off sweet jumps.

i got my kid a ct70 it runs great but it doesn't recharge the battery properly so you have to put it on a charger regularly or else it becomes very hard to start and prone to stalling out at low revs

 

[yooper]

NICE

My 12 year old daughter rides a CT70, since she was 11. It runs okay for about 15 minutes but when it warms up the coil goes bad and it just stops.

 

[gladly]

I agree. I had a P.O.S. ct70 that I had to kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and......... clean the plug.......now.... kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick and kick .....now push it down the road and throw it in gear.....blubba blubba blubbbbaaaaa...........and now push it back up the road, pull the plug and clean..........and...........repeat.

I think that I had the same one

 

[gladly]

Everyone "in the know" as said the same thing:

"Your kid has no idea how lucky he is to have that as a first bike"

yep, for that size you couldn't get a better bike

we started our munchkins with a PW50, but that was because I somehow managed to convince that starting them out at 5 and 6 was a good idea

 

[3jvj]

yep, for that size you couldn't get a better bike

we started our munchkins with a PW50, but that was because I somehow managed to convince that starting them out at 5 and 6 was a good idea

Funny you should say that. My youngest boy is six turning seven this summer. I would have bought a pw50 (and I will), but you can't find them for anything less than 750. They are all in great shape because the kids outgrow them so fast. I figure my middle kid and my girl (2 1/2) should be able to get some use out of one. That's my next goal (by July 30th to be exact). If I could have found one in the 5 bill range it would be in the garage right now.

 

[roscoFJ73]

Happy Birthday kid.
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I bet that bike feels like the biggest bike in the world to him

I remember riding my friends XR75 and thinking about the big kids down the road that had a huge 1970 Suzuki 100 road trail.

 

[semlin]

I bet that bike feels like the biggest bike in the world to him

I remember riding my friends XR75 and thinking about the big kids down the road that had a huge 1970 Suzuki 100 road trail.

my cousins and i had an old yamaha 80 trail bike and a yz80 that we shared between 3 of us and then my dad bought a clunky suzuki dt100 trailbike to share with me and i was the s*** even though the yz80 was faster and handled way better.

 

[IronYuppy]

Beats my first bike by a long-shot:

PS 3jvj, I'd camo or matte black that bad boy.

 

[brwnj60]

I was rockin one of these back in 1981

 

[tag3]

Mom said if I got a job I could buy a motorcycle. Age 11, took 4 months to buy it on a busboys wages and tips. 1975 XR75, real sweet bike.

 

[3jvj]

Beats my first bike by a long-shot:

PS 3jvj, I'd camo or matte black that bad boy.

The honda mini. Total classic right there. If I could find one at a decent price I'd buy the wife one to ride to work (two blocks away from the house).


Got a line on a zr50 for the six year old next (his b-day is at the end of July).
looks kind of like this:

 

[brwnj60]

Got a line on a zr50 for the six year old next (his b-day is at the end of July).
looks kind of like this:

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I like the look of that zr50, I am in the market for something for my 4year old daughter, she is hell on wheels, we took her training wheels off before her 3rd b-day !
what is one of those worth used?

 

[gladly]

Funny you should say that. My youngest boy is six turning seven this summer. I would have bought a pw50 (and I will), but you can't find them for anything less than 750. They are all in great shape because the kids outgrow them so fast. I figure my middle kid and my girl (2 1/2) should be able to get some use out of one. That's my next goal (by July 30th to be exact). If I could have found one in the 5 bill range it would be in the garage right now.

yeah I gave up on finding a cheap one, when I was looking the best that I could find were some fairly beat early 80's models for 650.
I ended up paying around 850 for an 07 with about 5 hours on it instead
should be easier to resell when they outgrow it

 

[gladly]

The honda mini. Total classic right there. If I could find one at a decent price I'd buy the wife one to ride to work (two blocks away from the house).


Got a line on a zr50 for the six year old next (his b-day is at the end of July).
looks kind of like this:

try him on it first, I almost pulled the trigger on one last summer, but it was noticeably too big

the PW is a better beginner bike, IMHO

 

[IronYuppy]

The honda mini. Total classic right there. ...

Yeah, but I was 38.

 

[haystax]

What year? Looks exactly like my first bike - a 1990 XR 80 - man I rode the s*** out of that thing. I can't wait to get my son on a bike but I will have to wait. Wife will probably kill me if I buy him a 50 for his 2nd birthday.

 

[71AZFJ]

I would have killed to have that bike when I was 10. He'll enjoy it , Then want a 125 or 250, Then who knows where it will take him.

 

[CookieJR]

50z. to a xr80. now they just need bigger legs and they can ride anything! and the more time spent the further they look down the trail and the looser they grow stronger and faster.
Then throw them on a crf150r and you have a champ in the making.