7 y/o Upgrade – OLD Bull Trailriders

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January 8, 2012 at 10:10 pm #100907

Brad Boyd
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Hi all,

I’ve a 7 y/o (Blake) ringing the neck off his ttr 50 and he and his 3 y/o brother (Cooper) sharing a TRX 90 quad. I’m looking at upgrading Blake to a KX65 / TTR90 / CRF80 and Coop having the TTR (he is riding it competently now) any recomendations ? He dosnt race yet, but rides very well.

Cheers Brad.

January 8, 2012 at 10:50 pm #214240

Nick Jackson
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My daughter went from a Peewee 50 and 2 years later a peewee 80, the same day she 1st rode the 80 she confidently stepped onto my wife’s TTR110 and managed to get the gear changes worked out in 1/2 a day then held it pinned until it high sided her !!! Very luckily she wasn’t hurt but learnt a lesson and went back to the 80 and took it much easier.

I tried to slow her down repeatedly but until she binned it the speed kept creeping up , I guess the lesson was 1 step at a time !!! They get the hang of the bigger bike quickly but don’t seem to understand the consequences of speed

Good luck with your sons riding

Nick

January 8, 2012 at 11:01 pm #214250

Mick D
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I have had a ton of luck with KX65’s. A great little bike that is tough as nails, cheap to run and goes like the clappers. If he is wringing the TTR’s neck a 2 stroker is what he needs.

January 8, 2012 at 11:45 pm #214255

Brad Boyd
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Thanks guys,

Both boys ride on the tank (feet on shrouds) of my yz450 wanting to ‘go faster dad’ and ‘do a wheely’ so your comment of consequence of speed rings true. I will look at the kx 65 they look the good.

Cheers Brad.

June 17, 2012 at 2:22 pm #214241

Brad Boyd
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Hi all,

We’ve decided to incorperate the bike as Chrissy pressy (long way out I know), and are all but sold on a TTR110 as we have had a great run out of the TTR50 they currently terrorise (they mainly ride on our 5 acres on the edge of town and once a month to pops 1000 acre bush block) so noise is a factor. Nickj and anyone else with feedback what if any issues do you have with the TTR110?

Thanks all,

Brad.

June 17, 2012 at 4:37 pm #224419

Mick D
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Gday, Brad,
I am presuming that you had a great run out of your TTR50 and that is why you bought the 110?
I am of the opinion that the TTR110 are a good thing. 4T with an electric start, can’t go wrong really.

June 17, 2012 at 10:49 pm #224425

Brad Boyd
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Yeah Mick,
The TTR50 is great & I love my YZF, havn’t yet bought a 110 but it looks like it ticks the boxes. I’m big on reserching prior to spending and have had a “retirement” from riding with a few prem kids between rides, hence the threads.
Thanks Brad.

June 18, 2012 at 1:35 am #214242

Rory Rock
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I reckon at that age if he’s ringing it’s neck but you don’t want to get him a race 65 2 stroker….ur better off letting him keep ringing it’s neck until he can step up to a full frame 5 speed & manual clutch bike like the crf80f or similar.

June 18, 2012 at 1:50 am #224499

glenn
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My 2bob worth.

My 7 year old wrings the poor neck of his jianshe(coyote) py80 (pw80 knock up), the darn thing goes all day, his sister on the other hand rides a 2012 crf70, great little bike with heaps of grunt , he will inherite the honda and she will probably go to a 100.
Some friends of ours have a ttr50 and their young bloke rides it quite well, he to has just progressed to the CRF70 and loves it.

none of the above are race bikes , but they fit the bill perfectly for going trail riding with gang on the weekend up in the bush.

the kato 50 and 65 are real weapons if you want him to race on tracks. (bit noisy)

Boony

June 18, 2012 at 3:15 am #224502

Chris
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Hey Brad, the ttr110 is a great bike, I bought one for the wife to learn on although she has now progressed to a ttr125, the ttr110 still cops a flogging as my daughters boyfriend rides it when we go away, he flogs it but it takes everything he throws at it, I do change the oil very regularly however and keep it very well maintained, I think in that class you cant beat the 110, then he can progress to the 125, also a great bike, I have a rekluse installed in the mrs one.

Cheers
Chris.

June 18, 2012 at 9:50 am #224510

Nick Jackson
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Hi Brad
Our TTR 110 is still reliable as ever , it doesn’t get used heaps but always starts easily and runs well. My daughter prefers it to her PW80 as it seems more stable in suspension and steering . I have revamped her old PW50 for my youngest so it looks like we’ll just rotate the 3 bikes until they are both on full size machines.

Good luck !

Nick

June 18, 2012 at 10:22 pm #214243

Brad Boyd
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Thanks guys,

Now I’m overthinking it, I was originally thinking CRF80 love the “big bike” manual clutch but it may be just too tall and I was told of composite suspension linkages that fail? Do you have any info Rockdog? Our main riding area more than ability is stering me toward a 4st fun bike over a screamin racer until he’s a little older. I really think of those two there is not a poor choice.

Cheers Brad

June 18, 2012 at 11:05 pm #214244

Rory Rock
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Yeah mate I reckon 7’s too soon for the crf80. I’m not too sure re linkage failure, I assume you mean lowering linkage?
Maybe look at the crf70f as they just came down to $2290 from over $3k. I don’t have much to play with on them but need numbers so if you are near us or an ob can pick up I would do you a deal on it??

June 19, 2012 at 8:05 pm #214245

Brad Boyd
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Thanks Rockdog,

$2290 is a lot sharper than I was quoted today! I think after looking again today the 110 will fit a little better and for a little longer. Am working on a four year upgrade plan for my two boys (4-8 & 7-11) then up to a “big bike

Thanks again Brad.
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