Last weekend i went riding with my 3.5 year old!

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Edited Date/Time 9/24/2013 6:19pm
Love it! Wink

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mx_579 8/5/2013 11:43am
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That is awesome. My boy is 2 months. I can't wait til he can ride a bike.
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Camp332 8/5/2013 12:17pm
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Nice. My son is 16 months old. He is in training for a PW lol

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MXR 8/5/2013 12:46pm
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I'm riding in the backyard right now with my 2 1/2 year old grand kid . We just watched the video . He still has the training wheels on his pw 50 , but is riding his two wheel strider bike great .
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Flip109 8/5/2013 1:37pm
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Getting to take your kid riding is def one of the best feelings in the world. Got my son a pw50 on his 4th bday. I'll never forget him taking off on it and hauling across the field with his leg out around the turns like a natural. haha very cool.
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jmb227 8/5/2013 1:44pm
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Mine started 2 months before his 3rd birthday. 3 days before his 3rd birthday we were in the emergency room with a blown knee. Hes 11 now and when he wrecks i pray a blown knee is the smallest problem! i look back on it now and laugh, when it happened i was scared to death but I always tell his mom just imagine if he becomes a pro athlete he can claim a blown knee before he was 3 years old!
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Me and my daughters, Jasmine 5, Anastasia 7, me 52.
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Highsider 8/5/2013 3:16pm
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Cool thread, guys!
I have a new grandson and we have plans. :-)
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Sully 8/5/2013 5:02pm
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3 1/2 and no training wheels? Too cool! I can't wait to move back to the states so I can get bikes for me and my boys.
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Rizzo 8/5/2013 5:35pm
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My little guy is 4 and he loves his dirtbike. Took a bit to get him off the quad he learned on, but now its all good. Lots of fun and Far-Out, sick pee wee track you have to ride on.

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mxpappy711 8/5/2013 6:17pm
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Great thread. Something positive on Vital seems rare lately. My kids started young (in the womb to be exact) wife is the best. They are now 34 and 31 we still ride together regularly. Best thing is I ride with my grandson now too.
Bike riding in general and racing MX has been great for my family, we spent a lot of weekends and Sundays together. I hope to keep doing it for a long time, I am 53 and rediscovered trail riding recently as MX was beating me up too much. My 31 year old has been trail riding with me lately and the 34y/o and 8y/o are into MX, both took first in their classes at a local series this year. Never pushed them just emphasized the fun aspect and they both turned out to be fast respectable local experts and made their mom and I very proud.
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Thelen20 8/5/2013 7:01pm
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Great thread!!! Op, your boy looks great out there! Everybody else, good job getting the next generation on the right track!

I'm doing my part too! My 2 year old doesn't ride much yet but he knows what's going on! When it is not such a chore for him to twist the throttle I imagine we will ride a lot more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-YsZ9GaS7w
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Camp332 8/5/2013 7:24pm
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My 16 month old Anthony last week. He enjoys riding on my 1986 z-50. I ask him where his dirtbike is, and he walks to the z-50 and smacks the seat.

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crusher773 8/5/2013 7:37pm
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Mine just really got started had his first race last weekend. Man it really does make it a lot more fun when the 2 of us can just go out to the track and ride. Then head home and get some tacos or something. I don't know about everyone else but I get way more attention and interaction from him on riding than wrestling or baseball. I'm not sure if its because he has seen me do it for so long or what but he is like a sponge. It is just the greatest thing knowing that what riding is to all of us we are passing it on to them and hopefully they'll get just as much out of it.
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dirtnapper 8/5/2013 9:20pm
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Great thread! Love it! Cool


Shes a bit older then some of the young uns in this thread, but here my 8 yo in her first ever race. Proud dad alert that day!! Smile


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mx510 8/5/2013 9:26pm
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That is awesome. My boy turns 2 next month and he has a pw50 waiting for him. He is going to be so stoked. Not sure when he will be able to ride but, he will have when he is ready. He started really going on the strider about a month ago. I cant wait for the day he is ready to ride the PW.
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JeepnMike 8/5/2013 10:46pm
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If he is only 3.5, that is cool and very impressive! Most kids that age would be barely able to ride, let alone on a track like that.
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Gebken40 8/6/2013 6:38am
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This is what its all about. The real side to motocross.
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willie838 8/6/2013 6:48am
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awesome

there is a 6 year old in my neighborhood still pimping his pedal bike with training wheels so a motor/no training wheels with a 3 year old is gangster as fuck Smile
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Far-out 8/6/2013 8:38am
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Thanks Guys!

He also began on a strider bike, then when he was almost 3 with the training wheels on the PW50.
He was able to learn to ride the PW50 without training wheels before he could ride his bicycle Smile
19 October he turns 4 years so he is a little older as 3.5 Wink

The only thing I hear is Daddy i want to ride... haha. sounds familiar?
Missing_Muffs 8/6/2013 8:55am
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crusher773 wrote:
Mine just really got started had his first race last weekend. Man it really does make it a lot more fun when the 2 of us...
Mine just really got started had his first race last weekend. Man it really does make it a lot more fun when the 2 of us can just go out to the track and ride. Then head home and get some tacos or something. I don't know about everyone else but I get way more attention and interaction from him on riding than wrestling or baseball. I'm not sure if its because he has seen me do it for so long or what but he is like a sponge. It is just the greatest thing knowing that what riding is to all of us we are passing it on to them and hopefully they'll get just as much out of it.
of course you do. beacuse with dirt bike riding you are...... the coach, the mechanic, the role model and of course the dad or mom. my neighbors always ask why i dont just have my son play football or something. I always thell them bacause with those sports you drive your son to practice and drop them off for another adult to teach them. you then sit in the stands and watch on game day.

i like when i get sung to on the way home " my dad is the best dad............. he is awsome la la la...." lol

and now a baby girl ohhhh its gonna be on. i already have her strider bike ready she just turned one.

i know not all stick and ball parents are like that but most are.
Missing_Muffs 8/6/2013 9:03am
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Rizzo wrote:
My little guy is 4 and he loves his dirtbike. Took a bit to get him off the quad he learned on, but now its all...
My little guy is 4 and he loves his dirtbike. Took a bit to get him off the quad he learned on, but now its all good. Lots of fun and Far-Out, sick pee wee track you have to ride on.

ocotillo wells??????
i miss that place i would fill up the camel back with cool water look at my son and say you go where you want i will follow. we would be gone for hours. to many parents just let the little guys ride around the camp site. i did put a flag on his bike though so bigger bikes would be sure to see him on the down side of a jump.
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avidchimp 8/6/2013 9:14am
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Rizzo wrote:
My little guy is 4 and he loves his dirtbike. Took a bit to get him off the quad he learned on, but now its all...
My little guy is 4 and he loves his dirtbike. Took a bit to get him off the quad he learned on, but now its all good. Lots of fun and Far-Out, sick pee wee track you have to ride on.

Missing_Muffs wrote:
ocotillo wells?????? i miss that place i would fill up the camel back with cool water look at my son and say you go where you...
ocotillo wells??????
i miss that place i would fill up the camel back with cool water look at my son and say you go where you want i will follow. we would be gone for hours. to many parents just let the little guys ride around the camp site. i did put a flag on his bike though so bigger bikes would be sure to see him on the down side of a jump.
Looks more like El Mirage, but could be Cal City too.

Great thread, thanks.
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Mouse153 8/6/2013 9:32am
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Even though my youngest son is only 8 months old I hit up Craigslist every day looking for a PW50 :-)
vanillaice782 8/6/2013 9:51am
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Both of those tracks looked perfect for a youngster. Almost makes me want to put a bun in the oven!

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