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Edited Date/Time 5/4/2012 6:13pm
My oldest, RyLee(4yrs and 2days old) riding her PW50 without training wheels. She's been riding her bike without them for a couple months, but can't really touch on the PW. So topples over about 50% of the time when she stops, but she just tries to pick it up(needs a little help from dad) then just keeps on riding. After she was done she says "dad, that makes my hands hurt" I laughed and told her thats called arm pump, minds well get used to it. Anyways, I just wanted to share.
P.S. notice mom over there giving her some"smooth on the throttle" tips! haha
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jeffro503 5/2/2012 8:34am
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I'm so jealous right now!! That is really cool to see Kryan! She is doing great for only being 4 yrs old. Funny hearing about the "arm pump" thing....hehe. Who knows man......could be a future WMX champ right there!
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neyhart98dad 5/2/2012 8:36am
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Cool,you could just imagine her smile.ear to ear, i bet.
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Kryan5 5/2/2012 8:41am
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We'll see about the future WMX thing. Right now she wants to be a princess when she grows up! haha. Neyhart, the funny thing is she is super serious when she rides. Everytime she would go by i would tell her to smile! haha. Now my middle daughter Reese who is 2 1/2 smiles ear to ear when she is riding her Suzuki LT50 four wheeler. Shes the one that makes me nervous!
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vet323 5/2/2012 8:44am
5/2/2012 8:44am
Nice! That's a special feeling, isn't it?

My grandson just turned 4 y.o., too-he starts on his PW next month as long as he can ride his pedal bike (sans training wheels) on the flat figure 8 course we've got set up for him. He's been sitting on the PW every time he visits on the weekends for the last two months, making "brap" sounds.

I think he's ready.

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Kryan5 5/2/2012 8:50am
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Sounds that way! I went against the theory of riding without training wheels first(vs the theory of have to ride the motorcycle without training wheels or not at all, obviously they have to be able to ride a bicycle with out training wheels before they can ride a motorcycle with out them). I went with the idea that she could learn all the controls ie. braking and throttle, before she had to concentrate on her balance. This made it so when the training wheels were ready to come off she had the rest of it down pat and only had to focus on the balance part.
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vet323 5/2/2012 9:09am
5/2/2012 9:09am Edited Date/Time 5/2/2012 9:11am
Kryan5 wrote:
Sounds that way! I went against the theory of riding without training wheels first(vs the theory of have to ride the motorcycle without training wheels or...
Sounds that way! I went against the theory of riding without training wheels first(vs the theory of have to ride the motorcycle without training wheels or not at all, obviously they have to be able to ride a bicycle with out training wheels before they can ride a motorcycle with out them). I went with the idea that she could learn all the controls ie. braking and throttle, before she had to concentrate on her balance. This made it so when the training wheels were ready to come off she had the rest of it down pat and only had to focus on the balance part.
I think it's different for every kid. It's also different between girls and boys-girls have more natural balance (IMO), so she won't have nearly as much trouble adjusting to no training wheels when it's time for them to come off. My grandson is big for his age, too and can flat foot his PW (he's even picked it up before), so that should help him. Having said that, my daughters picked up the basics MUCH quicker than my sons and they both whined less when they fell.

Have a great time with those kids!
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rg4 5/2/2012 9:51am
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That's AWESOME! Your daughter looks like a confident little girl. You are blessed.
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lucero10x 5/2/2012 11:08am
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thumbs up.
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peelout 5/2/2012 11:10am
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that's way cool, thanks for posting.

also, is that your property? it looks unreal!
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dkg 5/2/2012 11:15am
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Very cool.
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bartoner 5/2/2012 11:18am
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my son is one...and this makes ME smile from ear to ear....Smile ... good job!
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lucero10x 5/2/2012 12:09pm
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My little guy a couple weeks ago, after his race. So much fun but god, I am not looking forward to "graduating" to the bigger 50's.

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Faceaz 5/2/2012 1:00pm
5/2/2012 1:00pm
So Cool Smile

We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall enough. But, he still isn't listening that well - complete type A personality. I've been wonderring if there's some sort of perimeter set-up available. Something where I could set-up a big rectangle for him to ride in & if he leaves it, it cuts the ignition on the bike - something like that. If I could find something, I'd have him out tomorrow.
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Falcon 5/2/2012 1:09pm
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Faceaz wrote:
So Cool :) We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall...
So Cool Smile

We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall enough. But, he still isn't listening that well - complete type A personality. I've been wonderring if there's some sort of perimeter set-up available. Something where I could set-up a big rectangle for him to ride in & if he leaves it, it cuts the ignition on the bike - something like that. If I could find something, I'd have him out tomorrow.
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though.


My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the motorcycles. He says "blue bike" to my wife and I all day long. I think there's a PW50 in my future for sure.
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lucero10x 5/2/2012 1:30pm
5/2/2012 1:30pm Edited Date/Time 5/2/2012 1:31pm
Faceaz wrote:
So Cool :) We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall...
So Cool Smile

We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall enough. But, he still isn't listening that well - complete type A personality. I've been wonderring if there's some sort of perimeter set-up available. Something where I could set-up a big rectangle for him to ride in & if he leaves it, it cuts the ignition on the bike - something like that. If I could find something, I'd have him out tomorrow.
Falcon wrote:
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though. My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the...
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though.


My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the motorcycles. He says "blue bike" to my wife and I all day long. I think there's a PW50 in my future for sure.
What was your favorite part about riding when you first started? Mine?...freedom. Get him out somewhere and let him go. Chase him on your machine if necessary.
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jleews6 5/2/2012 2:05pm
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That's awesome. Life is good and make sure you enjoy as much time as you can with them because before you know it they will all grown up.
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Faceaz 5/2/2012 2:51pm
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Faceaz wrote:
So Cool :) We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall...
So Cool Smile

We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall enough. But, he still isn't listening that well - complete type A personality. I've been wonderring if there's some sort of perimeter set-up available. Something where I could set-up a big rectangle for him to ride in & if he leaves it, it cuts the ignition on the bike - something like that. If I could find something, I'd have him out tomorrow.
Falcon wrote:
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though. My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the...
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though.


My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the motorcycles. He says "blue bike" to my wife and I all day long. I think there's a PW50 in my future for sure.
lucero10x wrote:
What was your favorite part about riding when you first started? Mine?...freedom. Get him out somewhere and let him go. Chase him on your machine if...
What was your favorite part about riding when you first started? Mine?...freedom. Get him out somewhere and let him go. Chase him on your machine if necessary.
Well no chit!

He can have that later. He's 3 yrs 4 months, I'm already catching him jumping off his dresser (4 1/2' tall) & sliding down the stairs handrailing (about 20' tall, because he saw it in a movie). He would get in allot of trouble without some sort of restraint, especially with the washes around us. The safe move would be to put it off till later, but I'd like to see him on a bike.

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Faceaz 5/2/2012 2:52pm
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Faceaz wrote:
So Cool :) We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall...
So Cool Smile

We're not far behind you. Ours is 3 & a couple months. Phisically he's beyond ready, been on 2 wheels awhile & tall enough. But, he still isn't listening that well - complete type A personality. I've been wonderring if there's some sort of perimeter set-up available. Something where I could set-up a big rectangle for him to ride in & if he leaves it, it cuts the ignition on the bike - something like that. If I could find something, I'd have him out tomorrow.
Falcon wrote:
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though. My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the...
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though.


My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the motorcycles. He says "blue bike" to my wife and I all day long. I think there's a PW50 in my future for sure.
Good Call!

A quick search came up with this:

http://www.3built.com/productdetail.asp?ProductID=3
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lucero10x 5/2/2012 3:14pm
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Falcon wrote:
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though. My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the...
Somebody makes a remote-control kill switch for little bikes... I can't remember who it is, though.


My son is 2 1/2 and he's all about the motorcycles. He says "blue bike" to my wife and I all day long. I think there's a PW50 in my future for sure.
lucero10x wrote:
What was your favorite part about riding when you first started? Mine?...freedom. Get him out somewhere and let him go. Chase him on your machine if...
What was your favorite part about riding when you first started? Mine?...freedom. Get him out somewhere and let him go. Chase him on your machine if necessary.
Faceaz wrote:
Well no chit! He can have that later. He's 3 yrs 4 months, I'm already catching him jumping off his dresser (4 1/2' tall) & sliding...
Well no chit!

He can have that later. He's 3 yrs 4 months, I'm already catching him jumping off his dresser (4 1/2' tall) & sliding down the stairs handrailing (about 20' tall, because he saw it in a movie). He would get in allot of trouble without some sort of restraint, especially with the washes around us. The safe move would be to put it off till later, but I'd like to see him on a bike.
lmao.

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