Best way to teach a kid?

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Hut 4/5/2014 1:26pm
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Falcon wrote:
Just remember the golden phrases: "Go faster or I'll sell your bike" and "Shut up before I give you something to cry about!" -Kidding- Actually, I...
Just remember the golden phrases:
"Go faster or I'll sell your bike" and "Shut up before I give you something to cry about!"

-Kidding-


Actually, I think you're doing the best thing by having him on a Strider. We got my son one of those for his 2nd birthday, then a pedal bike for his 3rd. Now, a year later, he's on a PW50 and learning how to control it. He is awesome on the balance but a little bit scared of cornering. No problem, he'll get there. Your son will too. Just provide loving advice and enjoy the day out with your kid!
...or if you want him to be the next hole shot king it's "get the hole shot or get the belt!" Laughing
seriously though; don't do that.
Gary_Last13 1/29/2016 11:11pm
1/29/2016 11:11pm
My two year old rides with traning wheels and i have just lifted them a little now he know where everything is I found it help once he new where everything is so could start there hope this was helpfull
douglasredding 1/29/2016 11:45pm
1/29/2016 11:45pm
micahb339 wrote:
My 2-1/2 yr old is obsessed with dirt bikes He cries to watch the race instead of Mickey Mouse. He begs saying "da-da dirtbike plz" So...
My 2-1/2 yr old is obsessed with dirt bikes
He cries to watch the race instead of Mickey Mouse. He begs saying "da-da dirtbike plz"

So what's the best way to teach him??
I already have him pushing around on a strider bike but..
He's not balancing it more like just walking it around.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Hey bro, just chiming in here. My son learned to ride at 3 on a PW50 with training wheels and throttle stop. Actually, he was riding his PW50 without training wheels for a full year before learning to ride a bicycle without training wheels.

Anyway, my BEST advice is this. Start by teaching him to STOP...and use the brakes BOTH of them on command. That's all we did for the first few days. If I yelled "STOP!" he had muscle memory to grab both bar-levers (PW50) and stop. This way if he was in a panic or brain farted, I could scream "STOP" and he would just grab the levers.

The thought here is safety first. At 3-4 yrs, old....there's just not a lot of brain stuff going on.

In the 10 years he's been riding (knock wood and thank God) he's never had a huge crash. We focus on safety, control and mechanics first, second and third. If that means you end up going faster and faster, sweet.

Enjoy. My first trail ride with just me and my son made my goggles steam up and tears were flowing...unforgettable memories.

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h&m_cycle 1/30/2016 12:04am
1/30/2016 12:04am Edited Date/Time 1/30/2016 12:04am
micahb339 wrote:
My 2-1/2 yr old is obsessed with dirt bikes He cries to watch the race instead of Mickey Mouse. He begs saying "da-da dirtbike plz" So...
My 2-1/2 yr old is obsessed with dirt bikes
He cries to watch the race instead of Mickey Mouse. He begs saying "da-da dirtbike plz"

So what's the best way to teach him??
I already have him pushing around on a strider bike but..
He's not balancing it more like just walking it around.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
kijen wrote:
buy him golf clubs....it's cheaper and pays way better...Smile JK..

anyway have fun with it, dirtbiking is fun, dirtbiking with your kids....does not get any better!
You're a Smart Man... maybe teach the kid to bat & throw left-handed while you're at it...Sideways

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sumdood 1/30/2016 12:57am
1/30/2016 12:57am Edited Date/Time 1/30/2016 1:04am
douglasredding wrote:
Hey bro, just chiming in here. My son learned to ride at 3 on a PW50 with training wheels and throttle stop. Actually, he was riding...
Hey bro, just chiming in here. My son learned to ride at 3 on a PW50 with training wheels and throttle stop. Actually, he was riding his PW50 without training wheels for a full year before learning to ride a bicycle without training wheels.

Anyway, my BEST advice is this. Start by teaching him to STOP...and use the brakes BOTH of them on command. That's all we did for the first few days. If I yelled "STOP!" he had muscle memory to grab both bar-levers (PW50) and stop. This way if he was in a panic or brain farted, I could scream "STOP" and he would just grab the levers.

The thought here is safety first. At 3-4 yrs, old....there's just not a lot of brain stuff going on.

In the 10 years he's been riding (knock wood and thank God) he's never had a huge crash. We focus on safety, control and mechanics first, second and third. If that means you end up going faster and faster, sweet.

Enjoy. My first trail ride with just me and my son made my goggles steam up and tears were flowing...unforgettable memories.

Doug - 484
X2 on learning to stop first. We had both of ours riding a pw50 by age 4. But not until they could ride a bicycle and skid. The very first time me and my wife stood about 10 feet apart and made them ride to Mom and stop, then ride to Dad and stop, Then started moving farther and farther apart. Never used training wheels or a throttle stop. I think riding a bicycle first is important, don't be in a big hurry to get them on a motorcycle, let them figure out how to balance and turn, peddle and skid etc on the bicycle first. They have their whole lives to ride motorcycles, if they get scared or hurt or stuck under it and burned from the pipe they could get turned off on the whole idea. Safety/fun first.

Hey wait a second I just realized this thread is 2 years old, that kids probably on a CR500 by now. Newbie WTF ? Hahahahahaha
douglasredding 1/30/2016 1:14pm
1/30/2016 1:14pm
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X2 on learning to stop first. We had both of ours riding a pw50 by age 4. But not until they could ride a bicycle and...
X2 on learning to stop first. We had both of ours riding a pw50 by age 4. But not until they could ride a bicycle and skid. The very first time me and my wife stood about 10 feet apart and made them ride to Mom and stop, then ride to Dad and stop, Then started moving farther and farther apart. Never used training wheels or a throttle stop. I think riding a bicycle first is important, don't be in a big hurry to get them on a motorcycle, let them figure out how to balance and turn, peddle and skid etc on the bicycle first. They have their whole lives to ride motorcycles, if they get scared or hurt or stuck under it and burned from the pipe they could get turned off on the whole idea. Safety/fun first.

Hey wait a second I just realized this thread is 2 years old, that kids probably on a CR500 by now. Newbie WTF ? Hahahahahaha
OMG, i didn't realize it was so old, too. HA! That's hilarious! Good advice from you, too.

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MXMattii 1/30/2016 2:49pm
1/30/2016 2:49pm Edited Date/Time 1/30/2016 2:49pm
micahb339 wrote:
My 2-1/2 yr old is obsessed with dirt bikes He cries to watch the race instead of Mickey Mouse. He begs saying "da-da dirtbike plz" So...
My 2-1/2 yr old is obsessed with dirt bikes
He cries to watch the race instead of Mickey Mouse. He begs saying "da-da dirtbike plz"

So what's the best way to teach him??
I already have him pushing around on a strider bike but..
He's not balancing it more like just walking it around.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
At the start your kid will do 101 things wrong, don't try to fix all 101 at once. Start at one thing at the time and the most important things of course first. How to start and stop and his position on the bike. Then you can do one thing at a time and sometimes a kid need time to get it. Sometimes it also helps when a little kid sees how it needs to be done. Mine little niece didn't understood why she needed to put her feet on the pegs of her bicycle, but when she saw some other kid doing it when she was in the car riding by the click was made.

Ooh and don't be a mini-moto-dad. Because if you see that he doesn't have it to make it, being angry won't help him. If you see he can make it to the top, being angry won't make him reach the top faster. Have fun and when he feels the fun he will probably want to do it 24/7 and that will make him better. Because when you do something a lot, you will become better in it.
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racerx217 1/30/2016 6:49pm
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My son got a strider bike at the age of 1, at about the age of 2 1/2 he went to a pedal bike with no training wheels and the age of 3 he went to a pw50 without training wheels. Dont over complicate it.
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