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[QUOTE="rabbithounds, post: 1195111, member: 77785"] Our son use to ride a jr50. We obtained a ttr125 a month ago and he abandoned his 50 and started riding the 125 off a bucket. He is 4'2", 60 lbs. and 9 years old. The TTR was too tall and too heavy and it was time to pass on the jr50 to his little brother. We went to a local shop and found a kx60, 2003 model brand new which we purchased. I knew it was a 2 strok race bike, and very powerful. Jon rode it as soon as the 3 heat cycles for motor break in were complete. We warned him of the throttle/powerband, and he did well. However, I noticed he did not get into the powerband hardly at all. So after he rode for abpout 30 minutes I stopped him and took a spin for myself. WTF... This thing is like sputter, sputter, sputter - BLAST OFF!!!! WOW!! No wonder he was staying away. I had a yz80 at 13yrs old. Granted it was probably a 70's something model and used, but this KX60 hits harder than I ever remember that bike hitting. A kid would have to have some serious GONADS to ride this thing like its meant to be ridden! My son is athletic and mature, but WHOA this thing could launch me 30 ft over a hill much less him at 60 lbs. He has rode an hour or so each day for the last 5 days (since we bought it). So for - knock on wood - he hasn't wrecked laid it downor anything. Tell me its just my fatherly nature and its not really that viscous. Tell me I'm just getting old and can't remember what my old bike feltlike. Tell me he'll be OK on it. He loves the bike and wants to keep it. I have a flywheel weight being sent second day air - the biggest one they had 10oz. Will this make enough difference? Sorry to be so long winded! [/QUOTE]
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