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Dennis127	Race with xr 70	Lead	[-]
Posts: 8 (06/06/06 15:44:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None My son age 11, wants to get in the motorcross at the end of June. I don't mind him doing it but I am concerned the bike is not enough. he is 4'11" and 95 lbs, he will be riding a Honda xr70 4 stroke. It is ok on speed but bottoms on the jumps. So I need to know. 1. what race would he enter? he is 11 2. Are the other bikes going to totally outrun him, maybe causing embarassment? 3. Will he be in the way? I plan to buy him a CR85 by X-mas, but he wants to try racing now. Any help ideas would be great. Thanks
KXrider229	Re: Race with xr 70	#1	[-]
Posts: 74 (06/06/06 17:27:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	He's going to break the frame on that 70 if he jumps it. My 55lbs brother broke an XR70 frame on the peewee track at DP.
hondamotodad	Re: Race with xr 70	#2	[-]
Posts: 30 (06/06/06 19:01:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Your son should be fine racing in the 4 stroke small wheel class. The race is 5 laps and I doubt he will get lapped. My son started racing his XR100 there 2 years ago when we started riding and he was a middle of the pack rider. Don't worry about him being too slow and getting in the way because he won't if he's jumping and bottoming the suspension. My son was bottoming/bouncing the suspension on his XR100 so I got him a CR85. I felt I had to because the XR100 was getting dangerous with its lack of suspension. A word of advice - don't by a new CR85. If your son keeps riding (like mine did and he is now 13 and on a YZ125) you'll loose your shirt. Go used until he stops growing and you'll save yourself several thousand dollars over the next few years. I've still got my son's 2004 CR85. We go to Durhamtown from time to time and I would be glad to meet you there and let him test drive it. There is a HUGE difference between the XR70 and CR85. It took my son about 3 months before he really got use to the transition and we rode just about every weekend.
Durhamtown	Re: Race with xr 70	#3	[-]
Posts: 2332 (06/12/06 19:15:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	if you want to rent him a larger 4-stroke to try one race we can do that we have 100cc bikes that should work if you come in on saturday he can get it and practice until around 7:30 saturday night he will race in the sunday morning races thanks mike
Dennis127	XR70	#4	[-]
Posts: 8 (06/14/06 15:44:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks Mike but we won't be able to make it Sat, and I really don't want him to just get on and race. I have a feeling you would make me pay for the damage. :-) Thanks also Motordad, we will be up the Sun of the race, If you are going to come up I would like to get together and at least let him sit on the 85 and get a feel for the size. Is it buy any chance for sale?? Hope to see you at the races

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