>14 year old brother wants a dirtbike/motorcycle project work on
>im not sure what to get him
I was thinking about a Honda CB100 or something
Id ask dbt but its currently shitposting central at the moment
Any suggestions?
14 year old brother wants a dirtbike/motorcycle project work on
John Bell
Wyatt Cruz
Ninja 250.
Any 250.
Maybe a 500.
Lincoln Smith
250 dirtbike that can be made street legal when he gets a license.
Basically the most practical and versatile first bike anyone could learn on.
Luis Baker
>Id ask dbt but its currently shitposting central at the moment
>currently
Thomas Stewart
Get him any sub-750cc standard bike (like a cb450, nighthawk, etc) that has an i4 and has carb issues. You can get something like this from the 80s or early 90s for less than $1k and it'll be good to learn on and an excellent bike for actual usage.
Michael Morgan
Ninja series bikes have tons of community and aftermarket support, to the point where you don't really need a shop manual that badly, but are still poorly maintained and then dumped on craigslist for the next sucker
So one of those. 300/500cc minimum if he wants to actually drive it.
Brandon Barnes
I shouldve added that it has to be under $800.
There are no ninja 250 dirtbikes under $800 in my area.
I did find these tho.
newhaven.craigslist.org
hudsonvalley.craigslist.org
hartford.craigslist.org
longisland.craigslist.org
Jackson Gray
bump
Josiah Gray
Turbobusa pham!
Mason Fisher
Give a kid something he can ride. Dirt bike that can be street legal someday
Also my buddy had a dunebuggy for a while when he was younger. Like 4 engines later and tons of broken welds, axels, transmissioms etc he now has a wicked volkswagon TDI-powered dune buggy that is an absolute blast camping
Owen Smith
How was your day /dbt/
Nolan Williams
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Aiden Walker
>Any suggestions?
Ask dbt when it's euro time
Nicholas Thomas
wr 125
Dylan Scott
He's a 14yo male.
He is by definition a dumbass who will get himself into trouble.
Get him a 50cc scooter. IDK your local laws but usually anything that low CC isn't considered a motorcycle and he won't have to get a special endorsement to ride it.
He'll hoon around on it until he is ready to move on to something bigger. Or, he will loose interest all together and you won't have wasted money on something more expensive.
Adam Garcia
>implying not needing an endorsement for something that can and will get you killed if you put it in traffic is a good thing
>when it's meant to ride on pavement, aka the traffic zone
>implying people don't normally start kids on >=200C dirtbikes
Robert Williams
is he an engineer
Logan Lopez
I have no clue where op lives (city, suburb, rural?) so for all I know he could be miles away from any decent dirt tracks. Fuckit, OP's only guidance on the matter is price.
Jonathan Price
I live in connecticut.
not rural but not too suburby.
Oliver Butler
>He's a 14yo male
yeah exactly, he should be riding a 125 2t or 250 4t at least, not a fucking bike for 5 year olds!
Christopher Brown
at 14 i was lucky to have a stolen ciao, the fuck are you on about giving a kid a 1100cc widowmaker?
Cameron Jenkins
Just don't get him a Yamaha.
Because there will be nothing for him to fix
Tyler Cox
whats happening here?
Carter Jones
My first was a 1990 Yamaha rt180a dirtbike. It was great and had enough power to do 70 on the roads. I live in rural KY where they don't care if you take dirt bikes on the roads. Road trips were the best thing ever, it sipped gasoline, and was easy to fix when I was 14.