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How do you know it's the right size for you? What parts are important to the weight of the bike? What brands are good? What size and tires are right for this sport.
This is for an 8 years old boy who wants to race for the first time. He's got a helmet and protective clothes. But his bike is not right because it has foot brake. I don't want to asemble and our budget is 250-300.
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For an eight year old, you are looking at a mini or junior sized bike. Micro Mini will be too small. You are looking at a bike with 1 1/8" Tires.
There are complete bikes out there for around $300, but be aware that kids grow out of mini and junior sized bikes all the time, meaning that there, and you can ofen pick up a $400 bike for under $250 that has bee raced 1-2 seasons. Most bike shops could give it a good tune-up for around $50 and you are ready to go.
You are correct that a bike with a coaster brake is not a good choice.
If you are looking for areas to improve a race bike in the weight department, the wheels are the best place to make improvements - as anything that is rotating is more important that the non-rotating parts.
Good Brands? GT, Redline and Diamondback are companies with a hisotry of BMX racing and they are still producing bikes for racing today.
Mongoose, as suggested by one other poster, has not been producing competitive race bikes for a number of years. THey have some entry level bikes that woudl be OK for racing for around $200 and then the rest of thier bikes are Dirt Jump/ Freestyle Bikes. The parent company that owns Mongoose also ownd GT and Schwinn as well as some tother brands. GT is currently thier "race bike" brand.
If you do decide to go used, there are some premium brands to watch for in addition to Redline, Diamond Back and GT, there is also Intense, Supercross, Redman, GHP, Felt and a bunch of others.
Be awere that there are also very nice race bikes bearing the FMF name, and they are good bikes and components. But they are no longer produced and getting any sort of mfg's warranty, even on a new bike, will not likely be possible. But if you can get a new FMF at near used prices, it may work out well.
For an eight year old, you are looking at a mini or junior sized bike. Micro Mini will be too small. You are looking at a bike with 1 1/8" Tires.
There are complete bikes out there for around $300, but be aware that kids grow out of mini and junior sized bikes all the time, meaning that there, and you can ofen pick up a $400 bike for under $250 that has bee raced 1-2 seasons. Most bike shops could give it a good tune-up for around $50 and you are ready to go.
You are correct that a bike with a coaster brake is not a good choice.
If you are looking for areas to improve a race bike in the weight department, the wheels are the best place to make improvements - as anything that is rotating is more important that the non-rotating parts.
Good Brands? GT, Redline and Diamondback are companies with a hisotry of BMX racing and they are still producing bikes for racing today.
Mongoose, as suggested by one other poster, has not been producing competitive race bikes for a number of years. THey have some entry level bikes that woudl be OK for racing for around $200 and then the rest of thier bikes are Dirt Jump/ Freestyle Bikes. The parent company that owns Mongoose also ownd GT and Schwinn as well as some tother brands. GT is currently thier "race bike" brand.
If you do decide to go used, there are some premium brands to watch for in addition to Redline, Diamond Back and GT, there is also Intense, Supercross, Redman, GHP, Felt and a bunch of others.
Be awere that there are also very nice race bikes bearing the FMF name, and they are good bikes and components. But they are no longer produced and getting any sort of mfg's warranty, even on a new bike, will not likely be possible. But if you can get a new FMF at near used prices, it may work out well.
How was your first experience with piloting a motorcycle?
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I performed a wheelie and nearly crashed into a parked car! I was probably 12 at the time.
'Twas exciting and dangerous. Yes, it could have been worse. Yes, some training might have avoided that.
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There's a wrecked VW Rabbit they truck around Sweden to teach about motorcycle safety. Apparently this guy was doing a wheelie on the street, the VW pulled out of a driveway or a side street, two people in the front seat. They didn't see him because his headlight was shining up in the air. He didn't see them because he was doing a wheelie so he couldn't see where he was going. The bike hit the car at about 60 mph, went in the driver's side window and came out (partly) the passenger window. The biker and both people in the car were killed instantly, and the bike is still imbedded sideways in the car.
How would training have prevented you from having an accident from a wheelie? The training would simply have said 'Don't do it'. They're just as dumb, and as dangerous, whether you're a good rider or a newbie.
When I was in high school, this was the time of the 'Honda revolution', when Honda began importing smaller bikes, 50-150cc, that were becoming very popular. When I was teenager there were lots of smaller bikes around and guys my age learned to ride on bikes this size before we went on to bigger bikes. Today a 'small' bike is 250cc, and even those are kind of rare. And motorcycles that can't cruise at highway speeds are a little impractical anyway, unless you're a teenager and just want to get around the neighborhood.
My own first bike was a scooter, a 200cc Lambretta. It had a manual transmission, four gears, on a twist grip. You pulled in the right lever, that was the clutch, and then the whole right handlebar assembly rotated to pick the gear. I could already drive a manual shift car, so i understood how clutch and gearshift worked, so I was able to just jump on the bike and ride it home. At night! No helmet or even googles or anything. I probably wouldn't recommend that today, but this was a long time ago. (I paid $175 for that bike, rode it a year, then sold it for $200. If I'd kept it, it would be worth $4000-5000 today!)
But before that, a few of my friends had let me ride their 90s and 125s around the block. They had the regular foot-shift, one down and three up (I think everything was 4 speeds in those days). I was just very jazzed with the idea of a small, light 2-wheeled vehicle that you didn't have to pedal. 8^)
There's a wrecked VW Rabbit they truck around Sweden to teach about motorcycle safety. Apparently this guy was doing a wheelie on the street, the VW pulled out of a driveway or a side street, two people in the front seat. They didn't see him because his headlight was shining up in the air. He didn't see them because he was doing a wheelie so he couldn't see where he was going. The bike hit the car at about 60 mph, went in the driver's side window and came out (partly) the passenger window. The biker and both people in the car were killed instantly, and the bike is still imbedded sideways in the car.
How would training have prevented you from having an accident from a wheelie? The training would simply have said 'Don't do it'. They're just as dumb, and as dangerous, whether you're a good rider or a newbie.
When I was in high school, this was the time of the 'Honda revolution', when Honda began importing smaller bikes, 50-150cc, that were becoming very popular. When I was teenager there were lots of smaller bikes around and guys my age learned to ride on bikes this size before we went on to bigger bikes. Today a 'small' bike is 250cc, and even those are kind of rare. And motorcycles that can't cruise at highway speeds are a little impractical anyway, unless you're a teenager and just want to get around the neighborhood.
My own first bike was a scooter, a 200cc Lambretta. It had a manual transmission, four gears, on a twist grip. You pulled in the right lever, that was the clutch, and then the whole right handlebar assembly rotated to pick the gear. I could already drive a manual shift car, so i understood how clutch and gearshift worked, so I was able to just jump on the bike and ride it home. At night! No helmet or even googles or anything. I probably wouldn't recommend that today, but this was a long time ago. (I paid $175 for that bike, rode it a year, then sold it for $200. If I'd kept it, it would be worth $4000-5000 today!)
But before that, a few of my friends had let me ride their 90s and 125s around the block. They had the regular foot-shift, one down and three up (I think everything was 4 speeds in those days). I was just very jazzed with the idea of a small, light 2-wheeled vehicle that you didn't have to pedal. 8^)
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