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What Bike for a 16 year old
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<blockquote data-quote="russperry" data-source="post: 957368" data-attributes="member: 22548"><p>Mark - we did the same for my son last year, and the results sound similar.....</p><p></p><p>We bought a 2001 YZF600R with some road rash and some typical young male-type mods - tiny little LED turn signals, bright blue anodized bar ends (to cover up some rash I'd bet), etc...</p><p></p><p>He uses it to commute to school and things have been OK - at least until I took him on a ride on Mines Road last weekend. Though I was trailing at a long distance to avoid pushing him, he ended up off the shoulder and in a ditch. Since the bike was already "used", the new matching scratches on the right side didn't really get anyone upset and we could just get a useful learning experience out of it without any extra emotional or financial baggage.</p><p></p><p>For the OP - I suggest a used bike regardless of what model you decide on.</p><p></p><p>Looks like I'm way out of date here - congrats on the new dirt bikes!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russperry, post: 957368, member: 22548"] Mark - we did the same for my son last year, and the results sound similar..... We bought a 2001 YZF600R with some road rash and some typical young male-type mods - tiny little LED turn signals, bright blue anodized bar ends (to cover up some rash I'd bet), etc... He uses it to commute to school and things have been OK - at least until I took him on a ride on Mines Road last weekend. Though I was trailing at a long distance to avoid pushing him, he ended up off the shoulder and in a ditch. Since the bike was already "used", the new matching scratches on the right side didn't really get anyone upset and we could just get a useful learning experience out of it without any extra emotional or financial baggage. For the OP - I suggest a used bike regardless of what model you decide on. Looks like I'm way out of date here - congrats on the new dirt bikes!! [/QUOTE]
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