taming it down

[dank]

was also thinkin about a big tank and a flywheel weight. its going to be a woods bike, so anything i can do to make it so she wont loop out will help alot.

[Bong]

Don't bother.

[dank]

we'll see how it does before we do anything.

[Eric K]

My learning is that to make a good beginner bike it needs to be tamed way down so it will be boring to you. Once they get scared of abrupt power delivery the fun disappears, followed quickly by their interest in riding. I went through this with my wife on a KX100 and she has no interest in trying to learn to ride a motorcycle.

I used the tame it down approach with my son when he was 7 and just learning to ride a KX65. It has worked out very well. The engine power delivery is very smooth (thanks to just an $0.85 washer) and at age 8 he rides some very technical woods trails, even when the clay mud, roots and logs are greasy wet. Most importantly he is having FUN!

[flybars]

The KX100 sounds like the perfect beginner bike Dank. I would follow Eric's advice about the washer to tame it down for her.

[dank]

im thinkin thats a great idea. thanks guys! were hoping to go look at the bike sometime in the near future.

[jefgil123]

Ditto with Eric K.'s note above. KX100 not a good rank beginner chick bike.

If you want her to actually enjoy it , so she will stick with it, bite the
bullet and get a CRF150F or CRF230F with an electric starter.

This will be great (even though WE would not want to ride one of these
overweight, poorly suspended foo-foo bikes) it is better for HER for a little while, until she can maneauver thru woods and such, and can work the clutch and brakes.
One of the biggest problems of a rank beginner has is stalling the bike
in the woods, and starting it up again after a spill. To make it easy to get started again so they can keep up better, the electric starter is a boon. (Hmmmm .... 450 4-strokes have them...)

Then sell the bike and get something better after a few months. Even tho U
lose a few $$$, its well spent. JMHO (been there, done that)

[dank]

i spoke to my girlfriend about her first two bikes. her first was a ttr230, which she absolutely hated. it was heavy and awkward to ride. they sold it shortly after their first ride with it. next was a kx100, which she loved because while it did tend to stall easier, it was lower so she could get her feet down, and it was lighter, so falling over wasnt a big deal. i have talked it over with jenna and she decided to take less weight and more stalling over more weight.

[roostafish]

A flywheel weight will make it less prone to stalling.

[dank]

we have considered it, we will see if it is a problem or not before we put the money down for it. we also considered dropping a tooth on the front sprocket if necessary, but we will see what it does before we change anything