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Message: [QUOTE="Steve St.Laurent, post: 1207707, member: 66902"] My $.02 . I required my daughter to learn how to ride her bicycle well without training wheels before I'd let her ride a motorcycle. I did get her a good set of training wheels for her CRF50 and once she was good on the bicycle I let her ride the CRF with the training wheels. My thought process was that having the training wheels there would allow her to concentrate on the throttle, brakes (both of em), and shifting instead of dealing with the balance of the heavier bike at the same time. She rode on the training wheels for a couple months (maybe 6 rides) and then the training wheels came off and she was riding without them. She was 5 about to turn 6 when she started riding. The wheels I bought were the kind that bolts to the middle of the bike and they were very well built. I think it was worth it and eased the transition. Here's a pic of her when she was riding with the training wheels and another one a few months later when she was attending the MSF dirt bike school (which was a GREAT investment, btw and I would highly suggest it). The other thing I did was went with a CRF50 specifically because all of the controls were in the proper location and she could learn to shift it. The PW50 has the rear brake on the left hand. Her next bike will be a CRF80 which will add the clutch to the required skills. I thought the training wheels were a good stepping stone to help her attain the needed skills to ride well. BTW, she was the one who asked for a motorcycle - I never even hinted at it. [/QUOTE]

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