New Mini

[renshinkan]

Hey Guys, I'm buying a chinese mini for my son. He's 7 and weighs about 26kg. At the moment I'm looking at a Atomix 50 for about $400 on ebay. Are these any good? Which is the best? I've heard the Ducar engine is the pick of the Chinese stuff. Any opinions from owners please?

 

[unit_mx]

Depending on how much cash you have the atomik will be okay for his considering he's only a little fella and will not be to harsh on the machine however ducar's are not the pick of the chinese stuff many riders on here perfer lifan ,gpx or jailing motors to be the pick of the bunch though the ducar motors can be good however tend to vary , my mate has a black ducar 124cc motor and he's absoulutley given that thing a run for its money with next to no oil in it ,doubling around people around steep country and riding 7 hours on it almost straight and the thing still fires up within the first few kicks and is extremely reliable.But its the inconsistancy that lets these motors down.
If you could spare parting with another $400 you will be able to pick up a second hand jr50 ,pw50 ,kdx50 or if your lucky a xr/crf50.I would try to get something that will last perferably japanese so that your son can hand it on to his sons 30 or so years down the track.

 

[stumbows]

Yea that so true i have 2 of the exact same bikes with Ducar motors in them and one being the most reliable motor you could want in a Chinese pitty and the other a complete let down.

It's like a lucky dip so to speak haha.

 

[Flarry]

Have a look at the pitpro 110 maybe, they're about the same price.

 

[Pittin]

the only prob with the pitpro 110 is they are hard as F&*# to change gears lol

 

[Sidney]

get a postie bike lever for it?

 

[stumbows]

Is it the lever or are the gears just hard to get?

 

[GoosE#69]

if you can fork out a bit extra get a pw50 and when he out grows it you can sell it for pretty much the same sort of coin if its been looked after

 

[stumbows]

I think he'd probably already be a little gown out of it at 7.

The guy up the road has a PW50 for his kid and he's already talking about upgrading him at 6 so i think this late in his life would be a silly move.

If you were going to go jap it would have to be CRF50/70 at this age and then he really will be able to ride it for a few years.

 

[GoosE#69]

sorry i meant pw80,my bad

 

[Pittin]

gears are so hard the change, dunno whether its because they are a semi auto but they are realllyy hard to change, if i have trouble and im 15 i dont see how a 7 year old is going to be able to change them...