When Honda wants $1500 for a 50cc dirt bike, you call China!

[ArabianOak]

last year I bought my two middle sons (7 and 10 years old) electric dirt bikes for the holidays. They rode them nearly everyday rain sleet or snow! They treated them well and even my daughter whose 12 rode them heavily.

This year I decided to get them 50cc dirt bikes. I visited the local Honda and Yamaha dealers only to see that they wanted between 1300-1500 for a 50cc!!! Ktm wanted 4k!!! Totally insane.

So I started googling and found several Chinese brands for like 1/10th the price. I ended up ordering 2 coolster 70cc semi auto kickstart and 1 coolster 110cc semi auto with electric start.

The two 70cc came last week. Still boxed. Took me about 30 minutes to put them together. Quality is nearly the same as Honda and they run incredible!!! I’m still waiting on the 110 to show up.

Best part....drumroll please...the price!!! $289 each for the 70cc and $309 for the 110cc!!!

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[gimmie11s]

I put my 8 year old on a 125cc Coolster quad.. cost me $450.

My 10 year old also started on a Chinese quad.

The quads are both a few years old, get the shit beat out of them regularly (last weekend actually) and still run like Duncan tops.

I did have to adjust the valves already on the older sons quad after a few hard to start situations. Runs great again, now.

Going cheap for the first bike is a good idea because if the kids hate the sport, your investment is pretty minor. Also gives you peace of mind they wont be tearing up a $3k quality Japanese machine (like all first bikes they get ridden the hardest IMO--learning, crashing, over revving, missed gears, clutchless shifts, etc etc).

 

[jeffh81]

I know some of them used older suzuki motors.

 

[smashedheadcat]

Where did you get them at? That’s a great price!

 

[lOOKnGO]

Honda all the way for us. My youngest at 5 could kick start the 50. Simply can't beat the reliableity. As he learned shifting, you would think that thing was going to blow. My two youngest ride constantly.

 

[ArabianOak]

Where did you get them at? That’s a great price!

Prices went up slightly! I ordered on Black Friday.

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[R1Lello]

Quality is nearly the same? Not even close but good price and looks only

 

[Skitzerman]

You gentlemen are doing a righteous job of bringing those youngsters up. Great work by all of you.

 

[black92]

When my daughter's are old enough, I'll be doing the same. Before my first was born, I had a Yamaha Raptor 660 and the wife wanted something cheap to ride, so we picked up a used TaoTao 150. Nowhere near Yamaha/Honda quality, but that little motor hummed along nicely.

 

[jeffh81]

When my daughter's are old enough, I'll be doing the same. Before my first was born, I had a Yamaha Raptor 660 and the wife wanted something cheap to ride, so we picked up a used TaoTao 150. Nowhere near Yamaha/Honda quality, but that little motor hummed along nicely.

That new wide Raptor is siiiiccccckkkk

 

[gimmie11s]

Quality is nearly the same? Not even close but good price and looks only

Agree 100%

Quality is crap but they run just fine! Perfect for a first bike.


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[STAMPEDE3]

I did the Kazuma route sseveral years ago. The 110 Dirt Bike did well for several years.
The 250cc 4 wheeler was a money pit as far as electronics. It was broke more than it ran after the first 6 months.

 

[ON D BIT]

$150 bucks is 1/10 the price. I wish you could buy a decent mountain bike for $300 bones....

 

[RedVenom48]

Even at $500 it still is a hell of a bargain. You get what you pay for but if youre real about what your getting, hell you could have a lot of fun for $1000 and get two. If it breaks, rig it and make it work until its ready for scrap.

Then for another $500 you can get a brand new one! I definitely see it as a feeler quad or dirt bike. Spend a small amount to see if you like it, then save to make the jump to quality equipment.

 

[Sonic605hp]

My son has a '15 Coolster... ridiculous for the money and has held up well. Starts first pull every time.

 

[cammed 2v gt]

Cool little bikes. I had no idea you could get these so cheap, I'd love to have a pit bike to take camping but always thought the $ crazy. That website has a few tempting models

 

[98 svt]

My 3 year old nephew rides an Oset. Thank Think it was about $1300
Perfect size for him.

 

[Blackoyote]

The price reflects the quality, they're throw away bikes.

 

[ArabianOak]

LOL...seriously guys...the quality is excellent...it's a tiny 1 cylinder, pretty hard to screw that up even if it's made in china. Honda/Yamaha and worse of all KTM is completely nuts charging what they do for a little 50cc dirt bike. Nuts.

 

[blk02edge]

Zero quality control on welds, I just hope that if they grow up liking it you put them on real quality machines once they start going fast. No way in hell is a $300 dirtbike quality, its lipstick on a pig