It happens all the time…we’ve seen it happen time and time again. What happens is that kids think many different things at the same time. One moment, they fall in love with tennis, then another they think they want to be a professional soccer player. Next month, they want to be a dancer and then the next they want to be on the moon! Go figure! So, what happens when your kid thinks he or she wants to take ATV riding seriously and you’re afraid of investing too much into the sport because you’re think he or she is going to kick the sport out the window next month?

Invest in a medium range ATV?
For a start, we always advice our clients and customers to purchase the medium range of ATVs. For little kids, we encourage them to buy their kids an electric ATV, something along the lines of a Peg Perego or a Kazuma. They make perfect starter quads for kids because they don’t bust a budget, they’re tried and tested, they stand against the test of time and when your kid decides that he or she is bored with quad riding, you won’t feel like smashing the ATV into bits and pieces out of anger!

Ride the ATV often to reignite the spark?
It’s too easy to get bored of something, even if it’s an exciting activity if you don’t take it seriously enough. There needs to be a certain push, you know, like a passion or a pushy parent! For kids, their curiosity often gets the better of them and they rarely stay interested in a sport for too long. As a parent, if you want to know if the ATV is here to stay or not, get them riding once in a while in different locations, environment or maybe give them something new to ride….like a rented ATV or an alternative quad you got off real cheap during a warehouse sale. These little things will spark the interest off again when it wanes.

Share their passion for quad riding
Most of the professional and amateur ATV riders we know who makes it in the ATV riding circuit have someone within the family who shares the interest with them. It could be an uncle, a good family friend or a parent. As long as that person is easily accessible, can connect with the kid and spend some time discussing and sharing stuff with the kid about riding the ATV, the spark of interest will remain there.