Riding a dirt bike is not as complicated as parents like us make it sound. Riding a dirt bike, for kids, is like riding a bicycle. As one kid puts it, a dirt bike is like a bicycle with an engine which runs faster and you don’t need to paddle! It’s a more efficient bicycle, says Sam, a six-year-old tyke with a love for his speedy dirt bike. The reason why we make riding a dirt bike sound so complicated is because it’s faster – let’s face it and we’re anxious that the faster they are, the higher the chances of them endangering themselves. Whilst this is true, it does not have to be that way.

A kids’ dirt bike works pretty much the way a normal adult dirt bike would – albeit, it has all the same features that an adult dirt bike has, is a lot of smaller to fit the child and packs a smaller engine. For little kids starting out on dirt bike riding, we try to stick to the 50cc and 70cc dirt bike specifically made for kids. These are usually 2-stroke engines which are slower and don’t require as much gas as a normal adult dirt bike. On whether one needs to be of a certain age in order to ride a dirt bike, the answer is a NO but I could be wrong. You have to check up with your state departments to see if there are dirt bike riding requirements for kids.

The funny thing is that even though kids’ dirt bike is smaller and slower, they’re not always cheaper than adult dirt bikes. Yeah, go figure. That’s because it depends on the type of dirt bike you want to buy. A branded one can put a 2k dent into your account or credit card balance. But with a little bit of scouting around, you can probably find one for a reasonable $500 or less than $1,000. I wouldn’t try to go under that price range because by then, the quality of the dirt bike becomes questionable – but of course, that decision is entirely up to you.