Teaching Your Kids How to Ride With Youth ATVs
Youth ATVs are special models produced by powersports vehicle manufacturers to allow younger riders to build up their skills on an ATV specially built with their needs and safety in mind. If the idea of helping your child learn to ride using a youth ATV appeals to you, this guide from the experts at Grossenburg Powersports will help you get started.
Equip Them With Safety Gear
This might seem obvious, but equipping your child with the proper safety gear before each ride is vitally important. This includes a well-fitting helmet, a pair of goggles or face masks, as well as knee pads, boots, gloves, and a chest protector if they’re on the smaller side.
Choose an Appropriate Model
You may find that your child quickly outgrows the youth ATV that you purchase for them and then feel tempted to simply purchase a youth ATV that is “a size up” and let them grow into it. However, choosing a youth ATV that is the appropriate size and engine power for your child is important, for comfort and safety reasons. When you go shopping, be sure to bring your child along so that they can test out the models to see which fits them best. If you can, trade in or sell a youth ATV that your child has outgrown.
Go Over the Controls
Take things slow and give your child an overview of how to control their youth ATV. The owner’s manual should provide you with some useful instructions. Once you’re confident that they fully understand how to operate the ATV, then you can let them start to practice. For safety’s sake, have them repeat back to you the information you’ve given them, and be prepared to correct them as necessary.
Pick a Practice Location
The ideal practice location for helping a child learn to ride with a youth ATV is a flat piece of land with no audience. The presence of other people is likely to distract your child, potentially leading to an accident.
Shop youth ATVs at Grossenburg Powersports. Our dealership in Beresford, South Dakota offers convenient access to communities like Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We also offer financing, servicing, trade-ins, and parts ordering.