I need to get the Dirtbikes out in 2023- opinions on mentoring a kid who doesn't get the opportunity to ride

SLOPAR72 said
This has been waning on me for the last year. Not getting any younger but still feel the zeal to ride. I still have my KX250 which was a handful even 10 years ago... But I also have a really nice TTR125 right beside it. And adding to that we have an awesome facility 20 minutes away (motorcross, woods, trials, etc.) I have been lucky to have had access to places as I grew up and have the bikes to ride. But today, things are different.

I have an opportunity to bring someone into the hobby that just has too many obstacles but want to ride or atleast see if it triggers an interest. There is of course the liability side of it but so is driving down the highway. Looking for opinions, thoughts, or even stories of doing something like this...

JW

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I guess I’ll ask how big and how old is this person?
We had our youngest on a Honda SL 200 at 10 years old when he had to stand on something to get on it and take off.
I would catch him when he came in to stop so the bike wouldn’t fall over.
He ate **** HARD more than a few times.
But that was our own kid.

Parental permission is pretty much a must.
I personally wouldn’t put a 10 or probably even a 12 year old on that 125 unless they could sit on it with both feet flat on the ground.

Every dirt bike I ever had when I was a kid my Dad would tell me to lay down on the ground and he would lay the bike on top of me.
If I could lift it off or even get out from under it I was allowed to ride it.