Sometimes I gotta ask: Are you stoned?

Filed in archive ATV Safety on April 18, 2008

Far be it from me to tell someone how to run their life, but I had to chime in on this one. A 14 year old kid over at ATV Source Magazine's on-line forum was asking whether he should get the Yamaha YZF450 or the Raptor 700. He balked when asked how much experience he had and how heavy/tall he was. Both very legitimate concerns for a young rider looking at these two quads. His reply was simply:

i like to ride powerful sport quads so i like machines with alot of power so it not to big for me i rode a 700r they ride really nice....

It was all I could do to keep myself from telling him to put down the crack pipe and quit trying to act like Billy Bad-Ass.