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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 164557" data-attributes="member: 1650"><p>Look up xr100 and you will see more about what the crf100 really is.&nbsp; I have one of the xr100's. lots of fun,&nbsp; the younger people have a good time learning on it.&nbsp; once they get to the age your nephew is he will want something more like what the faster people are riding,&nbsp; whether he needs it or not.&nbsp; Nothing hard and fast here,&nbsp; but when you ride for over 45 years regularly you see some patterns.&nbsp;&nbsp; He is a tough age and size.&nbsp; Lots of beginning 15&nbsp; year olds' would be happy on a 125 mx bike or 250 mx bike.&nbsp; even more happy on a kdx 200/220 to start with.&nbsp; keep them on the trails or around enduro type riding and it may not change.&nbsp; Go in for track time and it will change really fast as far as what they think they want.&nbsp;&nbsp; I differ with a lot of people on modifying a trail 4 stroke like an xr100.&nbsp; crf150f,&nbsp; or tt125.&nbsp;&nbsp; You are paying a pretty high price to do so (check the catalogs and see what I mean) .&nbsp;&nbsp; If you buy one,&nbsp; I would plan on it being a learner,&nbsp; leave it as close to stock as you can and then sell it and buy a more suitable bike in the future (before the 15 year old turns 17 and has it thrashed and trashed) or hand it down as I indicated above.&nbsp; Now I say all this and we are about to put an xr100 into a cr 80 frame and I already own what probably is the most modified xr250 in the state and I am going to pick up another one to do some more reserved mods on.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the end, modifying an air cooled 100-150 to keep a teenaged boy up with his peers is going to make that cr85 look like a saving account.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 164557, member: 1650"] Look up xr100 and you will see more about what the crf100 really is. I have one of the xr100's. lots of fun, the younger people have a good time learning on it. once they get to the age your nephew is he will want something more like what the faster people are riding, whether he needs it or not. Nothing hard and fast here, but when you ride for over 45 years regularly you see some patterns. He is a tough age and size. Lots of beginning 15 year olds' would be happy on a 125 mx bike or 250 mx bike. even more happy on a kdx 200/220 to start with. keep them on the trails or around enduro type riding and it may not change. Go in for track time and it will change really fast as far as what they think they want. I differ with a lot of people on modifying a trail 4 stroke like an xr100. crf150f, or tt125. You are paying a pretty high price to do so (check the catalogs and see what I mean) . If you buy one, I would plan on it being a learner, leave it as close to stock as you can and then sell it and buy a more suitable bike in the future (before the 15 year old turns 17 and has it thrashed and trashed) or hand it down as I indicated above. Now I say all this and we are about to put an xr100 into a cr 80 frame and I already own what probably is the most modified xr250 in the state and I am going to pick up another one to do some more reserved mods on. In the end, modifying an air cooled 100-150 to keep a teenaged boy up with his peers is going to make that cr85 look like a saving account. [/QUOTE]

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