| If he has never Raced a pocket bike before, i would say go with the lucky7
and then maybe in a few months go the Tai Chi, When he can ride the
lucky7 to its limits. Better to start out a bit slow, than have him crash
the Tai Chi in the first few weeks and lose his nerve, or worse get badly hurt. The lucky 7 you can also add parts to gradually to make it faster and faster. Guys here that race constantly are breaking ribs , sturnum,
collar bones, wrists, arms, feet. on the fast bikes. They may be small bikes but they still need the respect of a full size bike.
Oh and as far as protective gear goes, Leather, with pads is the ideal, other than that, maybe jeans, heavy jacket, and all the motocross pads
you can find to cover EVERYTHING, and maybe another set of cut off jeans
under his jeans, the first set, even new jean will only last a few feet of sliding, then he is down to skin, leather are great, you can slide all day
and not worry. I came off in jeans, jacket, gloves etc and spent the next 4 months changing bandages twice a day on my knee till i had skin on it again, its not fun :cry:
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If it jams force it, if it breaks it was faulty anyway
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