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Give Motorsports a Try Before you Buy

Families like mine, city-bound or not, may not be ready to commit to an investment in a dirt bike or ATV for their children for practical or economic reasons. Some kids may have an intense but short-lived interest in motorsports, that may not last as long the purchased vehicle's lifespan. 

Therefore, you may want to make vehicle safety training one of the goals in some of your family learning vacations. In his 20+ years of riding from Mexico to Canada, instructor Eric Dennison has rarely seen small ATVs for rent, but that's changing.

At resorts like Pensylvania's Mines and Meadows, adults must wait till their kids are 16-years-old to enjoy the off-road trails, because use of the 350cc to 400cc ATVs in their rental pool is restricted to older teens. Opportunities abound elsewhere to ride; use this FTF guide to Off Road Riding to learn about some facilities where safety and equipment maintenance are the priority and where fun is guaranteed.