Thanks cause I go to South Carolina every May and it would blow his mind to have his bike on the trailer next to mine and we both do a track day after coming from the beach. Now the hunt is on for an affordable xr100.
We run at East Lansing Kart track, they allow us at any open practice that does not have a kart race the next day. The guys that run at Circlevile are good guys too. I also have a TTR110 for sale in the classifieds that has a dirt wheel set and a pavement wheel set. https://www.facebook.com/pages/MIMRA-Michigan-Mini-Roadracing/252134516327?ref=ts&fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/groups/317652788389075/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Here is my take... We went the XR/CRF100 route. A few reasons. Not so much for the road race application but rather, the flat track or loose riding application. I firmly believe that flat track is a better choice of training tools than the road race mini application. It prepares him fro loose and should be a tool that when on a big bike and the wheels come out of line, he doesn't get into a situation where his reserve is maxed out. Not saying the mini moto isn't the way to go because it has merit and maybe in a utopian world, he has the flat tracker and gets an RS 125 with an 80/85 motor and runs mini moto... Dunno... But I can tell you that our kid is smooth, slides SOOOOO good and while it is loose riding, is very smooth and controlled. He's actually faster than myself and a couple of other buddies that have dirt and flat track experience! I am so secure in his ability that we will be doing some track days in 2015 on his Honda RS125 I've had for a couple of years. TTR125 is another good choice for the tracker aspect. It's what Oliver and Edwards use and I think along with the XR/CRF100, are larger bikes and have a LOT of options out there. The 110s are too small and the 65s are also. I think the bigger chassis is the ticket. We are looking for a used 250F tracker and working him on that. It's been an amazing progress and I am VERY proud of his progress and we chose to avoid the mini moto from talking to a few young gun dads. They said unless he can get on a full size chassis, the flat tracking is a better choice. But, to each their own and certainly a ton of examples of mini moto kids that have made the transition to big. But I thinkwhen you look at those examples, they are VERY young to start (4-5 years old) and worked up to big. If they are 12-15 or so, the big bike and dirt may be a better choice...
Agreed the XR100 is great mine will be ridden on all surfaces from ice to pavement with as much dirt as I can find in between.