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The family is just getting into riding quad motorcycles.
We did it first during our 7-day August 2003 Pacific
Coast Highway trip. On the way back, we stopped at
Pismo Beach, rented some quads, and tore it up! After
that, the hook was set.

Roxanne got the first quad, a freshly rebuilt and mildly
hopped-up black 1991 Yamaha Blaster. She decided
she didn't like shifting, so it went to me. Rob got the
next one, a Chinese unit, called the Kazuma Panda 110
(green machine shown below). It's a 3-speed
semi-automatic, with reverse. Basically it's a larger
displacement knock-off of the popular Suzuki 80 quad.
Note to California residents, immediately get a US
Forest Service approved muffler & spark arrester!

Next up, for the wife, I'll find a nice fully automatic 2 x 4
trail job, as the family will be into this type of riding for
the foreseeable future. Something like a Polaris
Trailboss 325 (rear shot), or one of the Taiwanese
knock-off trail models. Then again, the Polaris Phoenix
is a great automatic, 4 stroke beginner bike - for $3k.