I HATED my Minibike… So I Bought THIS instead 

I swear Doodle was more excited about this tiny bike than the tiger 🤣

stand up when kick starting, that will give a little more oomph! to get more comfortable, hit the trails. throttle time and all the rest will come with time.

Dirt bike bandit! Ouuuuu, I'm telling on you! The last time I rode on the street on a mini bike was when I was 14yrs old. Not old enough to drive myself and didn't have a truck to go to the track or riding spot. Now a days, there are no riding spots here in Phoenix, Arizona. All taken due to home development. Have fun. My wife and myself are buying new bikes in January so that she can go riding with me. It will be her first street bike. Planning to get a 24' Yamaha Tracer 9 GT plus for me and a 24' Honda CB500X for her.

Good times!!

Sherfs shirt 👍👍

Local glass company can replace the glass in the window

Really fun video. I got myself an Amazon special and it's just a blast

Woman after my own heart. What we all want (or should want) is a trail bike we practice stunts and enduro with without fear of damaging an expensive motorcycle or devastating repair bills.

Doodle, this new mini dirtbike looks like a ton of fun! Had a blast watching this video; can't wait for more mini dirtbike content. Best regards from Brasilia, Brazil.

I bought my grand daughter the one from amazon for about 1500. She's 14 and its her first dirt bike. She rides it after school everyday. She insists on using 93 octane gas. She loves it. I also had a Honda 50 when I was a kid. I'm 57 and now have a 2018 Indian Chief Vintage. Damn, been riding over 50 years.

The true excitement you showed for this bike cracked me up. Glad you found one that fit your needs. Enjoy and be safe.

I love the energy you bring to this hobby! Keep up the amazing videos!

I never had a mini-bike and you made this look like a lot of fun!! Maybe, I'll give one a test ride.

Love how excited she got about a little $1000 dirt bike ......it's cute and endearing and shows what a lovely person she is .

My first bike was 1969 175 Yamaha Enduro in San Francisco, the big hills made for great jumps, so did the two giant reservoirs that were never used to hold water. The steep walls made for all kinds of fun riding. S.F.also had plenty of off road riding if you knew where it was, being young and fearless was fun.

is it me or does anyone else think 'she's created a monster'

Kickstarting - First item is hold the front brake on while kicking, that'll keep you from rolling the throttle a ton while hopping up and down, and helps if the bad thing happens and it decides to drop into gear when you kick. Second, spend some time just slowly rolling the motor over with your foot and kickstart lever, you'll feel there are different spots the motor can be where it rolls over easy, or hard then easy, etc. When you're going to actually kick it through first roll it over till you hit that first bit of real resistance, bump it just past, let the lever all the way back up, THEN give it a solid kick. That gets you just past TDC on the compression stroke so you don't have to try and get things moving past it, instead you spin the motor up and the flywheel should do the rest. Also, boots, you'll put holes in your shoes real quick, and your foot will appreciate not having to fight the kicker against your arch all the time.

@6:44 don't worry doodle, it's part of the adolescent dirtbike experience. I mean... why do garages even have windows? So laying down the bike, breaking either a window or some wall board in the garage... all part of the checklist. Next? Skinned knee or elbow. Maube a small branch to the ribs. Rites of passage. Very proud of you. Have fun. Ramps are ok. We used to do those on our bicycles. For the dirt bikes, we ended up using piles of dirt ( just make sure it is packed down hard and not loose soil) when my parents were land escaping when they were building our new house.

😂😂 his name is larry Poor little guy Someone will like him again😂😂😂

Caroline, ATGATT, PLEASE! I want you to continue to have arms and legs and to keep making videos like this one! :)

Liked the Bikes and Beards t-shirt. Way to show some support to other motorcycle content creators Doodle.😊

🎉🎉 DOODLE 🎉🎉 I’m so excited for you! This is awesome!!! Great to see Coach again! Love this whole freaking story!

lol. =P Cant wait to see what Jocelyn Snow thinks of this. Probably will improve your control of your fill sized bike =D

Coach is all kinds of awesome.

Glad to see Cody riding

Definitely learned to wheelie in my backyard on my 1978 Yamaha gt80 in the early 90’s. Kickstarter didn’t work. Had to bump start it every time.

Love your videos and enthusiasm, but riding in shorts and tee shirt doesn't set a good example for new riders

I have a 2008 Honda CFR70 for $1K you can ride away?

from riding incredibly safely to "I want to wheelie and stunt" lol!

Freakin love this channel! Best video ever! Always bringing that energy and inspiration!

Awesome video. I also just started riding and am feeling left out.

Best advice ever, "just go for a ride." Always worked for me.

Would like to play poker with you. So self contained. 😅

JUSTICE FOR LARRY!!!

To kick start. Push down on the kickstarter lever to the point where it resists. Rest for a second to sort of gather yourself and make sure your balance is good. (It's kind of tricky to kick from a mid height foot position, so a moments concentration is good.) Then either push down hard on the kick-start lever. Ot just push your leg down, as if you were pushing your leg down straight, but put some muscle into it. Some people put some body weight lowering, into the push on the kick-starter also. However once you got it - then it's easy, and you never forget. Gonna be fun getting your future vids on this bike.

For your current ramp before you start going bigger - see if you can land both wheels at the same time, or rear wheel slightly ahead of (landing/contacting the ground before the) front wheel. It will take weight shift to the rear (including a small leg press at some point, I think it is about or just after leaving the ramp), and holding the throttle on (not necessarily accelerating, but definitely not slowing - slowing will lead to front wheel drop until you learn how to weight shift to counter, and even then it can still be a problem). Landing front wheel first can be a hazard if you're landing on uneven ground (sloping to left or right, or rutted, or random stones that can roll on a hard sub surface). It also tends to jerk your weight forward on the bike, which could end up with you going tail over tea kettle. Your riding instructors will definitely have better suggestions than me, check with them.

If you haven't gotten that window fixed yet go on RU-vid and look up how to replace a pane of glass in a wood frame window using glazing putty, it's not that hard, it's actually really simple.

I want a mini bike, looks like.a ton of fun!

LOL, LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM! As a 12 year old, I had a Yamaha 80, bored out to 100. It was a second-hand former motocross bike. It really was fast and I had a lot of fun with it. Fast-forward 45 years later and I just bought a 2023 KTM Duke 390. Whole 'nuther world....I'm so outta practice! Keep up the fun vid's. 🤪

A great suggestion is the Kawasaki KLX140 L….low seat height, linear power, electric start, good power super fun bike. Excellent trail bike….My wife rides one and 4 of her friends as well. They love them and go anywhere that the 250’s go! You will love it…..and used they sell for 1800 to 2500. They have a great resale value.

This bike is sick!! Congrats 🤘

Ah, the mini bike... It was fun. Trails and sidewalks. Didn't have much success picking up girls, though, so eventually put the engine on a go-cart... But that's a different video channel. :)

lol. Our old Honda... 100 ? had a WINDSHIELD, and I tried to get some air. OMG when the tires hit the ground and I came down on top, I SMASHED MY NOSE on that damn windshield! I am lucky I didn't do worse damage to my face or brain!! So yeah. I never got good at wheelies, and stoppies weren't even invented back then!

Should nickname your mini bike "the noodle" & name this series "Doodle on the Noodle"...😂 Love your vids. If you're ever passing through Tucson, AZ again, hit me up! I'd glady take some riding/action photos for you.

I don't know where you get all your enthusiasm 😉☺️ from! Your extreme passion 😜 for 2 wheeled vehicles is beyond description! Sometimes you 🤔 remind a little of AGHB! You may know her She has a channel 🤠😹 called A Girl & Her Bike! She's always running into something and 🌠 falling over! Entertaining content, but I do get concerned for her safety and well ❤️‍🩹 being, as I do yours! Good luck and ride safe! Take care! One more thing! What you said at the end makes sense, just drop everything and go for a ride! A lot of times that's enough to overcome a stressful day, but sometimes those enigmatic and invisible forces are hard at work keeping you feeling overwhelmed and defeated, but where there's life, there is hope, and all that agony and despair, shall also pass somehow! All the best you all, goodbye!

When I was 12 or 13 all my friends had dirt bikes but that definitely wasn’t in the budget for my mom. But one of my friends dads said I could have all the parts from one of his old bikes, a 1980 RM 125. Well, it was a major project but an incredible learning experience and si got that thing going. And then broke it and repaired it countless times. I just recently got a DR650 and my motorcycle endorsement (last Monday on endorsement)- really enjoy your videos. TY

Greate Video! My father buy me a Honda Z50 brand new (1985) when I was young . I was always on that bike. Now, 38 yo after, I still do ride with my father, me on my Z50 and him on his honda trail 70cc 1984. That is soo funny to see us!!! Both now with white haire on mini bikes :P

find a source for 100% gas.....ethanol is bad for motorsport equipment, Happy Motoring ;)

My first motorcycle, age 13 years old, was a scooter called a Cushman Eagle. Then, the following year, 1964, Dad got me a Honda 150cc Dream. Also I had to get an operators license. I've been in love with two wheels ever since.

I really like your BRO t-shirt! BRO is happning as I type his in my backyard, the Sta Ynez Valley, by lake Cachuma. You showed surprisingly little enthusiasm over this purchase!!!! Hahahahaha! Enjoy your new toy, Doodle! When you do a jump, it would be good to throw your weight over the rear wheel so as to land on the rear wheel first. Landing on the front one, even if only slightly turned, can send you over the bars!

I started riding at almost 40yo. 😂 But my son has had a mini bike, Chinese dirt bike, Honda 350 xl, crazy predator go kart he would roll in the yard…😂. Now he rides a mint klr250 and my old Suzuki Marauder. He did a Predator engine swap on that mini bike and it was crazy fast too…with a tiny little brake.

My first bike was a pw50 I got when I was 4 and it had its fair share of wrecks but when everyone got a little older I think everybody in the neighborhood wrecked my xr80 😂 but it took it like a champ and kept going

Pfft. I have t-shirts older than you - you whipper snapper you. Find out where the nearest ER is, a LOT of times you not only break the bike but you break too. Things like collar bones, fingers and toes. Sometimes you only get road rash and stitches (means you have to try harder). Good luck!

I was brought up on Honda 90 bring the cows in to be milked . Beach rides yz426f wheelies 🤘🏽 Awesome you made me smile

Yeeeeeeee haaaaaaa.... 😁 Am doin just the same. Have one bike, a road bike, which I practice on. I ain't scared of dropping it but if, when I do it costs to repair even tho, YES, got crash bungs n everything. If it's your only ride, an indicator lense dropping out can be expensive n have to wait ! Not got my little "rat" yet but seeing delight on yr face makin me impatient 👌👏👍🤗

I didn't start riding until I was 42, okay so I rode a few times when I was 14 but 6 x half hour jaunts in a paddock don't count IMHO. So yeah meaning of life stuff... 👍😜

My love affair with motorcycles started with a 1972 Yamaha mini enduro model JT2 60cc when I was 10 years old. I’m 60 now. It’s been an awesome 50 years in the wind on 2 wheels.

I remember back in the 1980’s, ripping around the back alleys in my hometown with our Honda 50 mini dirt bike! We ended up getting a Honda 3 wheeler and a Honda quad too. My two brothers and I would rip around all day everyday. It was some of the most fun I can remember on 2…3…&…4 wheels! Now after watching this vid, I’m inspired to go get myself another mini bike! Thank you!

when I was young I rode a Honda s65. I'm here to say it hurts just as bad coming off a small motorcycle(mini bike) as it does off a bigger one. I also rode a Bultaco 250 Perang. If you don't have proper gear you can easily wind up pretty bad banged up

You looked so, just, laid back. You COULD have shown a bit more excitement and exuberance!

Hey Doodle, are you going to Babes in the Dirt? I just went to Central Coast BRO in Santa Barbara, it was my first time, it was so much fun. I've never ridden a dirt bike and when they mentioned they had Babes in the Dirt coming up Oct 20-22, here in Cali and that they had training classes that included the use of a dirt bike and gear, I signed up immediately. I've always wanted to learn and the stunts look like so much fun.

Ahhh I remember those days! Now I have supermotos! When you are learning to wheelie the #1 rule is to hover your foot over the rear brake AT ALL TIMES!!! Drill that into your head it will save you if you go too far back! The rear brake will set the bike down if you go past balance point. #2 rule is Do NOT hit the rear brake hard with the clutch lever pulled while in a wheelie. This will cause the front end to VOILENTLY smash back down and "mousetrap". Since its just a cheap Apollo ( I still have my apollo 140 ^_^ ) then it would be ok to experiment with these two things just to learn what can happen but please dont mousetrap from like 12 o'clock or you can hurt your wrists pretty good..... What you really want to do is start learning from a slow roll every bike has a sweet spot of where it will come up with ease but not too fast. On that bike being a 125 I would suspect a slow roll in first gear just fast enough that you have balance. Then keep gently revving the bike and popping the clutch until you figure out how much throttle input will loft the front wheel. Once you have found this point you need to keep increasing the revs little at a time until the wheel picks up to about 1ft off the ground and nothing more.... This will keep you safe while you learn to set it down. Now that you can pick the wheel up you need to practice doing this and hitting the rear brake to set it down..... clutch up... rear brake set it down.... repeat that several times.... you need to drill that rear brake muscle memory into your head because its not going to come naturally if you end up past balance point and you panic... The main thing people without that muscle memory do is duck waddle.... feet come off the pegs and you try and walk behind the bike.... its a natural instinct and your brain trying to save you but it wont work.... Keep your feet on the pegs and keep hitting the rear brake to set it down for a while. When you are comfortable with that try picking the wheel up higher and higher. Eventually with enough practice you will be able to ride them out! The first few times you reach balance point you need to rear brake and set it down to learn that feeling. Balance point is always a little scary at first especially on a full size dirt bike because you are UP there. You have to overcome your brain telling you this shouldn't be happening and causing a panic situation. So the first few times you reach that point you WILL know and need to be able to hit the rear brake and save it rather than panic. When you can reach balance point comfortably congrats! Now you just need to work on throttle input and brake input together and you can keep them going. You can shift up by lightly rolling off the throttle clicking up a gear and keep the wheelie going longer, but DO NOT clutch while shifting up UNLESS you are at balance point otherwise the bike will fall out of the wheelie when you pull the clutch as there is no longer torque to hold you up. You got this! Just takes seat time and the will to learn.

Had a 175 Yamaha Enduro that a bunch of us kids and adults with their bikes, we played "tag" with tennis ball. You had to hit the rider, not the bike! It was the most fun! Also had a 125 wombat combat that I raced with a neighbor. He had a 450 Mako. Have fun, be safe, and remember it still hurts to fall

So the pull start scenes with the Minibike were great... :-) More pull start please.... ;-)

As a kid my dad rode bikes and owned big road.bikes, my brother rode bikes., he jad a few dirt bikes. Me, i had nothing, i borrowed lots of bikes from friends who rode, borrowed my brothers occasionally. Now, in my mid 40s, i brought a 1988 xr80r ive been restoring. Goes with my other bike road bikes. Its a bike im sure i would of wanted back in 1988. Like you, ill be re learning dirt riding on a mini bike

I giggled through this whole video. I NOW want a dirt bike and I just barely bought an Indian Chieftain bagger! Look forward to seeing some wheelies!

My dad's property in northern Michigan has this huge solar farm being put in right behind it. Right now, it's just acres of loose dirt and big hills. Alas, I can only dream of ripping up and down those hills on a bike like this. Although, there's a Tractor Supply right down the road...

Welcome to the world of Chondas! We have a magician 250, tao tbr7, and lifan KPX 250 over here in Buford if you wanna try out some of the Chonda world. You could've gotten the street legal magician 250 for what you paid for the Apollo :P

Like anything you get what you pay for! Last year i wanted to buy my daughter a scooter, i looked around and found prices of around 4000. So i settled on a Chinese one i found on Amazon. It saidntop speed of 45 to 50 mph, gettingnit to 30 was only possible downhill! And if your looking to stunt you want quality, nothing like doing a stopie and the forks snap! Please be safe!

I've been riding for 50 years and have all kinds of bikes but 6 months ago I bought a Yamaha 125 Zuma Scooter. I ride it all over town. It's nice to have big bikes and little bikes. Little bikes are a blast to ride.

I had a mean green Kawasaki KV75 at seven, still riding 50+ years later. I keep eyeing a Honda Trail 125 to screw around with.

Saw your cameo on the bearded mechanic. ❤️ And you're a member of the Sherf dept!! I love when my favorite RU-vidrs Easter egg each other.

i practiced shifting with a chinese pit bike. now i have a 750 honda magna....but in reality, i enjoy riding the pit bike more...the only problem is its not street legal

It brings back so many memories. His bike looks like a suzuki jr50. My first bike was a jr80. It needs work but I still have is 22 years later.

Invest in all of the padding you can get your hands on. Part of learning, especially stunting, involves crashing. Dress for the crash. When learning wheelies the rear brake is your best friend. If you find that your front wheel is too high, tapping the rear brake will always bring it back to earth. Most Stunters add a finger lever to engage the rear brake. The finger lever gives you more control than a stiff boot on a pedal. There are 2 parts of your body that will be contacting the ground if you wheelie over. Your knees and the palms of your hand. Be sure to pad them up. Remember it took the rest of us decades to learn, don't rush yourself and always practice in the dirt. It is more forgiving than pavement.

shoot im 30 and still rip my 150 pitter around. they're a blast I honestly prefer my mid size 150 such a blast to rip around the trail on. Dont get me wrong I love my big bike but nothing beats being able to throw around a bike like its nothing

It's shorter to say that we did anything and everything on mini bikes back in the 60s,and early 70s... Nothing was too big,bold,or dangerous,and we would even carry a filled metal gas can with one hand whenever we set out on an all days journey,or riding in the big woods,or across the county..

That's how I learned to ride back in the early 70's. Bicycles came first. Briggs and Stratton hard frame mini bikes through corn and bean fields and down rail road tracks, along cow and horse trails, little bikes are a lot of fun.

Me and my brother had chinese quads, and we would terrorize our village and the neighboring ones. The kids loved it though 😂. We'd play around on the dry river bed nearby, they definitely didn't have hp for it.

If you’re looking for REAL fun with your new mini dirt bike, put some street wheels and tires on it and get it registered. I bought the 125 with the headlight, added street tires and a taillight and got a license plate. WAY more stable on the road and you can take it anywhere legally! When I want to trail or dirt ride I just put the original tires back on and it’s right back to a dirt bike!

My first bike was a 1978 Yamaha 250 enduro when i was 15..... it was a fun bike to ride in 1980

I think YOU just sold more mini-bikes than Honda ever could! (there's one in my future!)

This is so awesome doodle but I'm really not happy about him not taking Larry, SMH boys.

I'm totally in your camp having learned road bikes only. From my 20's to 50s now. You enjoy! So much fun to watch. Get some pads though 😊we don't wanna see you too beat up.

New to kickstarting… trust me wear boots, you’ll thank me later after the first “kickback”. Congrats on the bike.

To fix your window you need to get a new pane of glass the same size. Then you chip out the old glaze and remove the triangle shims that old the glass in place. Then you take out the old glass. Pop in the new glass. And you put the shims back into place and put in some new window glaze. And paint to match your window. And you should be good to go on your window. I worked in Georgia near Atlanta and worked on some windows.

Doodle’s husband is the luckiest man in Hotlanta💯🔥✔️❤️ Does he know that?!?🤔

I had a 89 kx 80 and we had a lot of construction sites around and nobody cared if we rode there so we would make jumps on all the big dirt piles and we eventually made our own track. All my friends had dirt bikes too this was when I was in middle school back in Naperville IL

Way to show the local shop! Dirt Cheap has saved my booty plenty of times for spare parts on my kid's rides. Awesome! Braaaaaap!!!!

I was a bit crazy and would occasionally ride on the golf course ( which is great place to ride) however the golfers were a bit upset with me and I may have been chased by the cops a few times. Lol Love your enthusiasm, be safe!

Your back yard is perfect to learn all that. The grass is softer to land on .😂😂😂 nice bike , enjoy your childhood.👍

I just got a KLX300 and I have to say - it's my favorite bike. Small bikes are rad.

Your husband sounds and looks really familiar to me. I think he looks and sounds like another RU-vidr I watched

Ol Sears an Roebuck catalog mini bike with a Briggs an Stratton motor, early 70’s 🤟😎

You gonna need a hitch for your car to transport your dirt bikes. They have ramps to hold your bikes on the hitch Or Trade in for a Toyota Tacoma, ford rangers. Some kind of small truck

Wish I had a mini bike back in the day. Where I live, can't really ride one anywhere without the cops or someone freaking out.

I got an orion rxb125L recently and love it. Cant wait for my sumo wheels.

Good point in the beginning. When I was a kid I rid bmx bike's and did ramps and crazy stunts. I remember trying to ride in tight circles on a bmx bike and I would have to move my butt over to one side to get a tight turn. I just got into riding motorcycles and all that stuff helped me.

Lol, he deserves to ride ladybug ( 8:11 ) if he's so worried about appearing emasculate.

I love the bikes and beards t shirt LOL and your right about that like Adam Sandoval says life is short by a motorcycle