# 50cc bikes **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/50cc-bikes/194273 "2007-12-18T09:58:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/50cc-bikes/194273/7 "2007-12-18T13:31:40Z")
> [@Just moved to Lockport from the DC area](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-moved-to-lockport-from-the-dc-area/33947/68): > > thanks > > when I get it home, I will try the loosening of the cable first and see how that goes. > > I kinda just want to teach then not to open the throttle all the way, but I also don’t want them wheeling the bike the first time and scaring them from doing it. > > What’s the preferred way of teaching a kid how to ride a bike? I never had a bike or learned how to ride, so I have no idea. ☹ just don’t yell at him. my kids got 50’s 2 yrs ago. one was 5 the other was 6. i yelled at my youngest while trying to teach him to just go fast enough to balance. he fell over and refuses to ride it saying he wants a quad. my oldest is on a kx65 now. you said it’s a honda 50, so it should be a 3spd autoclutch. just put it in first, and don’t let him shift it yet. that will restrict speed some. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/50cc-bikes/194273)._