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to talk to Walker when he got
out of yelling range was a great
feature and also proved useful
for changing the power settings.
Within an hour of riding time,
Walker was ready to up the pow
-
er to level two and do a 10-mile
group
ride out to a mine and eas-
ily kept up. He rode the bike sev-
eral times each day throughout
the weekend camping trip and
continued to gain confidence.
He started catching air off small
jumps and could negotiate sandy
and rocky washes. He talked
his dad into power level three by
the end of the first day of rid
-
ing. Walker rode the bike several
times at different
locations, and
he got to where he was riding it
wide open on some small tracks
in the open dirt areas around our
neighborhood.
Next up, we had the two more
experienced riders spend some
time on the Hyper Bee. Six-year-
old Kyler, who rides a Honda
CRF50F, could barely touch the
ground on the taller Hyper Bee.
But his riding experience was
quickly evident as he immedi
-
ately took off on his backyard
track
and was sliding the rear
wheel, and he caught air off
the jump. He said he likes to
slide, and the suspension was
much better than his CRF50,
which bottoms out off the jump.
His older brother, Landen, who
is soon to turn 8 and rides a
Kawasaki KLX110R, fit the bike
perfectly in the low 26-inch seat
height setting. He, too, was im
-
mediately comfortable on the
bike at
the second power level.
Both experienced riders asked
for the level three power setting
and could easily control it due
to the great throttle modulation.
They got their dad to take them
out for a ride in the nearby open
