VOLUME 62 ISSUE 30 JULY 29, 2025 P107
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here are so many choices available to
parents to get their kids into motorcycling
right now it's quite bewildering.
Back in the day, you would buy a cheap little
runabout two-stroke dirt bike to teach your kids
the ropes on a trail or your local track. Now,
with the rise of electric power, has come an
incredible array of bikes from a range of manu
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facturers most people have never heard of, so
it's nice when a longtime brand like Kawasaki
puts their hat in the ring.
That last point is particularly poignant. Kawa
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saki is the only one of the four major Japanese
manufacturers that has recognized and invest-
ed in this emerging kids' electric bike market.
They wouldn't release something unless it was
worthy of the name, especially when a first bike
and possible lifetime brand loyalty are at stake.
My boy, Harvey, has been in a fortunate
position, serving as a test rider for the last few
years. He started with Stacyc 16- and 18-inch-
wheel bikes and, more recently, the first Kawa
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saki Elektrode, released in 2022.
That 16-incher was Kawasaki's first toe in the
water for this potentially lucrative market, utiliz-
ing a 250W in-wheel brushless motor with three
modes that required a parent's assistance for
the child to increase speed.
FITS
JUST
RIGHT
KAWASAKI'S UPSIZED ELEKTRODE HAS OPENED THE
GATES FOR A GENERATION OF NEW RIDERS
BY RENNIE & HARVEY SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
