Timsr90 that is a cool pic! My boy started off on a Meerkat, he thrashed it. I still remember the day he blew it up, he was 2 and he had crocodile tears and all I could say was i'll buy you a new one. Hung myself right there. Off to the 2 stroke zookie. Ya just don't see those bikes much anymore except at the fairs. I do agree with you 100% that these things are money pits. Unfortunately the entire sport has become that way. I hope all the turnouts in general improve, I'm not much of a stick/ball sport guy. Those parents drive me nuts! I'll take a min quad parent all day long over the peewee power trippers. That's what makes me chuckle the most when some hate on quads and others, they remind me of those that make an arse out of themselves and they don't even know it. We will prolly do one more year of quads and racing in general. Unless things improve quite a bit we are done, I'm tired of all the drama and worries about what time we are gonna get out, is the track gonna be safe and the peeps in general ain't what they used to be. I think there was a gap of teaching respect and common sense from when I left off. Sportsmanship is low and general family atmosphere is gone. I hope Oma can bring that stuff back more than anything. But it is about the people to fix that. That's the thing about this site, there are only a handful of folks that post and get involved and a lot of them come off strong. When the average joe reads this stuff they are not going to want anything to do with us and or the sport. I find myself not enjoying the sport because I honestly spend to much time reading some of the garbage that gets thrown around on here. A lot more will have to change for the sport to come back and we can't check idiots at the door. Time will tell, we are laying low playing football, basketball and baseball. Seeing what other interests I may peak for him. Lets face it this sport will get you nowhere but broke. Most will never move on or make a living at it. So that is why the local stuff has to survive and be fun yet competitive. The pic from JDunn disturbs me that he would even have that. Is that a picture of that Stacy feller that is always hatin on here? Lol. I kid, keep it light!