kids and dirtbikes: yes or no?

[TXBikerGuy]

I'm probably biased because of my own personal experience--but I'm a big proponent of learning the mechanics of how to ride a motorcycle on a dirt bike. By the time I first rode a motorcycle in traffic, all I had to focus on were the road-related variables. Clutch, throttle and brake control were muscle-memory by that point. As were concepts like target-fixation.

I've known plenty of people who learned on the road and not everyone has the chance to learn on dirt--but all things being equal, learning on a small dirt bike has more pros than cons in my opinion.