i was 16, i had rode quads before then but never owned one myself, like bigboy my parents wouldn't buy me anything that could potentially kill me. So once i started driving and got a good enough job i got a loan and bought my banshee. Now that i think about it i got screwed big time on it. I paid $4200!! Oh well, then it blew up about two weeks after i got it and i had no clue what to do so I payed a guy almost $700 to rebuild it. That was the last time i payed anyone to do anything for me (other than porting and boring). The first time i tore it down by myself was in my room on a desk, i layed everything out in order and put it all back together and now i know it like the back of my hand and have been doing ever since on everyones bike around my area. I am 20 now and I love it.