KTM
SX-E 1.20

10–12 years · 580 mm seat

Balance first

No pedals, no clutch: a child learns to push, balance and coast with both feet near the ground, then adds the throttle once the brake is understood. A 580 mm seat suits an inseam of 61–66 cm, riders up to 50 kg.

• 580 mmseat
• 10–12 years

15 kg

Light weight

At 15 kg with the battery the bike is well under half the rider's own weight — picked up and managed alone after a fall, lifted into the car by a parent without thinking twice.

• 15 kgready to ride

Factory look

Graphics

Orange with KTM Factory Racing-inspired graphics and a set of number-plate decals — 1, 2, 25 or 557 — so the smallest rider in the family looks like the one on the podium.

Full aluminium, Manitou fork

Frame

A heat-treated, TIG-welded aluminium frame with proprietary shaped tubes, an 80 mm Manitou J-Unit fork up front and chunky 20-inch tyres — as close to a dirt bike as a balance bike gets.

• 20"wheels

Hayes Dominion A2

Hydraulic brakes

Hydraulic disc brakes front and rear by Hayes — with 32 km/h available in the top mode, real stopping power matters, and the levers are sized for a ten-year-old's hands.

Feet up

Footrests

Fold-out footrests for the moment a rider stops pushing and starts riding — feet up, knees in, the first motocross stance.