EP#52 - 2026 Yamaha TT-R110 tested by a 6, 8, 10, 12 and 40 year old!

We grabbed the 2026 Yamaha TT-R110 to see if it is the most versatile bike on the market. Can a 6, 8, 10, 12 and 40 year old ride the same bike! We put it to the test, here's what we thought. 

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to the ADB podcast where we talk all things dirt with your host, Mitch Lee. Is there a bike that can cover an age range of 40 years? Well, we reckon the Yamaha TTR110 could be that bike. I'm Mitch Lees, I'm the host of the ADB podcast, and we have a 2026 Yamaha TTR110 to test. Now instead of just giving it to say a 10, 12 year old and just getting it right around the paddock, uh, we thought we would employ all our testers to do this particular bike, which would be a bit of fun. We got a six-year-old, an eight-year-old, a ten-year-old, a twelve-year-old, and a 40-year-old to see what they thought of the Yamaha TTR110. Now, that is probably the biggest range of testers you could get on any bike that we can think of. Uh you know, there are slightly bigger bikes, 125s, 110 uh 230s, and there are slightly smaller bikes in the 50s, but an adult at 40 isn't really going to be out of rider 50, and a six-year-old probably isn't going to be out of rider 125, that'll be slightly too big. But the TTR110, is it a bike that can do everything? Is it a bike you can hand to your you know 16 kids and say, fight over this, I'm not buying you a second bike, and they can all kind of ride it. Well, we thought we'd give our testers uh the opportunity to find out. Uh yeah, so that's what we've done. So we're about to uh stick the microphone just after, under the nose of our testers, just after they got off the 2026 Yamaha TTR110 to see if a six-year-old could ride this bike, get his feet down, understand uh the concept of the gearing, you know, is it too heavy? Right through to a 12-year-old, she's racing an 85. Can she have fun on it around the farm? And of course, as adults, we couldn't help ourselves with get on it, do wheelies, we do jumps, all that kind of fun stuff. So here's what our range of testers have thought, and uh can they can a TTR110 cover the biggest uh range of testers on of any bike? Uh but before we get into that, I do want to thank Dunlop. Dunlop sponsors the show with the AT82 tire. It is a multi-directional tire, meaning you can switch it around and you can get a different traction from a different side of the knob, depending on whether it's hard or soft terrain. So rather than bringing two sets of tires, you can bring one. If the terrain goes from soft to hard or hard to soft, turn the tire around and you'll get better traction. So that's the Dunlop AT82. Go and check it out, it's a pretty cool tire. We're testing one now at the moment on our long-term test bike, and we're gonna come back to you with a full review on what we thought of that tire later on as well. But anyway, without further ado, let's rip into this 2026 TTR110. Can it cover our age range from 6 to 40 years old? Here's what our testers thought as soon as they hopped off the bike. Okay, that's it. We're gonna wrap up today's testing on the TTR 110. You can tell that the kids have had lots of fun. There's been some slipovers, but it's been muddy, it's been slippery, and they've actually done pretty good considering the conditions aren't the grippiest with all the rain we've had. So I'm gonna start with Skyla, Skyla's 12. She's probably a bit uh beyond this bike in terms of skill level. This is good for um you know farm bike or or um home bike or for beginners. Uh, but and she's also 12, so she's maybe a little bit too tall for it. But Skyla, tell us what you thought of the TTR 110.

SPEAKER_04 3:08

Uh I like this bike, it was really fun to ride. Um I do like how you don't have to kickstart it like on an 85 and I reckon it's better farm bike.

SPEAKER_00 3:17

Yeah, definitely better farm bike. Yeah, and compared to your 85, it'll feel a lot softer and go here in power.

SPEAKER_04 3:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:24

Uh no trouble getting the gear lever with your size, your boots, you could change the gears, everything was fine. That's important to note because we have noticed with some of the smaller kids they struggle to get their boot under the gear lever, but I guess we'll get to that when we get down to Jack's. Um I'm gonna move along to Henley. Henley is 11, uh, she currently rides a 65, probably stepping up to an 85 in a year or so. Henley, what were your thoughts on the TTR1 too?

SPEAKER_03 3:45

I like it, it's fun. Like you said, it's more of a farm bike, like the power's not that good. Um, and yeah, I can slip my foot under to get the gears, it's really good.

SPEAKER_00 3:56

Okay, uh, and in terms of power, it doesn't do anything scary, it's not abrupt, but it kind of the power once you get in the third gear, it goes fast enough in third gear.

SPEAKER_03 4:04

Yeah, it does. Once you like put it halfway, it starts going fast.

SPEAKER_00 4:09

Okay, and brakes, we're using drum brakes on this bike. You found the brakes were okay, you could get the foot brake pretty comfortably and you can get the handbrake?

SPEAKER_04 4:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:16

Okay. Alright, we're gonna move along down to Blair. Blair is a yeah, I got that right. Eight. Uh Blair, you were getting around the grass track pretty good, which was awesome. Um, how did you find the power? What do you think of the thrott the throttle and turning the power on with your hand?

SPEAKER_02 4:32

Um I think it was good.

SPEAKER_00 4:35

It was good? Uh didn't scare you, was nothing scary about it.

unknown 4:38

Um no.

SPEAKER_00 4:39

And so you're just tall enough to get your feet on the ground. Did you you had to stop a few times? We actually ran out of fuel uh and Blair was on the bike and she had to just stop and and we had to put it into reserve. How did you go with getting your feet on the ground at your height and your age?

SPEAKER_02 4:53

Um, not so good.

SPEAKER_00 4:55

Okay, so it felt a little bit like it's a bit heavy, it's a little bit too tall for you. Okay, so remember Blair's eight, um, so maybe that'd be the younger end of the scale for the 110, but power seemed to be okay. I think we're gonna step right down to Jax. Jax, you're gonna be the last one to tell us what you think. Jax is has just turned six. Um now the 110 is definitely not designed for six-year-olds, that's probably more the TTR50. But Jax, tell us what you thought of this bike. What did you like?

SPEAKER_02 5:18

Well, normal life how it's not very jerky, and it's not like my beta how it's like very powerful when you take off.

SPEAKER_00 5:27

Okay, uh, that's good. So it's it's not super powerful. He's got a beta electric balance bike, it's quite jerky.

SPEAKER_02 5:32

Um only thing that I normally like about it because it's soft.

SPEAKER_00 5:37

It's soft, the suspension. Okay, the suspension feels soft and the seat. And how did you go getting your feet on the ground?

SPEAKER_02 5:45

Oh bit hard.

SPEAKER_00 5:46

It was a bit hard, and did you you could pick it up, you crashed a few times because you couldn't get your foot on the inside to dab it. Um, so you'd crash in the slippery stuff.

SPEAKER_02 5:53

It's very heavy.

SPEAKER_00 5:54

It's heavy, yeah. So it feels heavy for a six-year-old too. So he could do it, struggle to get his feet on the ground. Briggsy had to help him taking off a few times, and then when he crashed, he could lift it back up, it was heavy, but it's just a bit too big for a six-year-old. Um, Briggsie, as the father of the three girls here. Uh, who do you think would suit best? What do you think of them riding it?

SPEAKER_01 6:12

Um, I actually like riding it, so they're just such a versatile bike, especially with the four-speed automatic gearbox. You can just put it in third, it's not too jerky, which I this that's what I sort of do for Blair. The old older two can change gears. Even Jack's, I left it in third so that he could just take off without that little bit of a you know whiskey feel in the second, which is a bit more aggressive. Yeah, and with these two, they can't change gears. So third gives them that option where it's fast enough to keep them happy on the straights, but it can still labour out of corners enough, like fork it probably too much. Yeah, uh, but yeah, it's a great little bite. I think it's a it's for everyone to be honest. Maybe that eight-year-olds and up is about where you want, it just depends. Some eight-year-olds are a bit taller than sort of Blair, and some are shorter. So I'd be leaning towards a like eight-year-old boys, I think it'd be fine. Yeah, um, a bit stronger and taller, um, and probably a lot more aggressive and less scared. So, uh, but yeah, I think it suits all kids, right? Up to us adults who want to follow our kids around on on the mini bikes as well and just have a bit of a play, so yeah, great little bike.

SPEAKER_00 7:14

And no clutch factor uh as a parent is important, and also because you know, I think obviously Skylar Skyla's getting used to a clutch now.

SPEAKER_01 7:21

She's yeah, so these girls both ride. Henry's got a YZ65, Skylar's got a KDM85, and they're fine with the clutches. Yeah, uh, I'd tell them to not rely on it or use it anyway. We're pretty big without a clutch, but yeah, they're fine, they can take off, stop, all that sort of stuff. So but it does give that bonus of they can just have fun and ride and not think about things. So I do like that.

SPEAKER_00 7:42

Yeah, yeah, you can just go out and have fun. You could probably trail ride, maybe some harder stuff that otherwise might be tricky with a clutch, and the electric start is massive, it does have a kick start in case the electric start dies, but we've had it for a couple of months now, and obviously no problem. So the electric start's a big one, we don't have to chase them around the paddock to get the bike over. Definitely, um, like Bridgie said, super reliable. This is the TTR range from Yamaha, and they've been around for decades and they are absolutely bulletproof. They aren't a performance bike, drum brakes, you know, the different uh uh setup for the swing arm uh and the air cool motor are not performance parts, but they're excellent as farm bikes, like the kids said, and for getting around trail riding, maybe at your local uh ride park. Um, and yeah, that they they'll they'll be pretty good for kind of moving cattle around if you're big enough. We think they're good for that eight through to probably 15 year old, like Briggsie said, even as adults, you can have a heap of fun on a TTR 110 as well. So that's what we think of this bike for now. Uh, we might do a little bit more testing on it over the next couple of months, especially with someone who suits it better and let you know how it goes. Otherwise, there's the TTR 110 review.