Well UncleKudzu chin up, he may just have been passin thru. You may still be the first on your block.
I was just responding to Jasonh's remark about driving the prices up by talking about it or Jay Leno riding one on the Tonite show. CNN was just saying the wholesale was up almost 10% since a year ago. Of course those Chinese engine kits probably cost the Chinese 4 to 6 dollars of our money to make and package. Add to that the shipping which could ramp up the cost. So maybe when it gets here it can be purchased by a distributor for 15 to 20 dollars with price breaks for larger numbers. But for a older teen who wants one of these it'll probably set him back a couple hundred dollars for one of those kits.
Then there is the State Department of Motor Vehicles and their laws...or obsticle course.....to get thru. I'm sure they will want proof of purchase for motor and bike (like a boat), proof of insurance, and the rating on the personal drivers license. Then there's taxes. It will be about like owning a regular motorcycle. Now if you're just going to ride it around on your property that's different. But I'm betting that the more of these are seen out in public
the more demand there will be for them. Then we'll see if the "free market" drives the prices up or down. One thing for sure, there will be plenty of them
on the used market for parts.