Thanks for the response. Yeah there is always more than one side to a story, so I certainly won't judge them based on those few posts. I put down $500 on a 2011 ktm300xc yesterday and plan to wire the remainder tomorrow. So far I have no reason not to trust the place, but when your talking over $8,000 it makes me slightly nervous - They will have all the money and I will not have the bike. I couldn't find the bike locally. That was the only place that I could find one nationally. I have never bought a bike that I didn't pick up in person. thanks, ted