I bought my son a 49cc Baja dirt bike for $450.00 in Sept. 07.By Nov. 07 the engine was not running properly. It would not idle. Soon as the weather started warming up and after being stored for the winter I took the bike to a factory authorized dealer to have it worked on. Note, the bike had a maximum of 10-15 hours of running time. The mechanic said it was the carburettor. He ordered a new one and put it on the bike. He called me later to let me know the new carburettor didn't fix the problem and the bad news was it needed a new engine. The mechanic sympathized with me because he acknowledge that the bike look like it had very little use on it and he assumed I had just bought it for a Christmas present. He told me he felt like the company should replace the engine. Later that week he called me to tell me the company would not replace the engine since it was past the 90 day warranty. He was very apologetic and repeatedly stated that he still thought the company should replace the engine since there was hardly no use on the bike. He said he would check to see how much a new engine would cost if I were to choose that route. Guess what? He called me back to tell me that a new engine would cost $300.00 plus $60.00 shipping. It will cost another $60.00 labour to install it on the bike. If my calculations are right that’s $420.00 which is only $30.00 dollars less than I paid for the bike new!!!
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