what the guy above said about madass's build quality is NOT exaggerated. I mhyself love these bikes, the design & feel are absolutely unique, but it is no secret that it will take at least another 2-3 years before these bikes are built decently. Being made in China, the quality still varies a lot from piece to piece (I myself have seen one in the neighbourhood which has passed 21,000 miles (!) without ANY problem) - yet there are various small niggles, and the build quality just ISN'T there. It helps a lot that the engineering behind it IS INDEED A GERMAN ONE (the author of the bike is Hartmut Huhn, a legendary Bike-engineer from Nuremberg). The engineering solutions are so good that the relatively shabby build quality is NOT so much of an issue.

Anyway, to anyone out there thinking about getting one - yes, get one, just enjoy its design & feel & practicality & fuel economy and DO NOT expect that it will be build/lasting as a Jap bike (the Madass is not even remotely close to Honda in terms of build quality, and it is even built worse than some top-notch chinese brands, such as Zongshen etc..).

But in spite of the build quality, IT IS INDEED great value for money. Let's put it this way: if it was built by Honda, and sold for a MSRP of 5,000 USD, it would be WORTH EVERY CENT.