GMAX 220 IN THE USA!!!!

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GMAX 220 IN THE USA!!!!

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I was riding home from my after noon classes today, at the stop light RIGHT NEXT TO ME, a Gmax 220 efi pulls up. I looked 100% like this picture below

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To check to make sure it wasnt a repainted blur, I checked the new engine cover, slightly newer shaped turn signals, and the badges, they all check out to be legit.

Too bad the guy turned right after the stop light.

This guy must have imported it from Taiwan, or directly moved from Taiwan with his bike along.
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Man, you got me all wet with that thread header! Maybe it was one of the prototypes brought-in by Genuine to test...one can only hope. :)
I would have followed the guy and pestered him until he let me sniff it and touch it...or something... :P
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One thing I should have looked for was the rear mudflap since it's only available in europe and asian countries, I didnt even think about looking for it. But with all the positives leading me to seriously believe it was a gmax 220, it probably had the rear flap.
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I have heard a rumor that PGO is coming direct to the US. Genuine has done a good job getting some of there line up here in the US, but they have so many more models to choose from!!
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KS Power Nick wrote:I have heard a rumor that PGO is coming direct to the US. Genuine has done a good job getting some of there line up here in the US, but they have so many more models to choose from!!
I sure hope this is true because they do have a pretty good selection - everywherelse, just not here.
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Jfrost,
where in Ohio? did you see this scoot?
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bicyclerider wrote:Jfrost,
where in Ohio? did you see this scoot?
I saw it in person, he was next to me for a good 30-40 seconds at a red light. Same color scheme, same paint job, same "PGO Gmax 220" badges.

This was right outside of downtown dayton on Salem Ave around 2PM.
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What are the odds that anyone who even knows what it is would even see it? Especially in Dayton...

If you saw it in Cincinnati or Cleveland, I wouldn't be that surprised because Metro or POC could have a test bike or something, but it's blowing my mind it was near you. And afaik, while we've been seeing 220 photos for a while, it's just now coming out on the market in Taiwan, right?

The one I test rode wasn't that color, and AFAIK it's the only one Genuine had here.

I really hope PGO isn't coming in alone, and I really doubt it. However much we think the U.S. really needs the T-Rex and I'ME and G-Max 50 and a hundred more variations of the BuBu, it would be suicide right now, and it would really piss off Genuine.

TGB's importer was sorta clueless and a small player in a small market and TGB is huge internationally and in Taiwan, so it kinda made sense (but not even, really) for them to come in on their own, but PGO really isn't that big and Genuine is one of their bigger customers and clearly on the ball and doing a much better job of marketing in the US than PGO could do. I just don't see it happening.
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The 220i has been around for a little while; at least as far as I can figure. There's been some decent info on it for a while, so I'd say it's at the least one model year old.

Chances are, this was a personal import bike. Neat that there was a sighting, but probably not too big of a deal.
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The American flag bikini is a sign man...
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KRUSTYburger wrote:The American flag bikini is a sign man...
What's it say, what's it say?! I'm so confused!

It looks like the seat on that one is more intelligently designed... perhaps maybe even for an actual butt? Still waiting... I want to hear some definite confirmations about whether this is real or just a market test.
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Lostmycage wrote:
KRUSTYburger wrote:The American flag bikini is a sign man...
What's it say, what's it say?! I'm so confused!
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It's a sign....that either the girl or her manager loves the USA and decided for the model to wear it.

Also the silver painted muffler is new, I've never seen that before. The one I saw was black.
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Su-Su - the girl with 220i

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If I can get a PGO GMAX 220 here, anyone know how I can go about in title/registering it? Would it be possible, at all? It would have a foreign MCO and bill of sale.
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Why don't you just buy mine? It is just as fast, if not faster, less expensive, already registered here in the U.S.? I can't really think of any disadvantages?
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9900rpm wrote:If I can get a PGO GMAX 220 here, anyone know how I can go about in title/registering it? Would it be possible, at all? It would have a foreign MCO and bill of sale.
It's crazy expensive. I've done research on this and have tried it before, it's already near impossible to buy the bike unless you got a friend or relative who will buy it for you, and take it to be shipped. Then the rest is having tons of time and cold hard cash to get through the piles of paper work and testing.

It's much easier to just buy it if it comes to the USA.
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jfrost2 wrote:
9900rpm wrote:If I can get a PGO GMAX 220 here, anyone know how I can go about in title/registering it? Would it be possible, at all? It would have a foreign MCO and bill of sale.
It's crazy expensive. I've done research on this and have tried it before, it's already near impossible to buy the bike unless you got a friend or relative who will buy it for you, and take it to be shipped. Then the rest is having tons of time and cold hard cash to get through the piles of paper work and testing.

It's much easier to just buy it if it comes to the USA.
Getting it and getting it here isn't a problem for me. It's just the title/registration part I'm afraid of.
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Back in the mid 90's while I was living/working in Taiwan, I wanted to export a Yamaha 125cc, 2-stroke sports scooter back to the US because I rode one and it was really fast and handled really well. When I came back to the US for a couple of weeks, I called my local DMV to ask if this was possible. They told me there were two ways to do it:

1) Bring in two scooters. One goes to the DOT for testing and certification. It will most likely be damaged during testing. If it passes (unlikely) and I pay for all the testing/fees, the second one can be registered with a DOT sticker.

2) Disassemble the scooter in Taiwan and send it back as "motorcycle parts". Once in the US, reassemble it and bring it to DMV to register as a "special built" vehicle. I assume one has to remove any ID tags/badges before doing this.

I never followed through, though I wish I did. Sure was a sweet ride. :)
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