>Completely off-topic, Costco now carries a 6.5hp side shaft gasoline engine
>for $139...looks like a Chinese knock-off honda "clone". I only mention it
>because the price really caught my eye...

I saw that too.  It looks similar to the engine used in a Chinese-made
generator carried by my FLAPS, Lordco.  According to Lordco, the generators
have a  30-40% return rate due to engine problems.  Hopefully the Costco people
have done their homework and their engines are more reliable than that!

And no, I'm not anti-Chinese or anti-anyone.  Just reporting the facts as
they were reported to me.

tabe johnson/87 westy