Here is an interesting post on Thumpertalk...
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5228002#post5228002American Lifan is a Texas based importer who is trying to get exclusive rights to the US market. The problem is that the Lifan company in China will sell the bikes to anyone with the cash to buy a container full and that undercuts American Lifan's efforts to build a dealer network. Either way, a Lifan is a Lifan, made in the same plant, just imported through different channels.