[winwun]

I tried to do business through AL, but quickly got frustrated for a number of reasons and wound up buying my bike from a west coast importer and so far, am happy with the deal.

After reading a lot of posts concerning AL and their practices, I have reached the opinion that they tried through PR, instead of customer service, to establish their position as the primary Lifan source, and as has been said, BS talks and action walks, and it didn't take long for people to realize that AL's promises were more style than substance.

I think they closed down their forum 'cause they were embarrased to be taking so much flak on their own site . . .