Yeah but there's always MORE you can ask!!! Did they make any other modifications to make it CA regulations compliant? Problem is you're looking to buy a product no one - not even the distributor - has laid eyes on. Sure, they've got in in boxes but unless they've really gone through the bikes to make sure the manufacturer has delivered what they spec'd, who the hell knows what you'll be getting?

Culcune (bless his cheap ol' heart) has tried a thousand ways over a thousand years to get a bike at wholesale price from distributors but so far had no luck. It could also be worth bouncing some ideas off him.

CC