Welcome! We have been having a few people with your bike joining us on chinariders.net This is ironic for 2 reasons: 1. The majority of chinariders members are N. American and 2. The V-Raptor is not available in the US or Canada--one prominent member is from Bulgaria and the other 2 or 3 are from Australia.

I suggest to join us on chinariders, too, just for the knowledge the V-Raptor owners can impart!

From what I understand, Skyteam obtained the license for the likeness to the Van Van and the RV90/RV125. We can get the RV90-clone bike in the US, but only with a 125cc engine (I know you guys get those in the UK, too). Skyteam seems to be more of an up and up company, so I am quite sure the design likeness is legitimate! Personally, I just wish Skyteam sourced their engines from Qingqi who make a licensed copy of the 125 and 200/ 250cc Suzuki engine. Instead, I believe they use Zongshen engines which copy the tried and true Honda cg125/cg200 engines.

From what I understand, and have gotten an answer to from Skyteam on Facebook, we are supposed to get the 223cc V-Raptor and the enduro in the US, which will be my next bike, or depending on how long we get them--my next, next bike.

ZCM888 is right--I thought you would have be a Yamaha owner for life due to your piano connection; my father gave my sister his long-owned Yamaha baby grand when he finally got his dream Steinway piano 4 or 5 years ago (he was born and raised in London, btw, but has lived in the US since '68).