<<...in withdrawal...>>

Yup. I built a CG Ultimate when the kit first came out in 1992. Flew it many years, then sold it and missed it terribly. I got the ARF when it came out, and will keep that one until it is no longer serviceable. I have semi-retired it twice now, using the engine and radio for another project, but it is hanging up in my spare room and WILL be resurrected yet again.

Bipes have a mystique that is difficult to quantify; but it will bite you. I'm about to begin a Great Planes Super AeroMaster kit, and have a Sig SkyBolt to do after that. There's a Thunder Tiger Sport Bipe ARF kit in the corner, for one of those "burn-out" periods we all experience when doing a complicated kit build. And I imagine I'll own some variety of Pitts M-12 before too long; that is one delicious-looking airplane.

I will second Bill's comments on the CG Ultimate. This airplane is a big p***ycat on low rates, and can be as docile as you want it to. It is unbelievable easy to land. The kit is easy to build, and the ARF is top quality. My kit-built had an OS 1.20, and the ARF had/has a Laser 150, both of which were just right for the airplane, IMO. I haven't built a Hog bipe, but I'm told it is much less complicated than the older Sig bipes; and it flies very well. It lands a bit hotter than the CG Ultimate, but that sort of thing can be very subjective; the one I flew might have been overweight.

At any rate, there is plenty out there for you to choose from. Bipes are cool. You won't regret getting one.