I'm not going to go into a which one is better between the two. I agree that the Taurus is the top of the heap with any of the 50cc engines.

As for cloned being better than original? In at least two cases I can say this is true. Some original manufacturers get their products out there, advertise heavily, give a bunch away to top competitors to obtain increased exposure amoung peers, and suddenly they are perceived as "the best". Unfortunately they often fail to eliminate all the deficiencies, or have manufacturing and assembly issues that they don't keep up with. Don't forget that the design, the manufacture, and the assembly are never the same location. I seriously doubt if any two of those operations are ever together at the same place.

So, with one engine the clone addressed and resolved a serious induction issue that has plagued it from the beginning, and the other clone paid attention to detail and eliminated numerous quality control issues that have been a problem forever. This has provided the consumers with a better engine than the originals simply because the cloning manufacturers WANTED to produce a better engine. My question now is, if the new products are better than the originals, are they actually clones or updated and improved technology? Hmmm. Just like the originals, only time will tell us about durability.

As previously stated, none of them, original or cloned, can hold a candle for the Taurus 52 to run by. They'll be left too far behind.