I have worked on and rode many Kawasaki as well as many other brands and would not give up my Harley for any of them. The only thing that comes even close to the storage capacity of my HD is a Gold Wing and I have ridden quite a few them and you just do not have the leg protection as I do on my HD in cold or bad weather. All so the HD radio is MUCH better. LOL Yes the Gold Wing is much faster but I do not buy a touring bike to race and do not believe inj racing on the street is a good thing. Yes they all do the same thing but would you rather drive a low end Hyundai across the country or a top end Mercedes Benz. Personally I rather drive a US made car and I do as this is one of the problems with the economy. Now I will agree RC helicopters are totally a different story.

I have a friend that bought a KM Baja a HPI Baja clone and after replacing what he had to with the HPI parts it would have been just about as cheap to have bought a HPI Baja and would not have been near as much headache.

With the cheaper helicopters what parts have to be up dated with the T Rec parts? You can get a T Rex 500 combo only needing a lipo pack and a RX as I all ready have a DX6i for right around $500.
Thanks all for your suggestions and I do appreciate then input. I will be a while before I get any other helicopters just checking my options.