Well up here in Canada a 2008 250 ex MSRP is 6500.00. Nice bike plus it has shaft drive. I imagine down in the states it would be in the $4000 range. Check Honda USA it should have te MSRP for it. THere might be rebates or something to from Honda this spring.

 

I'm a Chinese. I work for a Swedish company as purchasing man in China. According to my experience, you should consider big brand Loncin,Linhai or Hawai. The are professional in ATV manufacturers. If you worry about the parts supply, I suggest you can try to contact Visail indsutry (Group) Inc. when you have parts problem with dealer. Visail is a parts manufactuers group. They supply parts to Lifan(The No.1 exporter of motorycle/ATV in China).Zongshen(partner of Harley and joint with Piaggio),Loncin(partner of BMW),Jialing(the Joint venture wiht Honda) and Jianshe(The joint venture with Yamaha). Personal opinion, Jianshe is the best ATV maker in China,but it's price is high for its YAMAHA engine. Loncin or Linhai is the second. Hawai is new in ATV manufacture.But it grows fast.And it makes details of the products in good way. The performance/price rate is the highest. I also recommend you could buy parts from Visail directly. I'm sure the prices of some parts are lower than from your dealer,even add the shipping cost. When you buy ATV, you must know who is the right maker. Jianshe is the best at 400cc up ATV. Locin and Linhai are good at 250cc. Hawai is under 200cc. For your situation,I suggest you buy a loncin250 or Linhai 250.