AJP RP5 250 enduro bike for $4700 new.

Just common sense really ... These bike companies here (chinese brands) are trying to produce what you are describing ...Not sure if they actually have a business model and are targeting specific people, but many businesses do such a thing.

You want the easy way to reduce the distance between the ground and your feet? Use smaller diameter rims! Along that common-sense line, most of us do not need 10, 11, or 12 inches of suspension travel. All that excessive suspension travel is detrimental and serves no real purpose to many of us.

I think these bikes are cool as hell. I'd like to have one myself if my XR250 ever died. Basically the same bike it sounds like. I love riding that bike on gnarly trails and steep hill climbs. It's easier to ride than my Beta a lot of the time for that kind of stuff.

Low seat height is perfect for the Ladies and Teens who want to trail ride and have no dreams of being the next Supercross Star.

Yep, many just wanna ride a motorcycle. Its fun riding a bike and its provides freedom at a low cost

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I think I wrote this out here before, but I can remember times before the 3-wheeler invasion ... Many, many people who were afraid to ride a motorcycle, all got a 3 wheeler when they arrived because it was so much easier to ride than a bike. (A 3-wheeler is really a tricycle with an engine )

I'm still not sure how I survived my childhood because of a Big Red 3-wheeler. I swear that thing was out to get me most of the time. My daredevil tendencies didn't help though.

That balloon-tire suspension had not been perfected yet on the early models

I don't see a CA dealer or any signals or specs regarding a "dual sport" street legal, emissions certified, etc... yet.

I like that swing arm. You could stuff a tool roll in there.

They are not certified street legal, but they have all the equipment. I think they are legal in other parts of the world, but I think it takes a lot of money or rigamarole to get them to pass here.
Importer says they can be plated depending on your luck.

27 Horsepower. 249 pounds. Delphi fuel injection system. Hmmm... Shave off a minimum of 15 pounds and a minimum of $1000 and you'd grab my attention.

YZ250F 40 horses, 231 lbs. -- wet weight. I think the sticker on the YZ is a little high at $7950. But it'd be hard to choose the AJP over something like the YZ. Maybe if I knew I could tune the Fuel Injection and ECU. Maybe get a good aftermarket exhaust. There isn't much info out there on these.

That's exactly how I see it too....race bike (YZ) with all the good and bad that comes with them vs the AJP fun care free (hopefully) fun play bike that you can ride and enjoy without all the tedious and required maintenance of the pure breed race bikes. Oh, the AJP's are also 2-3K cheaper, have a 2 year parts warranty, and a big deal to lots of trail riders ...a lower seat height . IMHO it's hard to make either bike act like the other and I don't think it would be worth it in the end anyway. I like it that we have different tools for different jobs.

You both make compelling arguments. I wonder where I could go test ride one?

Good question Cosmokenny. I want to test ride the P4 and P5. I 'd like to see if the even simpler air cooled P4 would make me smile. I have a feeling using it as intended it would.

I wish I could have a test ride on one of those bikes just for the fun of it. A simple play bike that is fun to toss around would be kewl... That little CRF 230 I had was fun and I'm sure this AJP would be just as fun.