I just put this sentence in bold "if there were something seriously wrong with the engine it would show up well within the two year warranty" and agreed. With Kymco's rep I don't think I would buy into any extended warranty unless I was going to put some serious miles on it or beat on it everywhere I went. However, I have the type of luck that if there were 1000 DT's in a warehouse with only one being defective I would pick it EVERYTIME...hence topping out at 8100 RPM and only 85 MPH indicated.