damn, you got some bad luck with bikes lately. After reading the first part of the post, I kept thinking "this is why I love 2 strokes" lol. At least your current problem can be fixed in a couple hours for a couple hundred bucks.

**EDIT** I just finished reading the rest of your post....that sucks that you traded for a bad apple, but at least you have a 2 stroke now. 2stroke>4stroke oh, but you shoulda went green...