A few years ago when those clones just came out, Honda sued them over patent infringenent. Honda ended up settling for around 5 millon. I beleive the first ones where Predator engines. Over the years I had several customers that when there old B&S/TEC flatheads engines on (tillers/walk behing snow blowers), were past there prime as far as rebuilding. Had me repower with the 5/6 hp clones, with narly a problem. I have a 13hp clone on my 9000 watt generator and with several power outages in the last couple of years. It has run 24 a day, except for re-fueling and to change the oil up to 3/4 days and a week with no problems. My only comlpaint it is a gas hog.
