</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I guess it's nice to have a surprise but it could mean lost sales. If I was in the market for say a 45hst, and I knew the close release date Kioti was coming out with one, I'd wait if I could. Not knowing Kioti would have such an animal, I would turn to other brands if the hst was that important.
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I rather agree with you. I would likely have waited a few months for a CK30HST had I known they were going to be on the market so soon after getting my CK20HST.
I think they are reticent to announce after it took longer to get the CK20 on the market than they had planned. Making all the changes necessary, making sure everything is up to snuff, etc. can sometimes cause delays, and maybe they don't want to make promises and then not deliver. I don't know, but it sounds feasible to me.
Oh, by the way, don't buy and HST from someone else just yet, it won't be too long. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
John