yes its genuin the guy is a dealer but told me that he makes his livimg from repair work but needs to sell so many motors a year to keep the franchise he showed me his price list book hes making about 50 bucks on each cause it cost him 100 bucks for shipping on each one the 15 is still in the crate he hasent unpacked it yet also told me he would take payments until it was paid for just wondering im not real versed on the price of new motors i guess i might be buying it the 15 i mean have to be real nice to my wife ill send her to bingo or something