Ah it depends;
You two are in america..?
A billion, in America, is a thousand million - as you say. That would be written
1,000,000,000.
Whereas yamaha dude and myself are proper trialers from UK, and therefore, interestingly, in England, the British define a billion as a million million. That would be 1,000,000 times 1,000,000 which would be written as
1,000,000,000,000.
i think this is rather pointless as the US dollar is worth half as much as a pound to start with but there you go... (yanks?!?)
That sherco 4 stroke does look pretty nice, but i dont think my piggy bank holds