Considered a Cheetah?
I also am looking and have my shortlist to the RV12 (which apparently has not been approved as LSA in the USA yet, perhaps thats why you can only purchase the wing kits at the moment) and the Morgan aero works Cheetah, an Australian made kit which apparently you can remove the wings in 10 minutes to trailer home.
Interesting, i am travelling to Oshkosh this year and plan to check this aircraft out in detail, will keep you posted.
Apparently they have not completed pricing on the entire kit as yet and are trying to come to an agreement with Rotax re engine pricing.
Hi, i have had a similar experence with the same engine where the coolant tank split and only was noticed by the temp guage. Hang in there dont give up just becuse of this, it sounds like you handled the situation well and landed safely.