I am lucky. I sell parts so they are not to expensive for me. If I need something special I use my peeps in Taiwan or Japan. 5k invested in a scooter. I think im gettin dizzy. hehe
I keep an excel spredsheet of everything I have done to my 86ish Spree. Grand total right now, including the cost of the Spree itself is $985. Havent added the crank bearings and associated parts to the sheet yet though, as they have not arrived. I add it to the sheet after install. I will definitely be over $1000 next week. Pretty ridiculous considering I probably couldn't sell it for more than $300 (no title), even though its pretty much restored 100% to factory (except for the BBK). It gives me something to do though, so its worth the money.
Wow sanjuro. That is one clean AF24. d*** dude. I only imported a few off the AF24 dio's from Japan and actually prefered the AF18 over the AF24. But d*** dude that looks like it rolled right out of the factory floor yesterday. Nice job!!! that is one of the cleanest dio's I have ever seen.