Shenanigans

I'm pretty sure that motorcycles have to be viewed as disposable.

I have a 2001 bike that I was planning on selling. I guess I technically still am. But before I sell it, I wanted to get it back to fully running. Yeah. Not such a good idea.

My bike was bought, new, for about $6,000 before taxes. Now I'm looking at AT LEAST $750 to get it back up to par. And that's barring any any unforeseen expenses. So I'm looking at almost 1/6th of the bikes original cost to get it running again. That's absurd. It's not like anything is horribly wrong with it, either. The carbs need to be cleaned, it needs a new set of tires, a new chain, and the fork seals replaced. It's times like this that I wish I had pursued mechanics instead of programming.

My local store charges $70/hr for labor. The best I've been paid is $38/hr. It just sucks.