yea me too, and also love to work on em (I am a Smith)
here is my "old" GS500E from 1999 I made a few changes on (old pic`s tho, just notice, I made a few changes since then, like a new seat, rear disc, gear/break peddles aluminum mesh in the holes in the rear end and side panels aso)
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bike`s and car`s for that mater is soooo expensive here in Denmark (180% tax !!!!!)
so a nice big new 1000RR bike easily cost you +50K $ to put on the street and even the smallest HD would cost like +40K and up .. mine cost me less then 5K
and a few K for the "black" paint job and parts