it took $1300 to get my shee going. that was about 4 months it took but its done now. i traded a running kx250 1986 for her. the kx was mint the shee was in boxes, blown up, missing parts, cracked cases, bad tranny and lots more. now its done and i love it. well, except for the cracked boot now but shit happens. sometimes it takes riders years to do a build. if you stick with it you wont be sorry.