cost of your builds

[tykenfitz]

So everything I've worked on up to this point I've tried to spend as little $ as possible on. I always think to myself, before I buy something, "If I were to sell this thing,would this purchase add to the value as much as it costs?" an for a while it's been working cuz I've been buying almost complete bikes and stuff and just giving them what they need so like a $30 chain makes my $10 cateye run and drive, so i could probably sell it for like $100.

but, I've been working on a project from scratch (http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6613) and the price is adding up fast (I estimate about $100 to finish it.) and it's starting to bug me.

So do you guys consider price alot when your building things?
Would you not go through with a cool project you started because of how much it would cost you all together?

If you were to build something like I am in the thread, how much would you be willing to spend on parts and stuff? (most of the cost is in the jackshaft setup)

 

[KieranM]

i bought a pocket bike, spent about 40 on it and hoping to sell it for 200 after bought it for 60. My quad rebuild is "built no bought" so everything that was missing is homemade, apart from the main things that cant be built lol.

 

[sideways]

Most of what I build is built out of parts from scrap yards. I have access to a metal lathe so I can make just about anything from a lump of metal, that keeps costs down nicely, generally the only things I have to buy are bearings, v-belts, chains and sprockets.

Hence the lawn mower engine with a v belt clutch built on an old ride on mower chassis. Haven't spent a dollar on it yet.

I save my money for my cars .

Thanks

Hayden