ronnie
Calm down and sail on
I'm going to give you what I think.. I think you should jump into it, if you end up getting frustrated and getting rid of the bike in 6 months that's fine and its your business and doesn't make you any less of the cool person you might be... BUT if you don't get rid of it, and you actually learn something and end up loving doing what your doing and the bike and get it fixed then the outcome is that much better. Before I got my first bike, I only had experience working on boats, gas engines and my shrimp boats diesels. So it was only a matter of changing of application. I bought my first bike restored for 1500, I was lucky to only have to rebuild the carbs and get new coils and plugs to get it going. Lucky for me also was that it came with a spare bike in pieces that is now my project. But I think if it were my sole bike (without a running bike) I would have gotten aggravated with it and pushed it to the side a while.
All I'm saying is this, these guys will give good advice on which bikes might be better than others. But ultimately its your decision on what you want. But my vote is go for it. pic one that interests you aesthetically, mechanically, and financially and ride it home. Find one that only needs small things(carb rebuild, oil change, new tires/battery/plugs), fix them, tune it up by the manual, and smile as you ride around on it. THEN worry about fixing things as they come..
All I'm saying is this, these guys will give good advice on which bikes might be better than others. But ultimately its your decision on what you want. But my vote is go for it. pic one that interests you aesthetically, mechanically, and financially and ride it home. Find one that only needs small things(carb rebuild, oil change, new tires/battery/plugs), fix them, tune it up by the manual, and smile as you ride around on it. THEN worry about fixing things as they come..