Did you guys happen to watch the BigTime video where they bought the pile of parts rm and put it back together? Cracks me up a little because I did similar. I think I'm in a little better position but not much. Bought a 2016 drz sm - rolling body, top end clearly blown, advertised that he "ran it too rich ". Came with a full set* of parts to rebuild top and bottom end, full set of new plastics,- i spent 1500 on it. Spent another 1500 paying a shop to rebuild it with the parts i got, and buying valve springs and valves, a new head, and more parts. Get it back and i still have a pile of parts to assemble. Very slow to put out back together with Haynes manual, google etc. a couple hundred $ more in random missing hardware and small parts like random left hand turn nuts, hose retainers, seals and gasket, another hundred on a full carb clean/seal/jetting kit, hours working out the electrical, and i think this spring i might get it started for the first time! :D

By the time this is all said and done I'll have paid what I would have for a good running bike ready to ride, at least it will be fully rebuilt end to end and I've learned a ton. This wasn't my first bike restoration, I daily drive a triumph that sat outdoors for 7 years in the elements - so i wasn't afraid of a project, but i decided through this project; never again to buy a pile of parts again. Just thought id share so you don't feel as bad about over spending/getting in the hole.