Like John said,"discretionary income." That's the problem. There is none round here. If I had it I would do it in a heartbeat. The thing is, they start at 850. That prolly gets you the same zero stretch, zero rake that paughco makes for the sporty. Which is cool but my "cool" is probably 1200 cool.
The other sledge hammer to the head is this. You are looking at...
new front end, tire, rim, bars, risers, hand controls,cables, brake line, wiring, foot controls, seat, head light, tank, front fender(if youre into that sort of thing), rear fender, struts, chain, rear tire, tail light, rear rim, and a bunch of other stuff that I'm too buzzed to think of, did I say bars?, yes I did. So add all that up and you just bought a new bike. But like I said, if I had it I would do it. Go Hardtail