sjanzeir, I'm sure that many of us have spent more on a bike than what it's possible monetary value could ever be.

Have fun with the bike, but I would remain realistic. You may want to take the approach I took with my beater bike; if it ain't broke, don't fix it, replace it, paint it,or upgrade it. I would change the drive train's ratio to something that's more to your wants and needs.

Brad