Maybe leave it on layaway for the month to see what happens.
How long do you have left at that job? Are they giving you any kind of severance.? If you have some time before you are let go, maybe something will come a long quicker than you think..
I think Tech jobs have been tough to find, but they say the jobs are coming back(haven't seen it here in Florida yet) even though all you hear is about the outsourcing.. Florida unemployment tops out at $275 a week, so it was only good for helping pay the insurance..
Bottom line is you have to go with what will make YOU financially comfortable.. B If you find a job right away, you will kick yourself for letting the bike go. If it takes awhile to find a job, you will kick yourself for buying the bike.. Whatever you do, don't look back.. As the cliché goes, hind site is twenty twenty