Absolutely. It's a horrendous amount of work. The only reason I even contemplate it is that I have the equipment and facilities to do it up north here if necessary, and have done cars, motorcycles, and bikes in the past. I don't have enough experience, however, to be any more than mediocre at it. I never get to skip the colour sanding and compounding.

Paint is also ludicrously expensive to buy. I remember I did my old Honda back before I moved out west in '95. I put over $1000 just in paint products onto it to do it properly. If I didn't already have some of the paints required currently, I wouldn't buy new stock just to do one bike frame.