Damn man, sounds like you have had your plate full for sure. Seems crazy to me that housing would be that much more expensive in freakin Ohio
Hopefully everything will settle down for you and the family can settle in and be comfortable again.
I hear ya on the upgrades. I've thought about the Ultra Plenum/exchanger swap, just so I can make a little more power on pump gas but....for no more then what I ride it, and even less so race it, I can't justify the cost. Plus that's Ultra stuff is insane expensive....
As for interest in the hobby, we'll I kind of lost interest in bikes in the 10'-13' range, then I got a wild hair to buy an s1000RR in Aug 13' and I was hot to trot on bikes for about a year, then lost interest again.
So a buddy of mine was really wanting to get his first bike, he took MSF and got his license. We then found him a virgin 2005 GSXR1000 with 1400 original miles on it in Austin. I took him to get this pristine stock bike, and just seeing his excitement and enthusiasm for beginning in the sportbikes hobby/lifestyle really sparked an interest in me, kind of like getting back to the basics and reliving that passion over again. During this time, I started feeling nostalgic about my busa and planned the resto..
Now I'm trying to resist the urge to buy some vintage sport bikes I've always wanted... (98' TLR, 98-99 SRAD 750, and a few others..)
My C5Z build really derailed my bike passion but....I feel it coming back hard. I've been working out/dieting, bought new gear and setting up group rides again.
I can't wait to take the busa out on its maiden voyage.