Four years ago I made the final payment on my 12-plate Iron 883. I loved that bike, but for the last six months I'd been counting down until I could bankroll a new build. 

A lot of talented people I know helped me to bring the Mystic Queen to life and I covered the paint side of the job. However, even with all the goodwill in the world, you’re still entering the realm of big bills for bike parts, donor IDs and motors. Alongside those easily overlooked bits that you forget about while sat in the bath, trying to calculate how much this is going to hurt..