Duck,
here's what I am looking at...
rims $306 each x 2 = $612
wheels spokes $6 each x 72 = $432
labor to respoke and true $45 each x 2 = $90
grand total... $1134
I just saw a restored G3SS-C on a classified page for $1200, and it's pretty decent looking.
I doubt I am gonna bother doing it now. $1150 is a bit rediculous for a bike that isn't worth that much. It makes sense to me to just buy something that's already restored, and if I am not happy with the quality, I can redo little things, and save myself from having to buy a boatload of parts. Some jagoff wants $30 for a rusty shifter for the same bike. $10 more and I can get an NOS shifter. Some of this stuff is getting out of hand. I know bikes were never cheap, but when aftermarket kits for redoing the topend of a motorcycle are $600+, compared $299 to do a Ford 302 engine, I have to draw the line somewhere! It never made any sense to me that a new car costs $25K, a new bike costs $7K and the parts for the bike were almost always twice as much. I guess you really must have a passion for a certain bike to pay that much.
That's why I am not doing spokes.