What Should a Motorcycle Paint Job Cost?

Thanks again everyone for all of your input. Yesterday I was in a part of town between jobs that has a bunch of body shops. I hit up four shops in about 45 minutes and the estimates ran from a low of $650 from a guy that really didn't even want to do it with a completion date of "Maybe April", to a high of $1100!!! AAAAcccck!

Here's the deal, the low bid guy would take forever and gives no guaruntees on the work. I would need to bring the items in ready to paint.

The high estimate guy is a biker himself, offers a lifetime warranty, uses only "House of Kolor" paints, prefers to do the strip and dent repair himself to avoid any issues with incompatible primers or epoxies, price includes 5 coats of clear, cut and buff, gaurantees no orange peel, finished job comes with mixing chart with paint codes and a bottle of touch up, has been in business in the same location for over 35 years and the price includes bodywork. He also gave me a bunch of coffee and homemade fudge that his wife made (with nuts dammit) and a tour of the shop showing me some of the custom bike stuff he's doing now plus the work he does for local Porsche dealers.

Hmmm......