There's a book! As soon as i found out flash forward was based on a novel. I stopped watching , read the book, and was very satisfied. It had everything that interested me in the series without all the nonsense. Joseph Fiennes character doesn't even exist in the book, the story revolves around Lloyd Simcoe and a few other scientist working at CERN. I wish I could have done the same for lost.

I live in Los Angeles and just bought 96 bandit 1200 with 27k miles for $2200. I think you could go as low as $1500 and still find a decent 500-600cc commute bike here.