The Halls

I have written of now several times, but it continues to frustrate me.
My current desired bike is this one.
But I am also open to the Vstrom, due solely to price.
I have been obsessed with watching the papers, up to 7 different fourms dedicated to these styles/models of bikes, but I cannot find anything close by. I'm just too gutless to fly out somewhere with the intention to ride it back, not being able to test ride the bike first. I just can't get past potentially spending too much on the bike, possibly burning up a plane ticket, etc.
There's a lady who works in this building who has ~4 bmw motorcycles herself, and her husband apparently has several himself. I finally asked her where she thought I could get one, and she mentioned several places I hadn't checked, and offered to check with her "group" as well. So hopefully that will be more productive, as anyone she finds should at least be in this region, and I could drive out to it first.