Hey mike, glad to see you are looking to get another bike. It may be a little much, but colonial cyclesports have a 04 R1 with 4k miles, in nice shape for $8k. I thought it was a pretty good deal they are gonna put new tires on it to. Also have you been to burchams and seen the new R6? BadASS!!!! The new gsxr also has the shorty pipe on the sport edition. I would try burchams, they are usually a little easier to get financed, what makes it hard is the markup they have around here on the bikes, so the financer will come up short if the loan is defaulted. I would take the extra trip to N.C. and save an extra grand or 2. Ill ride down to N.C. with you, i love just going to different bike shops and looking, i go to all the local bike shops at least once a month. Lata, Dave