890 Duke R

[Liteitup]

Thanks for the tire recs.


I probably shouldn't tell off on myself, but we're all friends, right?

For the past month, six weeks I've been casually looking for one of these. Found one on a Houston forum that was completely decked out with Woodcraft protection , an SC can, etc, etc. Never could reach the guy, then found the same bike on Facebook....almost $2k higher than the forum price. Seller would not even discuss first price, so I kicked him to the weeds. Next bike i found was also on Facebook, in Arkansas. Listed as a Duke, no mention of R but the one pic in the ad was an R. Contact seller, he's selling for a friend and doesn't have a clue about R or no R. Says he will get more info and pics and let me know. I suppose he will, some day. Two or three weeks later I suppose he's still taking more pics. Strike two.
There's one on ADVRider, been there a while. I call him on Thursday, we make our deal, I send a deposit.
Friday I leave Waco at 6:30 am Central and drive to Knoxville TN, arriving at 9pm Eastern. Meet seller Saturday morning, finish purchase, load bike and head home at 9:30 AM. Arrive home that night at 9:45 PM Central, 1848 miles later.

So see, I'm even goofier than you thought