dhall57,
I will use my amazing abilities to tell you what the response will be from the seller about having somebody in Galveston look at the bike and pay cash:
"I'm so sorry, but the bike has already been taken by the shipper. It is crated and is being stored in their warehouse and I can no longer get to the bike. I did this because I work on a cruise ship and I am often out of town and I wanted to be able to ship it immediately. The bike is as described and the shipper only needs for me to give them the shipping address and they will ship it immediately. They are also charging me $20 per day to keep the bike in storage, which is another reason why the price is so low. I just want to sell it so it stops costing me money".
At least that was the response I got when I offered to have somebody locally look at the BMW I was trying to buy...
FB