FTO tip from the "other side of the radio" back in the stone age: If you can hear the stress in the dispatcher's voice when s/he keys the mic, it's gonna be a REALLY bad call.
Pictures of the new bike when you decide on one, or it didn't happen.
(And if the new bike turns out to not be the "right one" in a few months, you can always sell it, just in time for the summer!)