I'm a newbee looking for a V-Strom online - more info - any thoughts on buying and shippting a DL650 online w/o seeing it first?

Hi All, New to the site but have been gleening information for you for the last few months. I currently ride a SV1000S, love the bike but have been looking for something different because of thinking of two-up riding with my wife. We went to a Suzuki demo ride, and tried all types of bikes...