Sorry, I couldn't find the original thread.....
Ian saw these bikes in a parking garage in Manhattan. He slipped a kid a tip and found out they belong to a nearby restaraunt owner, the place where Gotti allegedly gunned down the Gambini MFWIC.
"Oh, darn, I forgot all about those. We used to do road racing, the 996 was mine, the others are my girlfriend's; we got into dirt biking since."
Ian kept it light, offered his phone numbers, laid out some of the bikes he's owned, said "If you decide to sell ....."
They are both in the same business, have similar connections.