Thanks everyone for the welcome!<br />
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I plan on taking lots of pics when I go on the Trail of Tears. I have a picture of my dad on his trike that I will try to post soon. It was something of a shock when he told me he had bought it, as he absolutely refused to let any of us kids have a motorcycle. <img src="images/smilies/grin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="big grin" class="inlineimg" /> He got it about 10 years ago and last month it registered 100,000 miles. He's been all over the country on it, following the Mississippi River from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, has went up the East Coast to Niagara Falls, as well as to Mt. Rushmore, Texas, and Arizona. He and his companion Miss Millie have patches all over their vests from their rides and belong to a Goldwing club. I think it has kept him young. <img src="images/smilies/grin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="big grin" class="inlineimg" /><br />
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Ozarkryder, thank you for the tip on how to pick a bike up. When I dropped mine, there was next to no shoulder on the road and it fell on its right side into a ditch when I tried to put the kickstand down.
<img src="images/smilies/frown.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Frown" class="inlineimg" /> I couldn't get any leverage under it to pick it up. Luckily the belt broke off cleanly.<br />
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Besides making me feel safer, I also want to trike my bike so I can take my very spoiled Jack Russell terrier along with me. <img src="images/smilies/grin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="big grin" class="inlineimg" /> She loves to ride my ATV, so she should like riding the Harley. I am looking into modifying a luggage carrier so she will be able to ride in it. I think having a trike will make it safer for her.