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Spokes, thanks for the welding offer......I am fair to meddlin with my Mig. I now pull the clutch lever in while starting....just in case; but the rear wheel barely touches the ground and I have been putting the center stand down on a flat board in the garage anyway....learned my lesson tearing up some of my garage floor coating with those center stands.

edit: I had a fella follow me home this morning after riding the Dream around the neighborhood, could not believe it was a '63......he left his phone number if I should ever want to sell it...he said he had not seen whitewalls on a motorcycle since the '70s. I told he that if he could afford to pay my labor of 2-300 hours; the same amount in aggrivation from my wife, plus the value of the bike, he could open a honda dealership.......he laughed.