Busted the 1st k

I've left this on a couple of other forums, so please forgive the cut and paste but I did get everything said the way I wanted to say it so..................
I've had a lot of people online, and offline make comments virtually all good about my VTX rig.
I had to relearn motorcycle physics, the sidecar makes riding immensely different. All those years of countersteering that I taught my kids when they wanted to learn to ride goes out the window, and that, in my personal opinion is the only downside so far.
I do have to be extremely careful with right turns, that I don't pull that sidecar up in the air, which really gives you a new respect for my old physics teacher in HS.
I've made several interstate runs to various places and since I broke loose of the $35 for the Vista Cruise throttle are very relaxing, the 'snake-y' that we love on a 2 wheeler become much more interesting, especially after my first time of lifting the sidecar wheel about 6-12" and setting it back down, safely in the middle of a right turn off a local 2 lane onto my road. Several folks from the www.sidecar.com forum left me notices to carry a couple of 5 gallon collapsible water jugs full of water in the sidecar passenger seat as ballast. I haven't done that yet because most of the time my wife and our miniature/standard dachshund "Napoleon Boney Parts" enjoy riding the sidecar so I haven't needed the ballast. I'm getting 33-35 mpg dependent on headwind, which isn't too bad, as my 08 Dodge Hemi Ram cuts that just in half.
The adjustments to riding are pretty much complete, Experience as with any new endeavor always takes a lifetime, it will always be a learning classroom.
I have never been one that likes to be in the limelight, and when I bought this VTX it wasn't to be there either, I just wanted a bike that my wife could ride safely without fear even as her disease progresses. I believe that mission has been met with this setup, when her disease becomes more debilitating she will still be able to "get in the wind" as the old saying goes, and I won't be saying that the bike has to go because the sidecar will keep her safe and sound. The limelight just seems to be another obstacle to be overcome as more folks see it around, and it becomes a local fixture.
Some of you have asked for more pictures, when the weather permits good photographs, it also permits good riding, I will see what I can do if I can keep Napoleon from jumping into the thing.
There may be some time this week when I will hit it with a camera, kindly don't get upset about the bugs on the windshield, South Carolina has bugs in abundance.

Doc