Thanks Phred,I appreciate that ! I didn't have any support for either finding a welder or helping me with hooking-up the trailer from the seller,who seemed 'too busy' to hang-in there with me and be supportive;the man said "he was worried about liability".The man was decent(although weird and two-faced most of the time) that he allowed me to work and sleep(in a back bedroom:he's a type of 'church goer')on his property to get the GS450 running after sitting for over 10 years:he had some old tools plus he went with me to pick-up the trailer which had a vintage Skidoo MXZ snowmobile on it,I purchased the whole lot for $100 ! The man was busy running deliveries with his van as odd jobs the whole time I was there:I could have finished it up in a week with his support but ended-up spending 3+ weeks there at his property..
That was a stressful time interacting with him,I wanted to leave but hung in there until(almost 4 weeks of verbal abuse from the guy! he kept saying passive-aggressive things to me,to cause me to argue with him 
)the project was finished.The journey on the bike with trailer back West was a 'cake walk' compared to living under the same roof with that man.. I had known him by long phone conversations over 2 years,purchasing parts,etc. and he came-across as being friendly??I am SO Glad that this forum was available and member 'rusty bronco' plus another kind member Matt on this forum in Detroit came to my aid with a spare reg/rect And helmet for the journey(my regulator/rect gave-up on me on the way through Wyoming and that reg/rect was VERY useful to get me on my way,and the helmet Matt gave to me was an XL but had a shield:I still have it in storage)otherwise I might have had to deal with that situation over in St. Clair Shores just a little longer !
Yes,the trip back to my residence in Davis,CA. was an excellent Freedom Journey
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