My wife and I recently bought two TerraTrike Rovers and have been riding WRCT, WRLT, Santa Fe and Katy.  Something has really surprised me.  I still see very few recumbent trikes.  When we bought one of our Rovers at RBM, they told us they were selling them as fast as they could get them in and put them together, and I believe them.  I had to order a couple of weeks in advance of when I wanted it.  One guy passed us on the Santa Fe a couple of weeks ago. We saw a couple on fancier trikes on White Rock one Saturday.  But that's all (except for my ride with RBM)  I dont know where all those others are being ridden.  But the best part is the reaction of people who do not know what they are.  I recently rode out of my office building near Knox and Cole.  When i rode back into the garage, I encountered an "elevator friend" leaving in her car.  She stared at me and asked, "Have you had surgery or something?"  I said, "No."  She said, "What are you doing"   I said, "Riding."  She said "Strange man,"  and drove away.  Later in the week, I loaded our trikes into the back of my truck and drove to the Katy Trail Icehouse.  The valet saw me drive up and asked if I needed handicapped parking.  The week before, I was on the WRCT, and a youngster passed me going the other way.  I think he thought I was a paraplegic, and admired me for being out there.  He shouted out, "I love you sir."  I think it is hilarious.  Has everyone else had this experience?  Shoot me some of your funny stories.  Where are all those trikes RBM is selling?    

I've often felt that people give me an extra-wide clearance while riding because they assume I'm handicapped. Comments made to me have often reinforced this notion. My favorite example is a gentleman that approached me after Ride Ataxia a couple of years back. I was parking my trike next to line of trikes that had just completed the ride. Several of them belonged to some of the Ataxia riders who have the disease. As I got up, this sweet man came over and began looking at me and the trike. Looking at the trike, he asked me "how long have you had it?" Thinking he meant the trike, I told him I'd had it since 2008. He then asked how far I had ridden that day. I told him I had done about 20 miles. He immediately became hugely enthusiastic, telling me what a great job he thought I had done and amazed that anyone could ride that far. He kept going on and it finally dawned on me that he thought I was one of the actual Ataxia riders and had assumed that anyone riding a trike that day must be dealing with the disease. I was really embarrassed but I knew he was well-meaning and didn't want to ruin it for him so I thanked him for being "so proud of my accomplishment" and promised to keep fighting.  
 
As far as trike sales go, I just saw Joel last weekend at RBM and he said he is selling all of them pretty much as fast as they can put them together but he has NO idea where they disappear to.

"Where are all the trikes?" IMO they are in garages gathering dust. New trikers showed up for each of the early RBM rides, but hardly any of them were the ones that showed up for previous rides. In the past there have been a lot more trikes at WRL. Probably, the trikers that ride the most miles there, now, belong to the Clown ride group. I ride my trike at the monthly RBM rides, Tour Dallas, Ride of Silence and when I'm in recovery mode, after injuring one of my hips falling off of a bike. Otherwise, it's sitting in my garage.
 
Haven't received many questions about why I'm riding a trike. However, have received a number of questions concerning cost and where to buy them. Kids seem to get a real kick out of them. I've heard a number of them say: "I want one of those".  

I had a motorcycle rider yell at me to get off the road one morning. My presence prevented him from passing some cars, on the right. Thought it amusing as I'm certain many of the motorists were wanting to yell the same thing at him.

If a lot of people are like me, I ride the 2-wheelers during the really hot summer months to get some distance between me and the black top.  Then come fall I go back to the trike.  Besides, I don't want any of my recumbents to feel "unloved".  Come join the coffee ride on Saturday and I know of at least two trikes that will be there--a TW Mantis and a Scarab.  I'm hoping there will be a 700 from McKinney and some other Cats from Oak Cliff.  The Tour of Dallas in the spring is usually a ride that most of us show up with our trikes.    
 
I agree with Patti, when riding the trike, I think most people think that we're disabled and are on scooters.  I'm always amazed at the wide berth that cars give me on the road while riding the trike.  The other amazement--kids always are excited to see a trike.

Steve and I will be there on our trikes.

Howdy!
I'm pretty much a trike-only rider, and I'm based in McKinney.  No one really supposes me to be handicapped because I tend to ride on the higher end of performance:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i1sSXaIfUA&list=UU0f_JiZ0-oDNd_oLSIvy5yA  (by 3:50 I'm doing 38.6 mph).  What I get are the folks who just want to pace me to see how fast I'm going, (often about 22 mph). (Video to be removed soon for its re-edit.)  
At the red lights they pull out their video cameras for the rare opportunity.  I get more "Attaboy" comments than the "Get off the road!!" ones.  The neatest thing is when I'm stopped somewhere, and someone who has no idea what to expect agrees to sit on it...to their wonderment at the comfort.  One guy goes, "Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me!"