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Yeah I suck…


Posting is light and will continue to be for a short while.  Too many reasons to list.  Unfortunately none of them involve fun or motorcycles.   In the mean time please check out the links in the archives tab on the top of the page.  If you need a fix, there’s TONS of stuff in the archives.

I’ve also been thinking of maybe opening things up to the occasional guest poster.  I have a few folks in mind.    We’ll see.

Thanks for your patience and please stay tuned.

OK Mobile users. How does it look now?


I’ve disabled the I-pad theme enhancement that appears to have been causing people so many problems.  I’ll keep this post pinned for a little while to allow people to comment.  We’ll see how it plays out and go from there.

I also noticed that my default is to “display a mobile theme” by default.  I’m going to leave that on for now as I do not think that this has been the cause of the recent troubles but we can try that too if folk think it’s a problem.

Thanks for your patience.  It appears that wordpress sprung this on us without any warning and made it the default without notifying the bloggers.

Can everyone “see” the blog OK?


I’ve had a few e-mails asking about the display settings of the blog. Apparently there might be some issues with display on smaller mobile devices. Does anyone else have similar issues? I haven’t changed anything on my end so I’m curious if it’s a system issue or the wordpress.

Thanks.

Reader Request for some info on the Montgomery Wards Mojave 260.


Pete Boyd wrote in with the following question and I though that someone out here might be able to help him out. I’m curious to know this myself actually.

I put a want ad in Craig’s List for any Italian singles
(motorcycles not ladies) and got a call from San Diego on this Mojave.
It had been sitting in a shed since 1981. It is an unrestored 1968
Montgomery Wards Mojave 260 with 1654 miles on the odometer. I read on a
site that Steve McQueen’s partner in desert racing and his stuntman (and
owner of the Triumph dealership in Hollywood), Bud Ekins, did the design
work for the Mojave. Both the body work and frame are different from the
street design Benellis/MW’s of that year. It certainly looks like a
knock off of the Rickman Matisse Triumphs from that period. If anyone
can confirm or deny that story, I would appreciate it. I just got it
running and thought I would send a quick photo. I look forward to seeing
what you have posted every day. Keep it up and thanks!
Pete Boyd

Anyone able to shed some light on this?

Going for a birthday ride…


Posting will be light.  It’s 80 degrees here and I’m taking the day off for my birthday ond heading out for a ride.  I’ll try and grab some interesting ride pics for ya!

And as a side not I sure hope that as the weather warms up that you guys take advantage of it and go riding (AND take pictures!).  The internet’s great and all that but don’t waste any good opportunities to enjoy the spring…

See you tomorrow folk!  Thanks

Just added another new blog link.


Along with Mutant Moto from last night, I just added  Team Benzina. Be sure to check them out!

Here’s a nice Ducati Darmah from Greg’s  Benzina photo archives!