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Benelli Made – 1968 Wards Riverside 250

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Post-Sale Update: After 22 bids on eBay, this bike sold for $2,828.28. Between ’59 and ’69, Montgomery Ward sold Benelli motorcycles under the ‘Wards Riverside’ name. If you bought one, you’d get the bike delivered in a crate, and then have to assemble it yourself. Here’s an pretty example of the 250cc model.

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1997 Ducati 916

In Italy, Sport by Abhi4 Comments

The 916 probably needs no introduction, but I’ll leave it to Visor Down to summarize how amazing this bike was: EVERY once in a while a true classic comes along: James Joyce’s Ulysses, The Beatles’ Revolver, Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. Greats one-and-all, to be seen, owned or understood by the discerning and devoted. To the list of timeless classics, we can …

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1990 Moto Guzzi Le Mans 1000

In Italy, Sport by Abhi2 Comments

Moto Guzzi learned from their mistake of putting a 16″ front wheel on the Mk V Le Mans, so the Mk5 went back to the usual 18 incher. Many other small but helpful improvements came together to form the last generation of Le Mans’, in a wall of red.

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1977 Moto Guzzi LeMans Mk 1

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Post Sale Update: This LeMans sold for $13,750 after 8 bids on eBay. Arguably the successor to the V7 Sport, the Moto Guzzi 850 LeMans was named after the famous race in France. Guzzi took a modified version of the 850T engine and wrapped it in interesting styling that has led to it becoming a cult classic.