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09-23-2010, 10:39 PM	#1
Mr. Vintage OP Family Dude     Joined: Jan 2007 Location: The Palouse Oddometer: 831	Wards/Benelli 250 An obvious gap in the strange medley of Italian, Japanese, big, littleish, and largely dirt-oriented bikes in my garage, I have secretly lusted for a motorcycle to fill the small-vintage-Italian-four stroke-street-single niche in the fleet. There's an endless selection of bikes that could foot the bill (Ducati singles are certainly drool-worthy), but most are well out of my price range of the equivalent value of something the kids can live without this month (clothes: yes, food: maybe not). So I was content, for a time, to dream... Enter my Craigslist-surfing brother, who not only finds this lovely specimen but negotiates a sale for one dollar per cubic centimeter: It's a circa 1968 Montgomery-Wards Riverside 250, a rebadged Benelli, last licensed in 1971 and with 1400 some-odd miles under the Pirelli's. Complete short of a taillight lense, the corresponding bulb, a half-dozen rear spokes, and the air in the front tire. Oh, and a title.... I drove the 80 miles north to get it, and just managed to cram it in my van with the rear fender unattached. My two boys and two big dogs barely winced at being inserted in the remaining gaps in the car. My wife drove herself home, separately.  Once home and with beer in hand I was able to do more of an assessment... (Like the actual project, I'll be slow and deliberate with my posts - stay tuned.) __________________ - Jeff (Mr. Vintage) - Quota, SL350, MW250, MT250, CT90

09-24-2010, 07:19 AM	#2
lake_harley Studly Adventurer   Joined: May 2009 Location: Uniontown, MO Oddometer: 644	Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Vintage Some bikes just have a "look" that's hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. Well, I'd say....here's that "look". What are your plans for it? Lynn

09-24-2010, 07:25 AM	#3
Foot dragger singletracker     Joined: Dec 2006 Location: chico,just below rag dump(nor-cal) Oddometer: 11,761	That thing is cherry and very attractive for a Benelli, I myself just brought a 1968 360 Greeves home yesterday,twin piped,leading linked,chromed out,hardly a ding on it and should run with minor fettling . Pure funk on wheels,I like it! I have to make a pic small enough to post here. __________________ Some bikes around at times

09-24-2010, 07:30 AM	#4
rufusswan Studly Adventurer     Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Branson MO Oddometer: 959	Nice score. The darn thing looks pretty good, and would look great with some clean up and a seat cover. Make it run and ride it. __________________ 1971 BMW R75/5 Toaster LWB 1974 Honda CL200 http://zenhuckfinn.wordpress.com/

09-24-2010, 07:31 AM	#5
Foot dragger singletracker     Joined: Dec 2006 Location: chico,just below rag dump(nor-cal) Oddometer: 11,761	Here it is. __________________ Some bikes around at times Foot dragger screwed with this post 12-16-2010 at 08:51 AM

09-24-2010, 07:33 AM	#6
Foot dragger singletracker     Joined: Dec 2006 Location: chico,just below rag dump(nor-cal) Oddometer: 11,761	And another,Id like to see that 250 Benelli on the road,neat little bike. This Greeves is just pure 60's dirt bike somehow,I had to have it the second I saw it. Plus the price was right. __________________ Some bikes around at times Foot dragger screwed with this post 12-16-2010 at 08:51 AM

09-24-2010, 07:56 AM	#7
SCQTT Zwei Kolben     Joined: May 2005 Location: Mike's Sky Rancho Oddometer: 5,315	Quote: Originally Posted by Foot dragger Here it is. Wow! __________________ This is SPARTA!

09-24-2010, 07:57 AM	#8
El Hombre Banned   Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Alta Coma, California Oddometer: 1,536	I'd do a light "cafe racer". Clip-ons, seat with the aero look, otherwise, just clean it up and ride it. That looks like a Pirelli MT-53 rear tire. Those are so popular with the vintage crowd that Pirelli pulled the mold out and ran a bunch of them a couple of years ago. David Edwards, former editor of Cycle World, was one that was connected enough to get one. Always thought that was a really neat pattern....

09-24-2010, 07:59 AM	#9
SCQTT Zwei Kolben     Joined: May 2005 Location: Mike's Sky Rancho Oddometer: 5,315	Quote: Originally Posted by El Hombre I'd do a light "cafe racer". Clip-ons, seat with the aero look, otherwise, just clean it up and ride it.  yep +1 __________________ This is SPARTA!

09-24-2010, 08:10 AM	#10
chiefrider Chrome won't get you home     Joined: Nov 2004 Location: The lovely Willamette Valley Oddometer: 2,206	Like this? Tom in Salem __________________ I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful. --Oscar Wilde

09-24-2010, 08:14 AM	#11
Mista Vern Knows all - tells some.     Joined: Dec 2005 Location: McMinnville, Oregon Oddometer: 14,727	Nice score! That bikes looks really clean compared to most old Monkey Wards finds - should be fun! __________________ - "The turd follows the fart as surely as the rain follows the plow." Emily Bronte

09-24-2010, 08:41 AM	#12
El Hombre Banned   Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Alta Coma, California Oddometer: 1,536	Quote: Originally Posted by chiefrider Tom in Salem Yeah, that sort of thing. Don't know about the "mosca screen", or the front fender. Looks like it was made for a lot bigger diameter tire. But the Akronts, exhaust, seat, that's the ticket. You got an MT-53 too. Does that breather hose, oil it? That's one serious breather hose....

09-25-2010, 06:58 AM	#13
MZRider Neo-Luddite   Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Western MD Oddometer: 595	A VW Vanagon isn't exactly the best bike hauler, eh? :-) That's why I bought a Eurovan instead.  Saw this Wards/Benelli 250 racer at Vintage M/C Days @ Mid-Ohio back in '03. Add lights and this is how I'd like mine to look.  Sorry for the poor photo quality, cheap little digicam I had at the time left a lot to be desired. __________________ Charlie  http://www.AntietamClassicCycle.com '69 Moto Guzzi 750 Ambassador, '77 Yamaha XT500, '91 ATK 604  '94 MZ Silver Star, '96 CCM 350

09-25-2010, 07:17 AM	#14
AustinJake TE450-KLE-FXDWG     Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Austin, TX Oddometer: 3,593	__________________ ____________________________________ Get fit. Stay safe. Enjoy life. Learn something to help someone in need.

09-25-2010, 07:29 AM	#15
dlrides 1:1.618     Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Newton NC Oddometer: 5,037	Shot recently at a vintage bike ride-in.

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