I remember these reasonably well as this was the year I started riding and had both a MW and Sears AutoCenter in my area where they sold bikes. They also made a 260 Mojave version and the bikes were pretty nice when new. Most of the Italian bikes of the era had wet sumps opposed to the British stuff. The puzzling thing is the ISDT moniker as I've never heard or seen this when the bikes were new. Also I think the 260 was orange and it actually sounded pretty nice in real life. I think both the Mojave and some of the Sears Italian made bikes didn't get a fair shake as riders were unfamiliar with them and didn't know how to maintain them and were pretty heavy handed on them. The Japanese stuff appeared and the rest is history.
Wow, I can't believe one of your brothers was stupid enough to buy that. I was under the impression that they were all smarter than that. Still, I bet that would be an excellent bike for Redbird or S-Tree in the Daniel Boone Forest...for the first 10 yards or so.
I wouldn't be so hard on him as I forgot to mention that he is also an amazing negotiator and managed to purchase this gem for only 84% of the original MSRP. :)
That really is a beautiful bike and being a Benelli at heart probably will be a strong runner. Great find and purchase.
I remember the article in Cycle World about this bike.
Very cool.
Note most of us were riding 250cc or less so this was comparatively big .
I have a wards riverside 125 street bike 2 stroke I got in high school 1982 super fun
Awesome. I have a Montgomery Wards 20 gage shotgun that was my grandfather’s. I believe Mossberg made them and rebranded
I remember these reasonably well as this was the year I started riding and had both a MW and Sears AutoCenter in my area where they sold bikes. They also made a 260 Mojave version and the bikes were pretty nice when new. Most of the Italian bikes of the era had wet sumps opposed to the British stuff. The puzzling thing is the ISDT moniker as I've never heard or seen this when the bikes were new. Also I think the 260 was orange and it actually sounded pretty nice in real life. I think both the Mojave and some of the Sears Italian made bikes didn't get a fair shake as riders were unfamiliar with them and didn't know how to maintain them and were pretty heavy handed on them. The Japanese stuff appeared and the rest is history.
International six day trials bikes of 1969 looked pretty much like this.
Ha...That is a fair assessment.
Isdt, International six day trial ??
That is actually what the bike was advertised as when my brother bought it...yeah, I don't see it either. LOL
@@Springtailsolutions : well…. Maybe they had hopes.
@@Springtailsolutions : come to think of it I think Malcolm Smith rode one .. …. No … he was team Husqvarna.
Wow, I can't believe one of your brothers was stupid enough to buy that. I was under the impression that they were all smarter than that. Still, I bet that would be an excellent bike for Redbird or S-Tree in the Daniel Boone Forest...for the first 10 yards or so.
I wouldn't be so hard on him as I forgot to mention that he is also an amazing negotiator and managed to purchase this gem for only 84% of the original MSRP. :)
@@Springtailsolutions Disregard jack-off like this guy. I think its a cool older bike. My Dad one of these about the time I was born.