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A bit of vintage charm: 1970 Ambassador 750 seen at the neighborhood moto/coffee hangout (tucson az) .. had to share.

A little drama on the east side but it didn’t happen. But still: failure looks good here.

I’m not the type to farkle out my vehicles with personality crap, but c’mon, it’s “voodoo blue” ..?! Still in the honeymoon phase with the 2007, so, permitting a minimum of silliness. A lovely beast.

Mandatory “just got it” post, another one for the ‘07 voodoo blue tribe. So now begins the “discovery phase” of all the custom farkles the previous owner added. But it’s a decent specimen; one owner, and the pre-purchase inspection @ trusted mechanic revealed no significant issues. At least now I can stop lurking here and contribute now & then..

After searching for a domestic (USA) distributor for Dart flyscreens (fail) and going with a Chinese imitation via Amazon (fail), I got in touch with Dart and asked if they’ve heard of shipments to the states getting hit with nasty import duties from all the tariff bullshit. Short answer: no.

So I can confirm, no surprises there. And as expected, it fits the bike perfectly. Seems to displace wind well enough for a gent of my size (not large). And it’s beautiful, vs the Givi thing that came with the bike, which was a bit like Spaceballs fake Vader big head … Approved.

Meanwhile, I had ruined the visor on the Biltwell Lane Splitter by scraping dead insects across it for months. Got the dark tint and holy crap , it’s wonderful. Always thought folks were compromising visibility to look like some dark-lord badass, but no: visibility is laser clear … Approved.

A good week for black plastic around here.

Reddington Road above Tucson in the pass between the Rincon & Catalina mountains. Let there be V7, scenery, and coffee.

30 years later, still finding those indestructable PDQ price stickers. I loved that record store but DAMN those things. Like a lot of unique Tucson shops, long gone thanks to road widening or whatever. For now, pouring one out for all the innocent LP sleeves destroyed by PDQ’s stickers…