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Welcome to db.ibenson.com which is the home to the documentation of work I have done on bikes, cars and motorcycles and a whole lot more. Much of this site was made in 2010-11 and I revived it in 2024 because I had so much information stored here, much was at risk of being forgotten. When this site was first made, I owned a shop in Newport RI where I lived and worked. Much has happened in 15 years and I ask that old articles on this site be viewed as written by a crazy person with a lot of energy and drive to innovate and create. Fast forward to today, I am still much the same person but I am split among many competing priorities with my family winning no matter what.

For most of my life I have jumped between bicycles, motorcycles and cars. When I started having kids, I walked away from motorcycles and dove deep into cars, adding a car for each of my kids to the collection. When the kids were older, I tracked down a lot of my old bikes and started collecting again, building a few new projects. Bringing this site back to life has allowed me to track the original build process of a few of my bikes and to track my new projects as best I can document.

www.ibenson.com, ibenson.com, Dan Benson, Daniel Benson, Newport, Rhode Island, Ducati, BMW, db@ibenson.com

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-<span style="color:#ff8c00">'''db.swingpad.com'''</span> is a site built around the idea that people might want to see work done by the Benson family.  This Benson family has been in or around the Newport RI area for what many would say is far to long and the family continues to grow there but we are not without those who have decided to root in other regions.
-While this site may lend itself to being the main location for each member of the family, I will stress that it is not.  This site is run and maintained by Dan and mainly shows interests of his (my family tends to keep a low profile aside from a few).  Regardless, it is also a good starting point when trying to find other members of the family. These can be found under [http://www.ibenson.com/index.php/Pals Pals] on the left side main menu. If by chance you are here to check in on Bikes, Motorcycles, Cars and other projects db is working on then please use the left menubar to navigate this site to your area of interest.
+<span style="color:#f7b304">'''Welcome'''</span> to [https://db.ibenson.com db.ibenson.com] which is the home to the documentation of work I have done on bikes, cars and motorcycles and a whole lot more.  Much of this site was made in 2010-11 and I revived it in 2024 because I had so much information stored here, much was at risk of being forgotten. When this site was first made, I owned a shop in Newport RI where I lived and worked. Much has happened in 15 years and I ask that old articles on this site be viewed as written by a crazy person with a lot of energy and drive to innovate and create. Fast forward to today, I am still much the same person but I am split among many competing priorities with my family winning no matter what.
+For most of my life I have jumped between bicycles, motorcycles and cars. When I started having kids, I walked away from motorcycles and dove deep into cars, adding a car for each of my kids to the collection.  When the kids were older, I tracked down a lot of my old bikes and started collecting again, building a few new projects.  Bringing this site back to life has allowed me to track the original build process of a few of my bikes and to track my new projects as best I can document.
-Thanks for visiting,
-[mailto:db@ibenson.com '''db''']
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