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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:#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.
-'''02/19/2011
-'''You can now get to this site by going to www.ibenson.com'''  Yes I really am the asshole that registered this domain name but come on now, '''don't act surprised'''.
+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.
-Ever wonder what you're meant to be doing? Why you have a pulse? Where it is all heading? You can wonder, but don't let it ruin your days. Live today, not tomorrow or yesterday.
-I do many things. I have a career path as a network engineer. I know more about computers then I care to admit. I race motorcycles, build motorcycles and cars, and so on. All I really like to do is ride my bicycle and not have a phone in my pocket. Think that will ever happen? Ya, neither do I but a guy can have a dream and wake up with his head in the toilet once a year, right?
-I really do have a job as a network engineer and for some reason I feel that it is burning a hole in my soul. Something inside me (soul) tells my mind that I am not doing what I was put here to do, but that is for a different page.  I work for an amazing company and life is better, but it does not help the core fact that I should be doing something else.  Maybe I can find the balance between career and life. I think this is the way to go but I will let you know how it works out.
-In the meantime I work too hard, feel like shit constantly, run from friends and responsibility.
+[[File:mail.jpeg|30px|Center| link=mailto:db@ibenson.com]] [[File:Insta.png|27px|Center| link= https://www.instagram.com/dbthecargeek]]
-I have become a believer in that '''if something is meant to happen in your life it will'''. How long do you think one should sit around and wait for said change before
+<span style="color:#ffffff">www.ibenson.com, ibenson.com, Dan Benson, Daniel Benson, Newport, Rhode Island, Ducati, BMW, db@ibenson.com</span>
-one gets off his/her lazy ass and makes changes happen?  I don't know what kind of changes, take a guess.  Job, location, habits, traits, friends, food, culture so on. Get the point skippy?
-I know, I know, there are many things wrong with me. //db