{"id":41523,"date":"2015-07-30T11:47:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T10:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=41523"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:21:58","slug":"how-to-create-a-desert-sled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/how-to-create-a-desert-sled\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Desert Sled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Desert Sled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three little words that evoke romance in many a motorcyclist&#8217;s mind. You can&#8217;t help but picture golden California sunsets, freedom, sex, love and Bud Ekins.<br \/>\nBut how do you get your bog-standard Triumph Bonneville into the right trim to range wide and free over the sandy wastes of the American South West?<\/p>\n<p>Easy.<\/p>\n<p>Just follow this simple guide, which we found via the excellent and inspiring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonnefication.com\/\">Bonnefication<\/a> blog recently.<\/p>\n<p>Now. We just have to learn to ride in knee-deep sand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perhaps we should call KTM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/try-teds-triumphs1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/try-teds-triumphs1.jpg\" alt=\"try-teds-triumphs1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fun graphic tells you all you need to know about turning your Triumph Bonneville into a Desert Sled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,110],"tags":[1985,1800,365],"class_list":["post-41523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bikes","category-blog","tag-bud-ekins","tag-offroad","tag-steve-mcqueen","manufacturers-ktm","manufacturers-triumph"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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