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I was recently speaking to two friends separately, both of which have been riding since the early to mid nineties. They had ridden on and off (far more off than on) and both owned a good few bikes over that period. Within the last, say six months, both of them had quite nasty accidents and had decided to give up riding, based on the reasoning that although they were doing nothing wrong, were not riding aggressively, or impatiently and were sticking to the Law, they had someone pull out from a ju …

OK……………after a few most peculiar months, stock is being delivered in a normal way and our suppliers are back to developing and delivering new products, as well as enhancing existing ones.Now here’s a funny thing; for those of you who’ve been riding a long while (say 20 years plus), you’ll have seen the inevitable change in both age and type of rider. You’d think that, as it’ an older person’s sport, motorcycles in general would have become more sedate and slower, more lethargic and condesc …

As I write this, the C-word is now becoming less of a worldwide issue, as it starts to subside (this reminds me of the time I took someone out on a date and said “I never use the c-word in front of a girl”, to which she said “What...COMMITMENT?” I still laugh at that story some 25 years later). In turn, we’re seeing our commuter customers more readily buying mirrors and indicators and so on. As it so happens, stock supply is still reasonable at the moment, albeit a bit sporadic in pla …

OK, so we’re a few weeks into the madness now and I, along with you all, I’m sure, want it to end. Yes, the Bikeshed show has been cancelled. Big shame for them and us, as we were exhibiting there too, but not to worry, as there’s light at the end of the tunnel now and we’ve got plenty to be getting on with.As for Alchemy Parts and the products we’re selling, it’s still business as usual. We’re still in every day and still distributing, and Royal Mail are still collecting from us as normal. By a …

OK, so we’re a week into the C-word issues and there’s been a bit of a change, but certainly not for the worse.Amazon are still distributing our products, but only in certain countries and have to a point put on hold selling our products in favour of selling essentials to those who either can’t or won’t go out. To adjust to this, they’re saying that if you order our goods today, you won’t get them for a month. This is affecting many online sellers the world over, by the way; not just motorcycle …