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Yes, Christmas is upon us again in a few short weeks. The geese are getting fat, you’ve hung up, or are about to hang up your Shoei / Arai / Bell helmets and your motorbike’s being tucked away nicely....You’re planning your build, or enhancement on an existing project. You may have a Honda Hornet, Yamaha XSR, Ducati Monster, Moto Guzzi LeMans, anything that either wants product thrown at it, or needs revitalising....You’re sweet-talking your other half so that the headlight with brackets th …

I always have trouble going to the NEC Motorcycle Live Show. The problem is twofold. First, I’ve already seen all that there is to see, both with motorbikes and accessories, in Cologne and Milan over the previous months. Secondly, at the European shows, there aren’t vendors there, just pure exhibitors, yet the NEC show is littered with companies selling end-of-line goods, therefore turning it into Wembley market and cheapening the industry. I hate to say it, but were you to take away the r …

OK, so my last blog was about the new machinery on display at this show, but this is about the eclectic mix of customised bikes that, unlike at the Cologne show, wasn’t on display with other customised bikes, but on manufacturer’s stands. Germany is massively into its customising, hence the slant on that kind of bike at that show, but Italy’s more about new metal for the following year. In saying that, top marks have to go to the Italians, as always, for show design and ingenuity. They ble …

Amazing really. There I was, about a month ago, walking round the Intermot Motorbike Show in Cologne, thinking how low profile and sombre it was. Reflecting on how the industry that I’ve been in for 26 years has changed dramatically and what the future holds for its growth back to the glory days, if ever possible; but then....as if my magic....I turn up to Milan and see a massive effort from literally all manufacturers to showcase their 2019 hardware, clothing, accessories and off the wall …

We’re just about to take into stock a range of new plastic headlights. Designed for mainly streetfighters and supermotos, they’re tough little numbers that are as cheap as chips, yet really well made and can take a good few knocks, I tell you.Recently, say over the last year or so, our after-market bolt on headlight demand has been abnormally strong, mainly because there’s now a resurgence in guys wanting to customise their front end, no-matter what they ride, and the market is demanding good va …