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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 …

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 …

If you’re going for a full-on, ground up build, you’d have probably bought a frame from one guy, forks & wheels from the next and so on. The piece of the pie that interests me in this post is tanks. I say this because in one way or another, I’ve been trying to find a good stream of motorbike tanks for years. They’ve either been ridiculous in price, ridiculous in design, or just plain ridiculous. I’ve gone from show to show, desperately trying to find the right look, shape, price, style and s …