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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 201 …

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 w …

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 …

Right now, I'm buzzing. I'm at the Intermot Motorcycle Show 2018, but I'm not buzzing for reasons you may think. It's quite quiet, albeit trade day. There are fewer halls with product to see. Why I'm buzzing is simple; this year focuses on quality, over and above quantity. Yes, it's the way things are going (see my previous blog for more insight), but I recently came to a realisation that this isn't necessarily a bad thing. You see, dear re …